In the pre-Qin period, the township archery ceremony was prevalent, and in the spring and autumn seasons of each year, the chief executive of each township and the township doctor would invite the local secretaries, doctors, scholars and students to hold the township shooting ceremony in the state school. The officiant of the village shooting ceremony is a scholar who has distinguished himself and has not yet attained the rank of official, and is called a bin (the virtuous bin mentioned above). The shooting position is set on the hall, and the arrow target is called Hou, which is set at a distance of 30 zhang just south of the hall. There is a small curved leather screen in front of the left side of Hou, which is used by the person who reports the target to hide, which is called lacking. Bows, arrows, calculations and various shooting equipment are displayed in the front hall of the West Wing. The core activity of the village archery salute is the three-round match between the shooters, called the "three-way shooting". Each shooter is limited to 4 arrows.

The first round of shooting focused on the teaching and practice of shooting.

Si Jie matched the selected 6 state school disciples into 3 groups, which were called upper coupling, middle coupling, and lower coupling, which is the so-called three coupling. Each couple has an upper shot and a lower shot, that is, the shooter with a higher status and a shooter with a lower status mentioned earlier. The archery first demonstrates the archery instrument section for the three couples, first steps on the symbol of the archery position, faces west, then turns the head to the south, looks at the bull's-eye, concentrates, then adjusts the pace, and finally shoots the arrow. After the demonstration, the two shooters walked up to the hall and shot first and then after shooting according to the instructions of the division, so that they took turns to shoot their four arrows. Then, the middle coupling and the lower coupling walked up to the hall, and they also shot like this. Since the first time is to practice archery, it will not be counted regardless of whether you hit it or not.

The second round of archery is an official competition, and the winner is determined according to the results of archery.

In addition to the three couples, there were also hosts, guests, doctors and many guests. The master and the guest cooperate as 1 couple, and the host acts as a downward shot to show humility; Doctors with relatively high status also have to cooperate with the taxi one by one to become a couple. After the specific shooting starts, the three-coupling ratio is fired first. The archers take turns shooting their bows and arrows as they did in the first shot. If you hit the target, the person who calculates the score will put 1 chip on the ground and count it. After the three-coupling shooting, the coupling formed by the virtuous guests and the host, the coupling formed by the doctor and the taxi, and the coupling of many guests successively went to the hall to compare the shooting.

After the results are announced, the winning shooter takes off his left sleeve, puts on a wrench, puts on his arm guard, and holds the bow with the string tightened. The loser shooter will need to put on his left sleeve, remove his wrench and arm guard, and release the bowstring. The shooters of each pair walked up to the hall one after another, and the loser's shooter stood and drank the penalty wine, and then bowed to the winner's shooter.

The process of the third shot is the same as that of the second shot, except that the musical accompaniment is added.

The musician played the "Su Yu" in the "Book of Songs, Zhaonan", and the beat of the music was played evenly and consistently. Only those who hit the bullseye to the beat of the drum draw a chip to count; Otherwise, even a shot will not be effective. After the results of the third shot were announced, the shooters walked up to the hall in order, and the loser's shooter drank and bowed to the winner's shooter. This is where the three-way shot ends.

After the three competitions, the banquet also has a program of travel pay, which is a mutual toast between guests. The entertainment is the afterglow of the salute, and the guests in the hall are staggered, and the music is endless.

(6) Yanli

Yan Rite is the etiquette of feasting and drinking, and it is the etiquette of the ancient Chinese nation in the spare time of political affairs to contact the feelings of subordinates.

The ministers kept the ministers for the sake of the king, and the meal chief prepared the meals of the ministers on the east side of the main hall of the Son of Heaven, and the musicians in charge of the music hung new bells for the feast. In the southeast of the east staircase, washing utensils and bamboo vessels are installed opposite the dripping water on the east eaves, and the sake container and water are on the east side. The bamboo vessels are on the west side of the washer, and they are displayed to the south. The bamboo utensils used to serve the meals are placed on the north side of the washing utensils, facing west.

The Sigong (equivalent to the chief eunuch) arranges two square pots on the west side of the east pillar. Among the two square pots, the one on the left is the Xuanjiu, and the south side is the first. There are two clay vessels of the king, and there are ceremonial vessels that are used to carry the sake vessels, and the towels that cover them are made of coarse kudzu cloth and fine linen, and the south side is the first place on the south side of the square pot. On the west side of the dormitory, two round pots are set up for scholars who have become officials but have not accepted Zhenglu. The palace set up seats for guests in the west of the house, and the east side was the first place, and there were no additional seats. The celebrant of the feast reports to the king: "Ready."

The ministers set up a seat for the monarch on the east steps, with the head of the seat facing west, and in order to show respect, an additional seat was added to the seat. The monarch ascended to the main hall and took his seat, facing west. The minister guided the doctor inside, and the doctor entered from the right side of the door, facing north, with the east as the first place. The taxi stands on the west side, facing east, with the north side as the first place.

Zhu Shi, who was in charge of the sacrifice, stood on the east side of the gate, facing north, and made the east side the first place. The chief of the ministers was under the east hall, facing south. The scholars, who had become officials and had not accepted the righteousness, stood on the west side of the gate, and the east side was the first place. The monarch walked down the hall and stood on the southeast side of the east steps, facing south, and bowed to the king, who was facing west in front of him, taking the north as the first place; The king bows to the doctor, and the doctor moves forward slightly.

The shooter in charge of the archery asks the king to order a guest of honor. The king said, "Order a certain doctor as the guest of honor." The shooter conveys the king's order to the guest of honor. The guest of honor stepped forward slightly, excuse himself from being sensitive. The shooter reports the words of the guest of honor to the king. The king ordered again, and this was repeated twice, and the guest of honor knelt and bowed, and then agreed. The shooter again reported to the monarch. The master walked out and stood outside the door, facing east. The monarch bowed to the minister, and then took the seat.