The master cleansed the lord, ascended the main hall from the west steps, and offered it to the concubine on the east steps, just like the etiquette of the dedicator. After all the offerings, the master walked down the main hall to clean the wine, and then on the east steps to the left and right and the inner ministers, just like the ceremony of dedication to the concubine.

After that, there will be all-you-can-drink that doesn't count the number of knights. Some of the scholars held fine wine, some held square pots, and some took fine wine and poured wine to the king, but the king did not bow down and accept it. Holding a square pot of wine, the king commands it to be given to someone, and then he offers it to someone. The one who received the gift stood up, accepted the wine, went to the west side of the seat and laid down the wine, and bowed twice, and the king bowed twice. The person who accepts the knighthood takes the knighthood, sits down at the table, and waits for the king to finish drinking the wine in the knighthood before drinking. The taxi with the wine took the king's wine, poured the wine, and put it in front of the king's table. The one who received the knighthood stood up and gave the wine to the man who had the jug of wine, and the man who had the jug poured it and persuaded him to drink it. Only those who accept the wine lord from the king salute the salute.

Finally, the person who accepted the wine lord stood up and made a toast to the priest on the western steps. When the priest ascended to the main hall, the doctor drank wine instead of prostration, and poured wine in the knighthood. The priest does not bow and accept the wine, the doctor enters the table, and the priest pours wine in turn to persuade the wine, which is the same as the doctor. The king ordered the towel covering the jug to be removed, and the guests of honour and the ministers and doctors all went down the main hall and bowed twice under the west steps, facing north, with the east as the first place. The king ordered the ministers to say goodbye, and the king bowed back, but the doctors avoided it. The guest of honor, the ministers and doctors, ascended to the main hall and returned to their original positions. The priest ended the exhortation as it began. Singing, blowing, alternating ensembles are innumerable.

At night, the concubine holds a candle on the east steps, the Sigong holds a candle on the west steps, the Dians hold a large fire candle in the bell body, and the 阍 (hūn) people hold a fire candle outside the door. The guest of honour was drunk, sat down facing north, took his dried meat and walked down the main hall while the music "陔" played. The dried meat taken by the guest of honour is given to the man in charge of the bell and drum at the eaves of the inner door, and then he goes out. The doctors all went out with the guest of honor, and the monarch did not send them. After the monarch entered, he played the piece "Sorrow".

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In ancient times, there were 4 kinds of archery, namely the big archery, the swallow salute, the bin salute and the village archery. The Great Shooting Salute is a ritual held by the Son of Heaven and the princes who choose to participate in the sacrifice before the sacrifice. After the Tang Dynasty, it was counted as a military salute and a state affair. In the Song Dynasty, it was restored to Jiali, and it was mostly used for the emperor's banquets. Ming Taizu re-established the Great Shooting Salute as a military salute, and most of the people who participated in the salute were high-ranking officials except for the emperor, and then outstanding noble children and local handsome people could also participate.

Archery salute is an important traditional ritual of the Chinese nation, from the pre-Qin period to the Song and Ming dynasties, whether it is a large archery salute at the national level or a folk led township salute, it has been continued and endless. It is recorded in the "Book of Rites" that after the boy is born, he should let the shooter shoot 6 arrows of fluffy grass with a bow made of mulberry wood: one arrow shoots the sky, one arrow shoots the ground, and the other four arrows shoot the southeast and northwest respectively, indicating respect for heaven and earth and prestige in all directions; Ambition in the four corners of heaven and earth is within the man's share; So you have to be ambitious and then you dare to eat the grain, it's like working first and then eating.

In the Book of Rites, it is said that the matter of archery competition contains the way to seek benevolence. When archery, you first require yourself to be calm and upright, and only after you have achieved peace of mind and body integrity do you start archery; If the archery does not hit the target, one should not blame the one who outperformed you, but should go back and check yourself.

Archery is an important form of Chinese etiquette culture, an important expression carrier of the Chinese nation's temperament, character and thoughts, and a unique cultural landscape in China. There is a large amount of precipitation of the essence of Chinese civilization in the shooting ceremony, which pays attention to modesty, courtesy and solemnity. Advocate "hair but not the middle, but seek oneself", and attach importance to people's moral self-examination. Archery is essentially a kind of ingenious guidance of health and morality, and the Chinese nation is virtuous in shooting, etiquette in shooting, and education in shooting.

The Great Archery is one of the four ancient archery ceremonies, and the Great Archery Ceremony is a ritual held by the Son of Heaven and the princes who choose to participate in the sacrifice before the sacrifice. The system of archery in the Zhou Dynasty is very detailed, after the two Han Dynasty, the archery salute was gradually simplified, and during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the new ceremony was set to list the big archery salute as a military salute. During the period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there were many times when large archery salutes were held. During the Song Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites thought that the old rites were too cumbersome, and they were revised according to the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, but they were not used much. In the Ming Dynasty, the officials of the Ministry of Rites considered the past and the present, and although they renegotiated the ceremony of the big shooting, the real big shooting ceremony was rare.

(8) Dowry

The "Dowry Ceremony" describes the etiquette of mutual appointment between the princes, and gives a detailed description of the etiquette and rituals such as planning, envoys, preparing gifts, receiving orders of honor and honoring the father's temple, etc. Then he describes the etiquette of borrowing the country, previewing the prestige, welcoming the entry to the border, entering the country, exhibiting coins at the entry, working in the suburbs of the main country, and setting up a restaurant in the museum; Then it explained in detail how to perform the gift of employment, how to concierge with the monarch, how to visit the temple, how to visit the monarch and the secretary of the country, how to work for the monarch and the secretary of the host country, how to feast, eat and give guests, and how the guest of honor returned to the country; If you encounter a funeral during the hiring process, how to deal with it.

The etiquette of the dowry is like this. The monarch and the three secretaries discussed the matter of appointment, so they appointed the secretary as the guest of honor. The guest of honor knelt twice and bowed and resigned, but the monarch did not allow it, and the imperial history returned to his original position. After the mission is discussed, the senior assistant of the guest of honor is appointed as if he were the guest of honor. Zai asked Sima to appoint subordinate officials and public agents, and all the public agents accepted the order and did not shirk.

Zai wrote down the number of dowry gifts and ordered the Zaifu to have many officials prepare. In the evening of the day before the mission, the gifts are displayed. The guest of honor put on court clothes, led the crowd, and met the monarch in the evening. The officials in charge of the building set up a curtain outside the dormitory. The person who prepares the dowry displays the gifts, the skins, with their heads facing north, and the west side as the first place.