vs 358 Host and Guest of Honor

The gift of special animal feeding is not to discuss the date of divination. On the day of divination, the master wore a Xuanguan Xuanduan costume and took his place outside the temple gate, facing west. The descendants and brothers of those who are worshiped are also Xuanguan Xuanduan, standing on the south side of the master, facing west, with the north as the first place. The full-time priests and those who came to help the sacrifice temporarily also wore the Xuan Crown and Xuan Duan, facing east, with the north as the first place.

Spread the mat on the west side of the short pillar in the center of the temple gate and on the outside of the threshold. The man took the yarrow in the hall on the west side of the door and held it in his hand, facing east, to receive the master's command. The chief of the group of officials stood on the left side of the master, conveyed the master's order, and said: On the auspicious day of the coming day, the filial grandson will go to the temple of his emperor and invite the son of the emperor to enjoy the sacrifice.

The recumbent answered, turned and sat down, facing west, with the person holding the hexagram on the left. After the divination is completed, the hexagram is written on the square plate. The diviners took the tablets and showed them to their masters. After the master took it, he returned it to the diviner. And the diviner gave it back to the one who had the hexagram, facing east. Then divination according to age, after completion, tell the master: The result of divination is auspicious. If it is not auspicious, it is necessary to divinate on other days, and the etiquette of divination is the same as before. The sect told the divination that the matter was over.

On the morning of the 3 days before the sacrifice, one person is selected to accept the sacrifice in place of the deceased by divination, and the ceremony is the same as that of choosing the date with divination. The elder in the group conveyed the master's order: filial piety and grandson are sacrificed in the temple of the emperor's ancestor, and the corpse of divination is so-and-so; Please enjoy the festival.

So he told the day of the sacrifice and let him come on time. The mourner stood outside the outer door of the corpse. The sons and brothers of the sacrificed stand behind their masters, facing north, with the east as the first place. The corpse wears the same clothes as its owner, and stands on the left side of the house, facing west. The master avoided his seat, and faced east with the others, and made the north the first priority.

The master bowed to the corpse twice, and the corpse replied. The words caused by the servants of the sect are the same as the words of the previous divination of the corpse, only the last two sentences are: the son is a certain corpse, the result of divination is auspicious, and the person who dares to ask the blessing to tell the corpse. The wisher promised to convey it to the corpse. The corpse promised, and the owner bowed to the corpse twice and kowtowed. At the same time as the corpse entered the door, the master retreated.

Tell the guest of honor about the day of worship so that it will come in time. The guests, dressed in the same clothes as the host, go out and stand on the left, facing west, and bow to the host twice. The master faces east, and he bows twice. The priest of the sect gave a speech and said: For a certain New Year's sacrifice, please come to the distinguished guests, please participate in time. The guest of honour replied: How dare so-and-so disobey his fate? Subsequently, the host bowed twice to the guest of honor, and the guest of honor replied.

The host retreats, and the guest of honor sends off. The next night of the guest of honor, set up the tripod outside the door, facing north, with the north as the first place. There is a scarf covering the ding. The rectangular wooden bearing plate (yù) without feet is placed on the south side of the tripod, placed in the north-south direction, and the north is also placed in the first place, and a rabbit is placed on the raft, and the rabbit's head is facing east. The sacrificial pig was placed on the west side of the sacrificial body, with the sacrificial head facing north and the foot facing east. Set up the washing device in the southeast of the east step, set up the pot and prohibit it in the east wing, set up the bean, the bamboo and the bell in the east, and take the south as the first place.

Set up a number of desks, seats, and two tuns in the west hall. The master and the descendants and brothers of the person to whom they were sacrificed were placed on the east side outside the temple gate, and they were in the same position as the first priest. The guests of honor and all the guests are located on the west side outside the temple gate, facing east, with the north as the first place. The people of the sect and the wisher stand on the northwest side of the guest of honor, facing east, with the south as the first place. The host bows twice to the guest of honor, and the guest bows twice. The host bowed three more times to the many guests, and the many guests replied twice.

Then the master entered, and the brother followed the master, and the guest of honor and the guests followed the brother, and they all took their seats under the main hall, and their seats were the same as at the temple gate. The sect ascended the main hall from the west steps to check whether the pots and other utensils were washed, and whether the ritual utensils, beans, and bamboo sticks were set up, and then turned and walked down the main hall, facing northeast, to tell the host and guests that the sacrificial utensils had been washed and prepared. So the guests walked out of the temple gate, and the host also walked out of the temple gate, and they all returned to their original positions outside the temple gate.

Then the sect examines the sacrifice of the sacrifice and decrees that the sacrifice of the sacrifice is fat and strong. The elders of the Yong people touched the pig with a whip to see if it was sick. The sect lifted up the tail of the beast again, and proclaimed that the beast was intact and incomplete; Lift the towel of the cover Ding, and the edict is indeed clean. The master then asked the master for the time of the sacrifice, and the master replied: The next day, when the meat is cooked, the sacrifice will be made. The edict of the sect proclamation that the sacrificial vessels and sacrificial animals have been inspected, the guests have said goodbye and withdrawn, and the host has sent them off.

When he got up early in the morning on the day of the festival, the master wore a Xuanguan Xuanduan robe, and stood on the east side of the door, facing south, as before, to inspect the slaughter of the pigs used for sacrifice. The housewives watched the rice cooked under the west hall. Cook pigs, fish, and rabbits on the east side of the door, facing west, with the north as the first priority. After cooking, it is placed in the ding, and the display is outside the door, and the seat is the same as before. The jug is set on the east side of the chamber, and the jug for sake is on the west side.

Dried meat, meat sauce, and vegetable soup are served in beans, rice bowls, and beans, and the seats are the same as before. The stewards are furnished between the east and west steps, divided into two rows from north to south, with the north as the first place. And he put the millet rice in two tuns, and laid them out in the west hall, and the underside of the tun was covered with fine reeds. The table and mat are also displayed in the west hall, and the seats are the same as before. The water of the corpse washing is contained in the yí, which is placed in the dish; The handkerchief of the corpse was placed in the ritual bowl, and these things were set up on the right side of the door.