Sheep CeremonyShame, the concubines all took off their sheepskins, and the queen committed suicide.
Since the Qin Dynasty, China has been ruled by feudal dynasties for more than 2,000 years until the fall of the Qing Dynasty. The fall of every dynasty comes with a painful price. During the Northern Song Dynasty, culture and economy reached the peak of prosperity, however, in that year of destruction, a deeply shameful historical event occurred - the "sheep ceremony", which can be called the greatest shame in the history of the Han nation.
It was a terrifying sheep ceremony, three thousand concubines were dressed in sheepskins, their tops were all off, and the queen committed suicide because of this. What kind of ritual is the sheep ceremony?
In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the prosperous Bianjing was once the capital of the country, the Suzaku Night Market was brilliantly lit, and the bustling Daxiangguo Temple was full of fireworks, as if such a prosperous scene would last for thousands of years.
However, the war on the border did not affect the comfortable life of Bianjing. However, this comfortable life was broken by the Jin soldiers led by the Jurchens, ending the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The Jurchens have lived on horseback since childhood, and are a brave and warlike fighting people. Although their land and population were not as vast as those of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jurchens were extremely strong in combat.
In addition, the Northern Song Dynasty has always attached importance to peace and despised force, so when it comes to war, the Northern Song Dynasty is very weak in front of the Jin soldiers. In the past few years, the Jin soldiers clashed with the Northern Song Dynasty many times, and after the first unsuccessful siege of Bianjing, a second attack was planned, so that the Northern Song Dynasty, which was in internal and external difficulties at that time, was quickly broken by the Jin soldiers.
1.In the second year of Jingkang, the Han people suffered a painful blow from the invasion of Jin soldiers led by the Jurchens. The Jin soldiers not only robbed the Northern Song Dynasty of its gold and silver wealth, but also captured two emperors and thousands of royal families, concubines, and commoner women.
The Northern Song Dynasty survived this disaster for only a short hundred years before perishing. However, for those Song people who were captured by the Jin soldiers, their painful life had only just begun.
The two captured emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were tied with ropes by the Jin soldiers and led away like cattle, without any dignity. 2.In the second year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers led by the Jurchens broke through Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and they not only had to plunder a huge number of **, but also plundered two emperors and thousands of royal families, concubines, and commoner women.
In a short period of more than 100 years, the Northern Song Dynasty perished. However, the Song people who were captured by the Jin soldiers, their painful life had only just begun. The two captured emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were tied with ropes by the Jin soldiers and led away like cattle, without any dignity.
3.In the second year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers led by the Jurchens broke through Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and they not only had to plunder a huge number of **, but also plundered two emperors and thousands of royal families, concubines, and commoner women.
The Northern Song Dynasty survived this disaster for only a short hundred years before perishing. However, for those Song people who were captured by the Jin soldiers, their painful life had only just begun.
The two captured emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were tied with ropes by the Jin soldiers and led away like cattle, without any dignity. 4.In the second year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers led by the Jurchens broke through Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and they not only had to plunder a huge number of **, but also plundered two emperors and thousands of royal families, concubines, and commoner women.
The Northern Song Dynasty survived this disaster for only a short hundred years before perishing. However, the Song people who were captured by the Jin soldiers, their painful life had just begun. The two captured emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were tied with ropes by the Jin soldiers and led away like cattle, without any dignity.
5.In the second year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers led by the Jurchens broke through Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and they not only had to plunder a huge number of **, but also plundered two emperors and thousands of royal families, concubines, and commoner women.
The Northern Song Dynasty survived this disaster for only a short hundred years before perishing. However, for those Song people who were captured by the Jin soldiers, their painful life had only just begun.
The two captured emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were tied with ropes by the Jin soldiers and led away like cattle, without any dignity.
The royal family and concubines of the Northern Song Dynasty encountered unprecedented difficulties under the rule of Jin Bing. They have experienced countless physical and external hardships during the long journey, and may even be beaten and insulted by Jin Bing at any time.
Upon their eventual arrival in the Kingdom of Jin, they were forced to participate in the deeply humiliating ritual of "holding the sheep". Whether they were men or women, whether they were emperors or empresses, concubines, and ministers, they were all naked and clothed in sheepskin, and still tied with ropes in their hands, and they were led away, and finally knelt on the ground until the end of the ceremony of the Jin Kingdom.
This period of history is the sad shame of Jingkang. The captives of the Northern Song Dynasty were issued to the Jin soldiers separately, and some even became official prostitutes. The queen was humiliated and chose to commit suicide.
This was the great humiliation suffered by the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, which has been unique for thousands of years. Those emperors, empresses, and concubines of the Northern Song Dynasty who once lived a life of brocade clothes and jade food would be desperate and unimaginable when they suffered the "sheep holding ceremony".
History is the best textbook, let us learn from it and cherish our lives in the present so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.