How about enrolling schoolchildren in ancient times?

In ancient times, the school had an entrance ceremony.

"Book of Rites" records: "Students first put on their school uniforms, bowed their pens, crossed the bridge in Chi Pan, and then went to Dacheng Hall to worship Confucius for the entrance ceremony.

As follows:

1. Open the book

In ancient times, children generally entered private schools at the age of four or five, which was called "opening books", "breaking schools" or "breaking fools". Since there was no fixed starting time in ancient private schools, the first thing for parents to send their children to school was to choose an auspicious day. After choosing the start date, parents should prepare school supplies for their children, mainly including a set of desks and chairs for study, Four Treasures of the Study.

Of course, wealthy parents prepare much more school supplies for their children. When Jia Baoyu, a noble son in A Dream of Red Mansions, went to a private school to study, he not only had books and pens, but also a teapot, a bowl, a hand stove and a foot stove. But four young children followed him and several older servants served him. This is a big ostentation and extravagance.

Eat better.

On the day when children enter school, parents will put on new clothes and red shoes for their children and prepare four breakfasts for them, which is called food growth. They are pork liver fried celery, steamed full-tailed shad, dried tofu onion and two red eggs. Its moral is diligent in being an official, leaping into the dragon's gate, being smart, and having connections with China people.

Entering Li Pan ceremony

In ancient times, the opening ceremony was called "Entering Pan Li", and Confucius had to be dressed up and worshipped. "The Book of Rites" records: "Students first put on their school uniforms, bowed their pens, crossed the bridge in Chi Pan, and then went to Dacheng Hall to worship Confucius for the entrance ceremony."

As the old saying goes, "Go to Pan Palace, go to official school and go to Qingyun Road". Among them, "entering the school" refers to the entrance ceremony when children who have passed the state and county examinations enter the school as students.

4. Mr. Bai

Worship Confucius, when Mr. Ze worships Mr. Ze, the students present six gifts to Mr. Ze, including: celery, which means studious; Lotus seeds mean painstaking education; Red beans, meaning auspicious; Jujube, meaning junior high school; Longan, meaning complete merit; Dried lean meat strips are used to express disciples' wishes. After that, the students bowed to each other to show mutual love and help.