What are the specific rituals of the Zhou Rites

The specific rituals of the Zhou Rites are Ji, Fei, Jun, Bin and Jia. Ji refers to the sacrifices to ancestors and various gods and goddesses; Fei refers to funerals and burials, and also includes mourning for natural and man-made disasters; Jun refers to wars and activities that mobilize a large amount of manpower, such as hunting and city building; Bin refers to the courtships of the vassals to the dynasty, and the hiring and alliances among the vassals; Jia refers to marriages, crowns, entertainments, celebrations, and bingos, etc. The rituals of Jia refer to marriage, crowns, feasts, celebrations, and shooting.

Ji ritual sacrifice is very wide range of objects, mainly in the sacrifice of heaven and earth, the sun, moon and stars, sacrifices to the late king, sacrifices to the ancestors, sacrifices to the gods and goddesses, sacrifices to the temple and other ceremonial activities. The ancients both utilized natural resources and suffered from natural disasters, and in ancient times it was believed that all of nature was in the hands of the gods, and when there was a corresponding need, sacrifices were also made to them.

Fierce rituals are ceremonies related to mourning, condolence, and sorrow.

Military rites i.e. ceremonies relating to military activities. The formation and management of an army cannot be separated from the principles of rites. For example, the size of the army, the son of heaven for six armies, according to the rite has the principle of equality, the army of the vassal shall not exceed six armies, but must be commensurate with the national strength of the big country three armies, the second country two armies, the small country one army. At that time, the military power was often measured by the number of chariots, therefore, there were ten thousand rides for the son of heaven, one thousand rides for the vassals, and one hundred rides for the great doctors. Armies had to be strictly trained and managed according to the principles of rites.

Binli is the etiquette of the emperor when he receives his vassals and guests, as well as when the vassal states interact with each other. In later times, the emperor's visits to the vassal states, the foreign envoys' tribute, audience, and the rituals of meeting each other were all categorized as binli.

Jia Li is the richest part of the ancient rituals, ranging from inheritance of the throne, down to the countryside drinking rituals, wedding ceremony, congratulations and celebrations, etc., and its main contents are the rituals of food and drink, wedding ceremony, the rituals of shooting, the rituals of entertaining the birds and swallows, the rituals of sacrificing meat and vegetables, the rituals of congratulations, the rituals of the throne and the rituals of the change of the first year, etc. The purpose of the ritual is to standardize the order and to guide the correctness of the emperor. The purpose of these ceremonies was to standardize the order and to correct the hearts of the people.