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Empress Dowager was a consort and Royal Family Member.
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History of Song, Chapter 112Volume 112 Treatises 65: Rites 15 · 6 passages
仁宗以四月十四日為乾元節，正月八日皇太后為長寧節。
Renzong’s birthday was observed on the fourteenth day of the fourth month as the Qianyuan Festival, and the Empress Dowager’s on the eighth day of the first month as the Changning Festival.
詔定長寧節上壽儀：太后垂簾崇政殿，百官及契丹使班庭下，宰臣以下進奉上壽，閣門使於殿上簾外立 侍，百官再拜，宰臣升殿，跪進酒簾外，內臣跪承以入。
An edict prescribed the Changning Festival birthday rite. The Empress Dowager held court from behind a curtain in the Hall of Promoting Governance. Officials and Khitan envoys formed ranks in the courtyard below. From the chief counselor down, they advanced to offer birthday congratulations. A Gate Office commissioner stood in attendance outside the curtain on the dais. Officials bowed twice. The chief counselor ascended, knelt, and presented wine outside the curtain; an inner attendant knelt to receive it and carry it within.
宰臣奏曰：“長寧節，臣等不勝歡抃，謹上千萬歲壽。”
The chief counselor reported: “On the Changning Festival we cannot contain our joy and respectfully wish Your Majesty ten thousand myriad years of life.”
復降，再拜，三稱萬歲。
He then withdrew, bowed twice, and thrice shouted “Long live Your Majesty!”
宰臣升殿，內侍出簾外跪授虛盞，宰臣跪受，降，再拜舞蹈，三稱萬歲。
The chief counselor ascended again. An inner attendant came outside the curtain, knelt, and handed over an empty cup. The chief counselor knelt to receive it, withdrew, bowed twice and performed the treading dance, and thrice shouted “Long live Your Majesty!”
太后還內，百官詣內東門拜表稱賀。
The Empress Dowager returned to the inner palace, and officials went to the Inner Eastern Gate to present congratulatory memorials.