How to perform rituals at a funeral

When the deacon reads the name of the village and the name of the guest, the guest walks slowly to the center of the reed mat in front of the altar table and stops, and the deacon shouts "the guest has arrived", the guest will turn to the elders of the kneeling hut on the right and bow and kowtow to the head of the kneeling hut on the right (also known as the companion hut) (those of the same rank will only make a bow); and then he will turn to the elders of the kneeling hut on the left and bow and kowtow to the head of the kneeling hut on the right (the equals will only make a bow). Then turn to the elders kneeling on the left and bow to the head (the junior).

In short, in the whole process of salute, salute guests should be solemn, slow, rhythmic, many people together to salute each other, coordinated action.

Funeral etiquette is a special culture inherited from various ethnic groups, the gap between the various regions is very large, that is, sunshine dozens of miles apart in the village, some of the speech and practice is not the same. The way to deal with the dead. Mainly includes burial, funeral, mourning and so on.

Expanded:

p>Ancient China's funeral etiquette was mainly established by the Zhou Rites, and although there were changes and gains and losses over the generations, there were no major alterations in the basic content and manner. After the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a long period of relative stability and prosperity in China, especially with the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, which ended more than 400 years of social chaos.

The two monarchs of the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Tang Gaozu and Emperor Tang Taizong, were both visionary politicians who, for the purpose of maintaining the stable development of Li Tang's empire, vigorously pursued the "rule of law" and "etiquette" as well as the policy of governing the country, such as in the rule of law. In the rule of law, the Tang Law was formulated, and in the rule of etiquette, there was the New Rites of Zhenguan.

Later, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty also formulated the "Tang Kaiyuan Rites", it is worth noting that the legal system and the ritual system have detailed provisions on the funeral, and some are even particularly severe, in fact, following the "Zhou Rites" after China's history, once again through the power of the state to make the funeral etiquette to achieve the height of a comprehensive "systematization", coupled with the basic spirit of the Confucianism and filial piety, the spirit of the Confucianism, the spirit of the Confucianism and filial piety are still the same. The spirit of Confucianism is still filial piety and loyalty, which has had a profound impact on the development of funeral etiquette in later generations.

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