Did schools in ancient times have ceremonies to start the school year?

Anciently, there was an initiation ceremony at the beginning of the school year.

The ceremony was held at the beginning of the ancient enlightenment education. China is an ancient civilization of thousands of years, is a state of etiquette. From ancient times to the present, the folk have been handed down to the week-old children "grasp week", school-age children "enlightenment", the day of the adult "and maturity rite" "crown rite "(adult) and other ceremonial customs. In ancient times, when children began to learn to read and write, it was called "opening the gate", and on the occasion of the opening of the gate, the "opening ceremony" had to be held, and an important part of the ceremony was to pay homage to Confucius. The ceremony is held at the Temple of Confucius (the Temple of Literature), and is therefore called the "Sacred Ceremony of the Opening of Monastic Life". The rite of initiation is not only a traditional etiquette and culture of the motherland, but also the beginning of a lifetime of traditional cultural education for today's children. The target participants are children aged 5-6, who are about to enter elementary school after kindergarten. In the Temple of Literature held a vivid and solemn ceremony of the opening ceremony, so that children from a young age to know Confucius, the perception of the motherland's excellent traditional culture, which is the first lesson of moral education, will play a subtle role in the growth of children. After the "opening ceremony", the children will be formally enrolled in school, began to learn knowledge, learn to be.

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