"Weak crown" refers to how old a man is? What should a man of this age do?

Compared with the modern unified 18-year-old minor ceremony, the adult ceremony in ancient times was relatively late, at least for men. In ancient times, men were weak in their twenties, which means that boys and children were "weak in the crown" at the age of twenty.

In other words, the age of weak crown in ancient times refers to the age of 20 years for men. Every period will have a strange saying to describe people's age, such as the year of weak crown, which is a title or ceremony for ancient people at the age of 20.

It already existed in the Zhou Dynasty, indicating that men have grown up, because people in any era are not completely powerful, so they are described as weak. Later generations generally refer to the age of men around 20 years old and cannot be used for women. According to ancient records, when men in ancient times reached a certain age, they would hold a ceremony of weak crown. This year is called the year of weak crown, which is "adult ceremony" in the current words.

Now both men and women in our country regard 18 as an adult, but the ancient regulations are different. In ancient times, women 15 years old came of age, while men were crowned at the age of 20. Twenty years old is a man's weak crown, and the theory of weak crown is only aimed at ancient men.

First of all, we should choose an auspicious day, choose the guests to be crowned, and prepare the offerings to worship heaven and ancestors. Then, my father and brother will lead us into the ancestral temple to worship heaven and ancestors. During the coronation ceremony, the guests were crowned three times in turn, that is, wearing three hats in turn.

First of all, add a cloth crown made of black linen to show that you are qualified to participate in politics and shoulder social responsibilities; 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.

Ancient feudal society attached great importance to men's adult ceremony. In ancient times, aristocratic families would hold a grand coronation ceremony for their children when they were twenty years old. The book "Rites of Housekeeping" records that when a person reaches the age of 20, his brothers and sisters will choose an auspicious day of the zodiac for him, and then make a solemn sacrifice to his ancestors and heaven in front of imperial family guests in family ancestral temple, and then hold a coronation ceremony for him.