Ancient schoolchildren to prepare for what ceremony

Ancient schoolchildren enrolled in the preparation of what ceremony as follows:

one, is the crown

Ancient people believe that: "the first correctly dressed, after the reason." Let the students pay attention to their appearance neat and tidy, is the first to take the first lesson.

Students stand in formal robes, black satin waistcoats and round black satin hats, signifying consistency of appearance and reminding people to behave decently. When entering the school, the new students have to stand one by one, and the teacher will help the students in turn to straighten up their clothes and crowns. Then, "neatly dressed" in line to the front of the school assembly. After standing for a few moments, they could enter the school under the guidance of the teacher. This is the equivalent of clearing one's mind, but it is also a sign of respect for one's sages and teachers.

Second, the ritual of worship

One day as a teacher, lifelong father, after entering the school, the first to perform the ritual of worship.

Before saluting the teacher, the student has to salute a more important teacher, that is, the "Greatest Sage" - Confucius. Not only do the students pay their respects, but the teachers also pay their respects, performing the "three kneeling and nine kowtowing" ritual.

After paying homage to Confucius, students then pay homage to their teachers, simply by kneeling and kowtowing three times.

Three, clean hands and clean heart

After kowtowing, after the gift, the students are already a little disheveled, to the "clean hands and clean heart" link. Teachers will be called to bring a pot of water, students should be requested by the teacher, put their hands into the water basin "clean hands". "The method of washing the hands is to wash them once in the front and once in the back, and then dry them.

This is not an ordinary washing of hands, the meaning of hand washing is to purify the hands and the heart, hoping that the children will be able to concentrate on their studies without distractions.

Fourth, the ceremony of opening the pen

This is the last program of the ceremony of opening the school, which includes vermilion sand to open the wisdom, beating the drum to open the wisdom, and tracing red to open the pen.

1, "Zhu Sha Kai Zhi", by the teacher holding a brush dipped in the color of Zhu Sha, in the student's eyebrows on a red mole. Points of vermillion mole, is to open the student's wisdom, because "mole" and "wisdom" homophonic, so people hope that this red "mole" can make the student's eyes bright, learning a little bit on the way through.

2, "drumming" comes from the "Records of Learning", which mentioned that "enrollment drums, Sun's career". The meaning is that the school drums as an order, the students heard the drums, they have to open their bags, reading and listening to the lecture, in order to show the importance of reading.

3, and finally, "tracing red to open the pen", the private school teacher led the students to write down the first word of their lives, generally speaking, will write "human", "a" this kind of brush strokes simpler. Generally speaking, students will write simple characters like "人" and "一". Although the strokes are simple, they contain deep meanings.

After completing the above series of procedures, "enter the pam" is declared to be the end, on behalf of the students have been formally worshiped in the teacher's door, began to embark on the "road long its cultivation far" of the road of learning.

Of course, there are many other different levels and situations, such as the entrance ceremony for those who have been admitted to the Imperial College, the opening of the Imperial College, and so on, which are naturally more enthusiastic, and the status of the guests is also more noble, but the process is mostly in accordance with the "Rites of Passage" and other traditional classics, and there is not much difference.

The ancient entrance ceremony seems very complicated, but contains a lot of truth, everywhere reflects the sense of serious ceremony. Whether it is ancient or modern, the opening ceremony is to hope that students can study with all their heart, and be able to make a great success in the future.