In ancient times, why not be righteousness is called worship, why to burn yellow paper?

Worship handle is also known as worship (hereinafter referred to as Jieyi), elegantly known as Jiejie Jinlan, commonly known as Jieyi, exchange of post, etc., is the folk of the same year as a form of brotherly relations. It originated in the Three Kingdoms era of the "Three Peach Orchards", Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, three people tied for life and death and **** the story of brothers. Later, people worship, and then follow the example of, that is, similar interests, personalities, mutual affinity for each other, through a certain form of brotherly relations, life, mutual concern, support and help, and take care of each other in case of trouble. Over time, it has evolved into a humanistic etiquette. This is the sublimation of friendship and social relations of a frame, throughout the Confucian "righteousness" of the idea, filling in between family and friendship, is a special social interpersonal relationships.

Burning yellow paper is a sacrifice to the gods, righteousness has a standardized etiquette procedures, that is, on a voluntary basis, through consultation, consent, choose an auspicious day and time, in a place that we all think is more appropriate, such as ancestral halls, etc., on the hanging of the God of Guan Gong and other deities, under the three sacrificial offerings, that is, pork, fish, eggs (according to the number of people, each person a grain), and a live chicken (men married to a male, women married to a female chicken), a bowl of red wine! and the "Golden Orchid Spectrum" (also known as making a vow, the contents of which are attached). Each person has a copy of the "Golden Orchid Spectrum" and writes his or her name in order of age and presses his or her handprint. At the beginning of the ceremony, each person takes a stick of incense and the "Golden Orchid Spectrum". Then, the chicken slaughtered, chicken blood drops into the red wine, the middle finger of each person's left hand (the woman's right hand) with a needle tip, the blood also drops into the red wine, mix well, first sprinkled three drops on the ground, and finally in order of age, each person to drink a mouthful of the rest of the statue of the God of Guan Gong in front. This form is also called "blood oath".

The knotting of men and women, young and old, the number of unlimited, but must be an odd number of people of the same year, the same sex, men called brothers, women called sisters, generally Teenage period, mostly like-minded, or the same disease or each have their own needs. In the old society, there are many rituals and customs: not to be married to the clan; not to be married to the in-laws; not to be married to the difference in seniority; not to be married to the incompatibility; not to be married to those who break the rules of the clan (in the past, such as the clan with other clans, such as grudges, oaths and regulations not to be good with a certain clan, such as the rules of the tribe of the marriage); not through the oath of the rituals do not count as formal marriage, and so on. With the progress of society and civilization, people believe that as long as they get along well with each other, do not have to stick to a certain form. Of course, in reality there are still some of the young people to worship, the old rituals are relatively thin, the ceremony is generally simple, more than a verbal oath of allegiance, the solemnity of the statue of the God of Guan Gong, "ancestral temple" or other gods in front of the rituals held before the customary oath of allegiance. To be allied to the young people in the worship before the general must be agreed by the parents of all parties, because the elders are more experienced, more prudent.

After the ceremony, the people involved in the worship of the brotherhood of the name, some in the name of the former plus "契""兰", "谊", and other words, but also commonly known as the oldest, the oldest two, Lao San ...... means life and death and ****, enjoy the same blessings, have difficulties together. Any wedding, funeral, festivals, etc., are to brotherly relations to and fro.

This original form of mutual care, support, help, the form of righteousness, with the time, the social environment and people's thinking and other factors, its form, content, role is also very different, constituting a close and complex social relations between people. Those who do good deeds can become a united and upwardly mobile group that is beneficial to social progress, such as in 1944, when the Fujian Provincial Committee of the C*** was covertly stationed in Banli, Shuikou, the Party and guerrilla leaders took blood oaths with the revolutionary masses in Banli. The significance of this form of alliance in the special era is evident in the close relationship between the Party and its guerrillas and the masses, and in achieving the goal of unity, unity of purpose, and **** together in the fight against the Japanese invaders and against the reactionaries of the Kuomintang.

The oath of alliance is a good initial intention of people to realize the ideals of life, but its final result is not what anyone can expect to get, because people's feelings can also change due to changing environmental conditions, or fade as usual, or even turn against each other. Once this point is reached, the oath of alliance is also undermined, and the alliance is often unhappy. In general to end the alliance at that time, it is necessary to end it in the same form as when it was made.

Nowadays, the relationship between people is a win-win, **** with the development of the relationship between friends to get along as the best realm, generally do not advocate this form of worship.

Attachment: "Golden Orchid Spectrum"

Men's style: cover heard the room full of qin books, happy to know the heart of the fellowship; bed joint rain and wind, and often arm in order to talk about happiness. It is to the ground Ban Jing, the heart should be spit out, other mountains attack jade, sound and gas, every view of the order of the geese line, when cut with the light on the steed tail. So-and-so and so on open the ink stone north, candle cut window west, or pen down the vertical and horizontal, or reasoning peeping into the hall of mystery. Young people shake hands, Lei Chen's high friendship * * * Chin; white water gleam heart, pipe Bao's dust should step. Stopping clouds and falling moon, separated from the river and mountains and not cool S alliance, the old rain and spring wind, through the years and each firm its will. Don't be jealous of fame and fortune, and don't be proud of your talent and virtue. Righteousness of the Golden Orchid, in today's both God to swear, Hui Sheng Bamboo Forest, I hope that in other years when the rest of the related. I'd like to thank you for your help.

Women's style: I heard the poetry of the wood, foot solicitation of friends of Yin; easy divination broken gold, early to see the friendship of the Duchess. It is because of this that the Xuanbou embroidered door, both the sound and gas of the mutual communication; moth-eaten chicken window, but also the observation of the mutual understanding. I have the honor to join the friendship of Chi Chi and the friendship of Orchid, to be the ally of the cow's ear and the order of the goose's gate. We have been waiting for the moon in front of the wind and the flowers behind closed doors. We have been singing poems with the talent of Susanna Tao; we have been compiling books and writing history with the skill of Banzhao. The copper bowl knocked the remaining, talk to the end of the night; jade cup to the shadow, invite the light of the bright moon. The wind and frost, do not act like the peach blossom of lightness; bed with the wind and rain, it is appropriate to vector the chastity of the pine and cypress. Does not take the talent first, does not take the appearance to be proud of, does not take the shape of the sparseness and the fox suspicion to be unable to release, does not take the reputation of the difference and the crane grudges to come frequently. Several plants of gardenia concentric, nine fields of orchid compact, to the gods and swear forever, may rest related. I would like to preface.

Note: the golden orchid: refers to the firm and harmonious friendship, originates from "the yijing - the system of words" "two people are of one mind, its profit breaks the gold, of one mind, its odor (Xiù, smell meaning) such as orchid". Later, it was used as a synonym for brothers and sisters.

Jiebai Festival:

The traditional festival of the Zhuang people.

Annually held on the thirteenth day of the fifth lunar month. According to the old custom, men aged 12 years old will have the right to worship brothers. At that time, there are two close friends, the old man will be asked to preside over the ceremony, the two sides reported each other's age, drink raw chicken blood, reported to the ancestors, swore to heaven. After the ceremony will become a good brother.