Chapter 430: The Beginning of the Crowning Ceremony
Five days later, on the auspicious day, in the Buqihou Mansion, relatives and friends from all parties who had already received the news gathered together, following the previous celebration of the Fuquan Rebellion victory in the Buqi Houfu, it was a lively scene.
The six rites of the ancients, and the crown ceremony is the first, why not?
Guy has a cloud in "The Book of Rites: Guanyi": Guanli, the beginning of the ceremony.
The crown ceremony was implemented in the Zhou Dynasty, is the coming-of-age ceremony of the descendants of China, simply put, after the crowning, the person who wears the crown will be called the emperor by the irresponsible "son" to officially enter the society and become an adult, indicating that the young man has reached a certain age, has reached a certain age, has become sexually mature, can marry, and from then on as an adult of the clan, can participate in various activities. Since then, this adult young man needs to practice filial piety, loyalty, and obedience, and be a son, a brother, and a minister, only in this way can he be called a "man", and only then can he be qualified to govern others, and then he can inherit and carry forward the etiquette of China.
In the Han Dynasty, divination was required for major events, and the crown ceremony was no exception, and it was not only necessary to determine the auspicious day, but also to decide which guest would crown it through divination. It stands to reason that the crown ceremony should be held in the temple on the date of February, and within 10 days before the crown, the recipient of the crown should first divinate the auspicious day, and if there is no auspicious day within 10 days, the auspicious day of the next decade should be chosen. Then inform relatives and friends about the auspicious day. Three days before the crown ceremony, the guest who presided over the crown ceremony was selected by the Zheng method, and a person who "praised the crown" was selected to assist in the crown ceremony.
However, after all, Fuquan had just returned from the rebellion, and if it weren't for the fact that Emperor Liu Hong had ordered him to bring troops into Beijing, I am afraid that he would have returned to his county to guard after the rebellion, and should not have entered Beijing.
But now, because of the rumors about the Northern Expedition in Luoyang City, Fu Wan and Liu Hua naturally didn't dare to hold a cumbersome crown ceremony for Fuquan seriously, so they could only keep everything simple. After all, if he really did that, Fuquan would have to go to Langya County, the place of Fu's temple, and it was obvious that Fuquan couldn't go and couldn't go.
After all, he is one of the most promising relatives of the Han Dynasty today, and all those who have a little relationship with the Fu family and are not firm pretentious and do not conspire with their relatives are basically here. Of course, there are probably those reasons why those people are jealous of the reputation of the Fu family as a great Confucian family of the two Han Dynasty, and it is inconvenient to come for a long time, anyway, this crown ceremony of Fuquan, even the leader of the foreign courtiers, Situ Yang Ci, has been added, but it makes him incomprehensible, and can only be explained by the sentence "There is no eternal enemy in politics, and there is no eternal friend" in later generations.
Three days ago, the guest selected by the crown ceremony had some fate with Fuquan, and it was Cai Yong, who had a great relationship with Fuquan after experiencing life and death, although he had a bad relationship with many powerful people in Luoyang, but when he came to Luoyang this time, he was covered by the banner of Hou Fu's family, but there was not much trouble.
After all, many people who dislike Cai Yong also know that he just can't come to his marquis's mansion to participate in the ceremony and leave, and he won't stay long, so naturally he won't pay too much attention to it, besides, if he really wants to do something to Cai Yong, isn't this a clear face to beat the Fu family? Unless they want to fight hard with the Fu family, those people can only turn a blind eye to Cai Yong's entry into Beijing and close one eye, as long as he himself is low-key and doesn't make trouble.
The crown ceremony is preceded by a three-day fast, of course, although it is a hard rule, but few people abide by it, and they do not eat for three days, and then they will not starve people to the point of dizziness, where will they still have the strength to perform the crown ceremony.
Accompanied by Cai Yong, and accompanied by his daughter Cai Yan, who grew up at a young age, listening to the piano and talking about poetry every day, it was not boring, although it was coarse tea and light rice for three days, but it was not too bad, and after that, it finally ushered in an auspicious day.
The crown ceremony process in the Han Dynasty was much more lively and complicated. In the hierarchical Han Dynasty, the young people who were about to perform the crown ceremony could be divided into three categories, namely, sons-in-law, orphans, and concubines.
Among them, the son born to the wife is called the concubine, the son born to the concubine and the maidservant is called the concubine, and the son of the concubine whose father has died is called the orphan. Fu Zheng, the father of Fu Quan, is the elder brother of Fu Wan, of course, he must be a cousin, otherwise if it is a brother-in-law, this position is naturally Fu Zheng sitting, not for Fu Wan. Moreover, Fu Quan's father died early, and Fu Zheng and Fu Wan's brother Fu Zhi were still alive at that time, and the two did not separate, so Fu Quan should have saluted as his father and son.
However, as Fuquan's parents have long since died, he has changed from a concubine to an orphan, and in the end he can only hold a crown ceremony according to the rules of an orphan.
Early in the morning, the slave and maid prepared the ceremonial utensils, Fuquan was dressed in a ceremonial dress, walked out, and the outside was crowded with guests with big sleeves, and there were dignitaries and nobles inside and outside the house, compared to the last great victory celebration of Fuquan, I don't know how much. Fu Quan bowed slightly to everyone, then turned around, and when he came to the main hall of the Marquis Mansion, he would perform the crown salute here.
It stands to reason that the crown ceremony should be held in the ancestral temple or ancestral hall, but it is not necessarily, such as Fuquan this time, because everything is simple, it is directly selected to be held in the mansion of the Marquis.
After all, if you really want him to go to the temple in Langya County to hold a crown ceremony, there is obviously not enough time, and if you don't hold a crown ceremony, you won't be able to reach the crown. Therefore, at this time, it has indeed become the best choice to hold a crown ceremony in the lobby of the Marquis Mansion.