The ritual of worshipThe bow was the most traditional etiquette in China. The ancients would bow on important occasions. Its origin is closely related to the unique sitting posture and the evolution of the seating equipment in ancient China.
In ancient times, people sat on the ground with their knees on the ground and their buttocks pressed against their heels. The only difference between kneeling and sitting was whether their buttocks pressed against their heels. Gu Yanwu wrote in the twenty-eighth year of the "Record of Daily Knowledge":"The ancients sat on the ground, and when they stood up, they knelt down. When his hand touched the ground, he bowed. When the head reaches the ground, it is a kowtow."
With the development of history, sitting on the ground with feet hanging down replaced sitting on the ground. This change was related to the evolution of seating and bedding. Although the new sitting posture appeared, the kneeling ceremony produced by sitting on the ground did not disappear. Instead, it evolved into the highest form of salute to the venerable and became an important etiquette in the hierarchy of traditional China society.
There were many types of worship rituals. For example, the "Nine Bowing" ceremony was a unique ceremony in ancient times to express high respect to the other party. There was also the fierce bow, which was one of the nine bows. The man's right hand formed a palm and the left hand formed a fist. The woman's left hand formed a palm and the right hand formed a fist. It was usually used for mourning.
In traditional wedding customs, there were three bows: one to heaven and earth, two to the high hall, and the couple to each other. There were also corresponding chants. There was also a six-bow ceremony, which included bowing at the upper seat (two kowtows), bowing at the front step (one kowtow), bowing at the hall to offer incense and wine (one kowtow), bowing at the back three steps (two kowtows), and so on.
In addition, there was also the interpretation of "a gift given by someone to worship", such as "Dream of the Red Chamber". Chapter Sixty-Eight mentioned that he ordered the Zhou family to take out four colored ruler heads and four pairs of gold pearl hairpin rings from the bag as a gift, which was also called a "greeting gift." The traditional Han worship ceremony was different from the Qing Dynasty's kneeling ceremony.
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