Section 288 Virtuous guests and sub-sages in the village drinking ceremony
When a doctor goes to another country for personal matters, the master of ceremonies will not call him a widowed doctor or a widowed elder. The doctor is ordered by the monarch to go to another country, and the master of ceremonies will call him the old man of the widow or the widowed doctor. Anyone who greets the king with gifts such as brocades, silks, skins, horses, and birds in his hand should not walk quickly to show caution, and his face and demeanor should appear respectful and honest, and he should be cramped and uneasy.
If you are holding a jade in your hand to meet the monarch, you need to be slow and drag your heels to walk forward in small steps, which makes you appear more cautious. There are different ways in which the subordinates refer to the monarch: the scholars call themselves their subordinates; Retired officials, who live in the middle of the country, call themselves ministers of the market; If they live in the suburbs, they call themselves the ministers of grass and thatch; Commoners call themselves ministers of thorns, and commoners of other countries call themselves foreign ministers.
(4) "Township Drinking Ceremony"
"Township Drinking Ceremony", China has been re-emphasizing the career since ancient times, and in ancient times, there were sages who recommended and promoted, and the township doctor needed to set up a banquet as the host to see it off. Later, it evolved into a banquet held by the local officials to entertain the scholars who should be raised, and such a banquet was called village drinking.
The etiquette of drinking in the village is as follows: the host goes to the elders to agree on the selection of the guests of honor in the village drinking ceremony. The host goes to tell and invite the guest, who will thank the host for his condescension. The host bowed to the guests, so he gave a speech and invited the guests to the banquet. Xianbin excused himself and agreed. The host bowed to the virtuous guests twice, and the virtuous guests replied. When the master retired, the virtuous guest thanked the master for his condescension. When the host invites a second-class guest (hereinafter referred to as the second-class guest), the ceremony is the same as when inviting a guest.
So a feast is to be arranged for the virtuous guests, the masters, and the second sages. The many guests are independent of each other and not connected. Two wine jugs are placed between the two households in the east room and the room, and the ceremonial vessels used to hold the wine are used under the pots. The sake is placed on the west side, and a bamboo vessel is set up in the southeast of the liquor ban where sake brewing and drinking are placed, and a sake spoon is placed on each of the two pots. A washer is installed in the southeast direction of the east staircase, and the length of the washer is equal to the depth of the hall from north to south, and the east and west sides are opposite to the east wing of the house. The water is set on the east side of the washer, and the bamboo ware is placed on the west side of the washer, facing south.
After the meat was cooked, the host went to summon the guests, who thanked the master for his condescension, and the host bowed to the guests. When the master withdrew, Xianbin once again thanked the master for his submission. The host's ceremony of summoning the second sage is the same as when summoning the sage, who then comes with a large number of guests. The host and a salute went to the gate of the township school to greet the virtuous guests, and bowed to the virtuous guests twice, and the virtuous guests replied. The host greets the second sage, the second sage answers, and then the host bows to many guests once.
After inviting many guests, the host first entered the gate. The virtuous guest invited the second virtuous and walked through the door from the west side of the door. The second sage bowed to the many guests and entered the door. Many guests enter from the west side of the gate, with the north as the first priority. The host and the guest shook each other 3 times before reaching the front of the steps; Mutual humility 3 times, the master ascended the hall, and the virtuous guests also ascended the hall. The host bows twice at the top of the east staircase facing the front beam of the house, and the guest bows at the top of the west staircase facing north facing the front beam of the house.
After the host sat down, he took out the wine vessel from the bamboo vessel and walked down the hall to wash it. Xianbin also walked down the hall. The host sat down in front of the steps, placed the wine vessel on the ground, and thanked Xianbin as he walked down the hall, and Xianbin also gave a speech in reply. After the master sat down, he picked up the wine vessel, stood up, walked to the washing vessel, sat down facing south, placed the wine vessel under the bamboo vessel containing the goods, washed his hands, and washed the wine vessel. The virtuous guest walked east, facing northeast and thanked his master for cleaning his wine vessels. After the master sat down, he placed the wine vessel in the bamboo vessel and stood up to reply to the guest.
After returning to his original position, Xianbin stood facing east facing from the west wing. The master sat down and picked up the wine vessel, and the person in charge of washing the water poured water and washed the master facing northwest. After cleaning the wine vessel, the master and the virtuous guest bowed to each other, humbly and concede, and then walked up to the hall, and the virtuous guest thanked the master for cleaning the wine vessel for himself. After the master sat down, he put the wine vessel on the ground, bowed to the virtuous guests, and walked down the hall to wash his hands. The guest walked down the hall, and the host thanked him. The virtuous guest replied to his master, returned to his place, and stood in the place facing the west wing.
After washing his hands, the master and the virtuous guest exchanged humility and humility, and then walked up to the hall, where the virtuous guest stood intently and upright at the top of the western steps. After the master sat down, he took out the wine vessel, poured it full, and went to the table of the virtuous guests, facing the northwest to greet and reward the virtuous guests. Xianbin thanked the master at the top of the west steps, and the master stepped back slightly, and Xianbin stepped forward to take the wine vessel and return to its original position. The host bowed to the wine vessel at the top of the east steps, the virtuous guests stepped back slightly, and the official Yousi put the dishes in front of the table.
The guests entered the table from the west, and the priest set up a ritual vessel for the sacrifice in front of the table, and the host stood upright on the east side of the east steps. After sitting down, Xianbin holds the wine vessel in his left hand and the ancestor sacrifice dish in his right hand. He placed the vessel on the west side of the dish, stood up, and held the lungs with his right hand and the base of the lungs with his left palm facing up. After Xianbin sat down, he didn't make a winding movement, and directly cut off the tip of the lung with his right hand to sacrifice the lungs to the ancestors. Raise your left hand upward, taste your lungs, and after standing up, place your lungs on the object where the offering is placed. After sitting down, Xianbin wiped his hands clean, then offered wine to his ancestors, and then stood up.
The virtuous guest sat down at the end of the table, tasted the wine, walked out of the seat, sat down and placed the wine vessel on the ground, bowed to the master, said the wine, and stood up with the wine vessel in his hand. The master bowed to the virtuous guests at the top of the eastern steps. He sat down on the upper side of the western staircase facing north, toasted and then stood up. Then he sat down again, placed the vessel on the ground, bowed, and then stood up with the vessel in his hand. The master bowed to the virtuous guests at the top of the eastern steps.