What do you mean by eight rites and four instruments?

Eight rites refer to etiquette, etiquette, speech, governance, behavior, observation, travel and meals.

"Four Instruments" refers to the entrance ceremony (7 years old), adult ceremony (10 years old), youth ceremony (14 years old) and adult ceremony (18 years old), so as to educate and guide minors to strengthen civilized etiquette. The daily behavior of students' civility and etiquette will be included in the evaluation system of students' comprehensive quality, which will be one of the basis for judging first and awarding prizes.

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Reconstructing etiquette culture is the inevitable requirement of socialist spiritual civilization construction. The core idea of socialist spiritual civilization is to build a harmonious society with noble personal morality and prosperous culture, which is also the goal of ideological and political education. Etiquette culture is the carrier of China traditional culture, and culture represents the civilization degree of an era.

Personally, etiquette culture is the concentrated expression of personal thought and morality, and it has internal unity with the value norms advocated by ideological and political education. From a social perspective, etiquette culture has the attribute of social norms and provides basic requirements and methods for social life. The reconstruction of etiquette culture is the essential requirement of socialist spiritual civilization construction.

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