Five etiquette systems in ancient China

Five etiquette systems in ancient China

It is recorded in "Li Zhou Di Guan Da Situ": "Use five kinds of etiquette to stop people from doing bad things and educate people to understand and abide by these etiquette systems." These five etiquette systems are the collective names of "Meng Li" and "Jun Li".

1. Li Ji: This is a ritual of offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods. In ancient times, sacrifice was considered as a "national event", so it was listed as the first of the five rites. The objects of sacrifice are gods, the sun, the moon, the stars, the commander-in-chief, the wind master, the rain master, the country, the five sacrifices, the five mountains, mountains, rivers and everything in the four directions.

2. Fierce rites: used not only for funerals, but also for mourning natural and man-made disasters (such as famine, flood and drought, defeat, chaos, etc.). There are five kinds of ceremonies: mourning, famine, hanging, mourning (sacrifice to eliminate disasters and diseases) and compassion.

3. Military salute: It is used for hunting and military affairs, including the ceremonies of the old master, the great king, Daejeon, the great king and Dafeng, including military system, taxation, labor, border defense and economic border. The latter refers to the etiquette in the army.

4. Courtesy: It is the etiquette used by princes when meeting with emperors or princes. * * * There are eight kinds: worship, worship, meeting, meeting, asking and seeing.

5. Ceremony: It refers to the etiquette of banquets and celebrations, which is complicated in content, including diet, wedding crown, guest shooting, banquet swallow, banquet swallow (shènán, the meat used by ancient princes to sacrifice state affairs and ancestral temples) and he qing.