Is it a rite of passage for ancient men?

Coronation ceremony is also called adult ceremony or adult ceremony. The main form of etiquette is coronation, so it is called coronation ceremony. The crown is supreme and occupies the highest position on people's heads, so the ancients paid special attention to it.

Lutz was seriously injured in a war to defend his country, and the tassel on his hat was cut off. Before he died, he said, "When a gentleman dies, the crown is inevitable." So I tied the tassel and died. The tangible crown in the eyes of the ancients. Therefore, the coronation ceremony can add a solemn feeling to people. Before the coronation, the client was a child, and after the coronation, he became an adult. Others should be treated as adults, and their words and deeds should conform to social etiquette norms. Therefore, the coronation ceremony is called "the beginning of the ceremony" and is listed as the first of the six ceremonies (coronation, fainting, mourning, sacrifice, hometown and meeting).

According to the Book of Rites, the coronation ceremony was held in the ancestral hall, and the ceremony was presided over by my father or brother. The ceremony is very grand and complicated, and there are roughly a dozen procedures: first, divination is used to determine the auspicious day of coronation, then the guests are notified three days in advance, and then a person in charge of coronation is selected among the guests, and then urged repeatedly. On the day of the coronation, the guests were invited into the temple, and the young people who accepted the coronation went out to salute, and then the coronation began.

There are three official coronations: the first coronation shows that he is an adult, has all the responsibilities and rights that an adult should have and can manage people; Second, Gaby said that he would serve in the military from now on; The joining of the three knights shows that you have the right to participate in the sacrifice from now on. Every time the crown is added, the guests should send a congratulatory message to the recipient; After three crowns, the host will hold a banquet for concierge. After that, the crowned youth will meet his mother, then the guests will take messages for him, and then they will meet their brothers and other family members, the local chief executive and the village elders. When young people in COVID-19 salute their families, local governors and predecessors, the recipients should respond to them, so as to show the respect of the family and society for the male members of COVID-19 and let him understand their future responsibilities to the family and society.

Finally, the host raised his glass again and sent the guests away. At this point, the coronation ceremony for adults is all over.

As can be seen from the above brief description, the coronation ceremony in the pre-Qin period was quite complicated. Later, the ceremony gradually simplified.

One of the contents with strong cultural significance in the coronation ceremony is the choice of characters. "A boy has no words", and words are the symbol of adults. "Book of Rites Guan Yi" said: "Being crowned is the way to be an adult." After the coronation ceremony, people generally can't call them by their first names, but must praise them. It is impolite to call others by their first names.

Being crowned is not only a symbol of adults, but also an important costume for aristocratic adult men. If you don't wear a crown on this occasion, it will often be considered an indecent act.

The Spring and Autumn Miscellaneous Chapters said, "Being sent away, riding six horses, governing women, and becoming a virtuous lady", but a doorman named Xu unexpectedly "turned his horse upside down and said,' I am not my monarch'" "Make" Gong Jing ashamed and not toward ". A small gatekeeper dared to stop Gong Jing so boldly and not let his horses and chariots go out of the palace gate. The reason is that Gong Jing's hair is not good-looking, and Gong Jing himself feels that there is no excuse.

It is also recorded in the history books that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once saw Ji An come to play and hid in his account because he was not crowned. It can be seen that wearing a crown is not only a matter of etiquette, but also contains the meaning of respecting others. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty said that when he was not an official, he "respected widows, refused to be crowned and refused to enter Shandong", showing respect and courtesy for widows.

The coronation age is generally twenty years old. "Book of Rites Qu Lishang": "Twenty is the weak crown." Although he is not very strong at the age of twenty, he is an adult and can be crowned. In fact, the age of coronation is often earlier than twenty years old. "Zuo Zhuan Xiang Gong Nine Years": "The monarch was born at the age of fifteen, and he was crowned when he was born." It is fitting for young people to choose their spouses and get married after the coronation ceremony. Therefore, in order for young men under the age of 20 to have children together, we should crown them in advance.

In the Book of Rites Essays, Kong said that in the Tang Dynasty, scholars were crowned at the age of 20, but Dr. Qing 15 years old can be crowned, and even the emperor, vassal and son of the emperor 12 years old can be crowned. The higher the heir status, the more likely it is to be crowned earlier. This practice is actually a helpless adaptation to continue the patriarchal society.