The Significance of Red Cinnabar in Ancient Children's Eyebrows

The behavior of "lighting red cinnabar on the brow" is due to the "cinnabar opening" in the ancient opening ceremony. The so-called "opening the eyes with cinnabar" is to use cinnabar to mark a red mole in the right center of the child's forehead, which is also called "opening the eyes". I hope that children will be sober-minded, good at reading and read good books from now on.

This is also called the opening ceremony, which is a form of enlightenment education for children to start literacy in China traditional culture. In ancient times, children should start writing before entering school as an important commemorative ceremony for children to enter the learning stage. Through this solemn ceremony, children feel that entering school is a major event in their lives, and they also pin their hopes on their children's "study hard and be smart".

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The opening ceremony of modern schools;

1. Apprentice: Students, led by the teacher, salute the statue of the master to show their respect for the teacher.

2. Dress appropriately: The Book of Rites says: "The beginning of courtesy lies in a correct attitude", which means that children's education begins with "dressing appropriately", and clothes can better reflect people's mental outlook. The so-called "dress appropriately first, then be a director".

3, cinnabar wisdom: use the red cinnabar point at the midpoint of the student's forehead. The sound of "mole" is the same as "wisdom", which means to open wisdom, and the eyes are bright and bright from now on.

4. Drumming and singing: "Singing" means expressing your ambition. Drums are inspiring, so the louder the drums, the more diligent you will be and achieve great ambitions. Wang Yangming said: Nothing in the world is without will.

5. Inspire to draw red: First, the teacher demonstrates writing the word "person" in regular script with a brush, and then the students begin to imitate it, meaning to be an upright person from now on.

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