宋朝城市公共空间夜晚秩序

The Night’s Order of Urban Public Space of Song Dynasty

虽夜禁之令一直存在,但宋朝实乃唐朝以降相关管理最为宽松的政权,其城市公共空间夜晚秩序总体散漫。在夜禁相对严格的北宋中前期,时有妄开城门、官员犯夜发生,且有巡逻者护送犯夜官员回家的惯例与规定,普通人则对禁令仍十分惧惮。都城经历由禁到放的过程,地方城市禁放不一,总体宽松与官民侵夜而动多见记载。上元节等节日彻夜狂欢模式、夜市兴盛与较为普及是宋朝城市公共空间活跃的重要体现。

Although curfew had long existed, the curfews in the Song D ynasty had been the least strict one since Tang. The night order of urban public space of Song Dynasty was mostly sloppy. In the early days of first half of the Song Dynasty when curfew was comparatively strict, sometimes city gate was opened unlawfully, some officers broke the rule of curfew , and there was the practice and regulation that the officers breaking the curfew would be escorted home by the patrolmen. Nevertheless, ordinary people feared the order of curfew. While the curfew in capital cities experienced the process of being strict to being loose, the practice of curfew in local cities was diverse, with historical records full of generally loose curfews and breach by official and civilians. The revelry continued throughout the night in such festivals as the Lantern festival ( shang yuan jie ), and night markets were prosperous and popular, which was an important indicator that the urban public space in the Song Dynasty was very active.