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What ceremonies were held in our ancient times for men to reach the age of 20 and for women to reach the age of 15

Adult ceremony crown rite, is a kind of ancient Jia ritual. For Han Chinese men's rite of passage. Women: maturity rite; maturity, that is, hairpin, maturity rite is an ancient Chinese ritual held when a woman comes of age. Since the Zhou Dynasty, when a woman was over 15 years old, if she was already married, she had to hold a maturity ceremony, in which her hair was plaited to the top of her head and a hairpin was inserted to show that she had reached adulthood and belonged to someone else. If a woman is over 20 and has not yet gotten married, she must also have a maturity ceremony. The main maturity ceremony is performed by the female parent, and the invited female guest adds maturity to the girl, indicating that the woman is adult enough to get married.