How old were ancient people when they came of age?

In ancient times, they were called 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 or 90 respectively:

1 and 20 years old are called weak crowns; 30 years old is called the year of standing;

2, 40 years old is called the year of no doubt; 50 years old, known as the year of know life;

3, 60 years old is called the year of the flower or the year of the ear; At the age of seventy, he is seventy years old;

4. Eighty-year-olds are called octogenarians; 100 is called good luck or good luck;

5. The reopened flower is called 120 years old; An ancient and rare celebration is called 140 years old.

Extended data

The coronation ceremony for men at the age of 20 is as follows:

1, the coronation ceremony is very particular and prudent. According to the book Li Yili, when a nobleman reaches the age of 20, his father or brother will preside over the coronation ceremony in the ancestral hall. First of all, we should choose the auspicious day, the guests to be crowned, and prepare the offerings to worship heaven and earth and ancestors, and then our fathers and brothers will lead us into the ancestral temple to worship heaven and earth and ancestors.

2. During the coronation ceremony, the guests will be crowned three times in turn, that is, wearing three hats in turn. First, they will be crowned with a piece of cloth made of black linen, indicating that they are qualified to participate in politics and can shoulder social responsibilities from now on; Then add a leather coat made of white deerskin, that is, a military cap, to show that you will perform military service and defend the national territory from now on; Finally, the plain crown with black in the red is an ancient top hat, which means that you can participate in sacrificial ceremonies from now on.

3. After three crowns, the host must hold a banquet to entertain Binzan and others (Binzan is Binzan's assistant), which is called "concierge". After the ceremony, the winner goes in to see his mother, and then the guests take the word "Zi" to show that they will have their own dignity in society in the future. The ancients believed that after adulthood, only the elders can call it "name", and the average person or peers can only call it "word", so we should take "word" to facilitate others to call it.

4. Then get to know brothers, eulogists and aunts in turn. After that, the recipient took off the hat and clothes he wore when he was crowned for the last time, put on a dark black hat and dress, and took gifts to visit the monarch, Dr. Qing (an official in the township) and Mr. Xiang (an official who retired from the township).

The ceremony of coronation lasted from the Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, until the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. As the west wind spread eastward, the crown ceremony gradually declined and disappeared.

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