On the Origin of Etiquette

There were five ceremonies in ancient China: auspicious ceremony, wedding ceremony, guest ceremony, military ceremony and funeral ceremony. According to folklore, etiquette includes four kinds of life etiquette: birth, coronation, wedding and funeral.

Actually, etiquette can be divided into politics and life. Politics includes offering sacrifices to heaven, land, ancestral temples, teachers and sages, respecting teachers and respecting morality, and meeting each other through drinking? , military salute, etc. Life includes five sacrifices, high sacrifice, Nuo ceremony, birth ceremony, crown ceremony, food etiquette, gift etiquette and so on. Chinese etiquette plays the role of "quasi-legalist" in China culture.

Chinese etiquette permeates people's daily life. Table manners, hospitality, visiting gifts, etc.

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The interpretation of the word "Li" in Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Eastern Han Dynasty is: "Things are blessed by the gods, and words are also heard." It means to put the agreed things into practice and show them to the gods for blessing. The word "Li" is a knowing word, and "Shi" refers to the gods. From this, it can be analyzed that the word "Li" is related to the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods.

The ancient sacrificial activities were not carried out at will, but in strict accordance with certain procedures and methods. Guo Moruo pointed out in "Ten Criticism Books": "Rites started from worshipping God, then extended to being a man, and then became the ritual system of auspicious, fierce, military, guest and Jia." Here we talked about the origin and development of etiquette.

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