Briefly introduce what you know about the ancient "ritual" culture.

China has a civilization history of 5,000 years, and is known as "the state of etiquette". China people are also famous for their polite style. Etiquette civilization, as an important part of China traditional culture, has a wide and far-reaching impact on the social and historical development of China, and its content is very rich. Etiquette covers a wide range and permeates almost every aspect of ancient society.

However, for a long time, the essence and dross of a large number of etiquette culture are in a state of mutual penetration and coexistence, and the dross of etiquette culture has a negative effect that cannot be underestimated. We ignore the traditional etiquette and civilization, a precious spiritual wealth. For a long time, society and schools have not paid enough attention to etiquette education, and many uncivilized behaviors have also increased. In today's socialist spiritual civilization construction, we should base ourselves on absorbing the essence of national culture, make the traditional civilized etiquette serve the present and rebuild a set of modern civilized etiquette.

In ancient times, when people met, there were many different manners.

"Salute hand in hand" is for "hand in hand". This is the most common etiquette for meeting guests and hosts in ancient times. There are three manners:

One is dedicated to different surnames who are not married, and the hand is pushed down slightly when saluting; The second is dedicated to different surnames with marriage relationship. When saluting, push your hands flat and reach forward; Third, it is specially designed for guests with the same surname, and the hand is slightly upward when saluting.

Yi Long: This is an ancient meeting ceremony, regardless of rank, from top to bottom, hand in hand.

Arch: an ancient meeting ceremony in which hands meet on the chest to show respect.

Worship: an ancient etiquette to show respect. In ancient times, worship was just bending over, putting your hands together on your chest, leaning your head forward and touching your hands on your forehead, just like Yi. Later, it also refers to bowing, landing with both hands or kowtowing to the ground as "worship"

An ancient bow ceremony. When saluting, kneel down, arch your hands and put your head on your hands. "Zhou Li" is an "empty head"; Also known as "bowing down".

Farewell: Worship twice as a farewell to show the solemnity of etiquette. In the past, "farewell" was usually used at the end of a letter to show respect.

Nod: kneel on the ground and knock your head. "Pause" means pause. When saluting, the head touches the ground, so it is nodded because its head touches the ground for a short time. Usually used to pay tribute to junior officers and peers. Such as greetings and farewells between bureaucrats, greetings, visits and farewells between people, etc. It is also often used at the beginning or end of a letter.

Kowtow: An ancient bowing ceremony. Kneeling and touching the ground for a long time is kowtowing. "Ji" means staying and delaying. When saluting, the giver kneels, presses his left hand on his right hand, supports the ground with his hands, slowly touches the ground with his head in front of his knees and his head behind his hands. The head must stay on the ground for some time. Kowtowing is the most important etiquette, which is often used by courtiers when they visit the king.

In ancient times, the coronation ceremony was a ceremony to show that a person had reached adulthood. The Book of Rites says that men are crowned at the age of twenty. "Crown" means "crowned". At that time, the guests will be treated with courtesy every day to show their solemnity.

It is a sacrificial ceremony for ancient aristocratic women to show that they have reached adulthood. 15-year-old aristocratic women make a gift, add a knot (insert a hairpin in the bun), take a word, and they can get married. In ancient books, "harmony", "year" and "benevolence" all refer to allowing women to marry when they are adults. Nearly adults are called "Wei Zai" and "Dai Zai".

Ancient people held ceremonies and chose auspicious divination methods. Divination with yarrow and tortoise shell.

A method of divination in which the ancients held ceremonies and chose the right person in charge.

Etiquette followed by princes of various countries in the pre-Qin period to ask questions to each other. Its main ceremonies include rural labor (the envoys of the host country meet in the suburbs), employment (the ceremony of welcoming sacrifices at the ancestral temple), private gatherings, entertaining guests (banquets), guests in the museum, and bribery (the envoys leave and the host country gives gifts). Although the changes are different, they are basically used, mostly for diplomacy.

Six rites ancient marriage etiquette, that is, six procedures, is called "six rites". According to the book The Wedding of Yi Li, these six gifts are: accepting gifts, asking names, Najib, accepting gifts (the husband's family gives the wife's family as a dowry), inviting parties (the husband's family prepares gifts to inform the woman's family to conduct business regularly), and welcoming guests face to face.

Nine guests, also known as the "gift of nine guests", was the most solemn ceremony in ancient times, and nine officials from the host country welcomed them into the temple. "Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru": "Today, the king should also fast for five days and set up nine pilgrims."

The ancient worship system of Sanbai is complicated. Generally speaking, kneeling, bending over and hanging your head to the ground is "worship" When you bow down, your head hangs down and touches the ground, and you stop for a moment, which is called "kowtow" or "kowtow", commonly known as "kowtow". In ancient times, there was a custom of worshipping Ertou, which was called "farewell". Sometimes in order to show respect or sincerity, the ceremony is changed to three worships, which is called "three worships".

Funeral was called "fierce ceremony" in ancient times, which was the funeral and mourning etiquette before and after burying the dead.