Thirteen mausoleums personally experience the big shooting ceremony

The Chinese nation, is a nation with deep cultural heritage, the great Chinese summer is also known as the state of etiquette. For thousands of years, civilized etiquette throughout people's lives.

The tour of Yangming Academy is a journey to promote the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

In the afternoon of April 5, the children of Yangming Academy, led by their teachers, waited early in front of the Temple of Good Counseling at the Changling Mausoleum in the Thirteen Tombs scenic area, eagerly awaiting an etiquette activity based on the "Great Shooting Ceremony" of the Ming Dynasty.

Shooting, "shooting" is one of the six arts in ancient China, Confucius said in the "Analects": "The gentleman has nothing to fight for, and must also shoot, 揖躟而升, down and drink, and its fight is also a gentleman." Therefore, "shooting" is not only a technique to kill the enemy and defend the country, but also a kind of sports activity to cultivate one's body and temperament. The key is to embody the spirit of courtesy, not to fight for victory or defeat.

The great shooting ceremony is the son of heaven, the vassals before the sacrifice to choose to participate in the ceremonial rites. Ming Taizu re-established as a military ceremony, participants in addition to the emperor is mostly magistrate, after the excellent noble children and local talent can also participate.

The main contents of the ceremony

First, with the coupling: the shooting art is similar to six shooters, two and two with a group, a *** three groups, respectively, known as on the coupling, the second coupling, the next coupling, the so-called "three coupling", each coupling has the upper shot, the lower shot of each one.

Two, the shot: the shooter to take the bow and arrow equipment. Each take a bow, four arrows.

Three, this big shooting ceremony for a shot, two shot (the complete big shooting ceremony need to be three shot)

A shot, that is, the first round of shooting. The first round of shooting is a practice shooting, alternating archery without music, regardless of whether the shot is hit or not, it does not count. Similar to the modern sports competition warm-up before the game.

The second shot, that is, the second round of shooting. The second round of shooting is a formal competition, based on the results of archery to determine the winner. The second round of archery is different from the first round of archery in that it is the Wakaku round of archery. Requirements for the same two people in a coupling according to the beat of the music at the same time shooting arrows, not and music strike, even if the shot, in the pick, is not considered shot. Music playing Yale "beaver head" and so on, one word, one tone, one tone four beats, and slow and heavy.

Fourth, give wine: each coupling shooter successively on the hall, each coupling of the winning party for the negative party to give wine. The negative side shooter will drink the wine, and then bow to the winning side shooter.

This is not a kind of punishment, but a kind of encouragement. Confucius said, "Wine is used for old age and to nourish the sick. Seek the center to resign the title, and resign his nourishment." To give wine is to hope that others will drink wine to nourish themselves and become more and more skillful, hoping to surpass them next time.

Fifth, the most outstanding person of this great shooting ceremony is selected as Dangkou Timur, please Dangkou Timur to come up to the hall to pay respect to the award.

The great shooting ceremony is as powerful as a rainbow, on the one hand, with the spirit of today's open, just and fair sports competitions, while reflecting the Confucian modest gentleman's etiquette, uprightness and perseverance.

It is thought that years later, when children recall their experience of the Changling Great Shooting Ceremony on the 2019 Qingming Festival, they will surely feel that it was a worthwhile trip.