The choice of the guest of honor shall be determined by the king's name, and the person who is named shall step forward slightly and politely to express his fear. After the king's reaffirmation of the decision, the guest of honor bowed again, accepted the appointment, and went outside the gate to wait for the official invitation of the host. Therefore, the monarch bowed to the doctor in the court, and then went to the court to sit down. Then, Arishi welcomed the guest of honor into the door and into the court. Although the guest of honor in the Yan Rite is not the guest of honor in the strict sense, he is still an important figure in the Yan Rite in terms of form. Therefore, after the guest of honor enters the atrium, the monarch has to go down one step from the main hall to greet him as a sign of favor and courtesy.

Similarly, although Zaifu served as the master, he was only used to offer wine in place of the king, and was not the real master of the Yan ceremony. Therefore, when walking up and down the main hall, Zaifu was not allowed to take the east steps, but only the west steps like everyone else.

The Yan ceremony begins with the gift of the guest of honor and the host. The gift of a sacrifice is also known as the gift of the three lords, which is roughly divided into three steps: first, the host takes the wine to the guests, which is called the offering; The second is returned to the guest and is called sorrel; Then the host pours the wine into the wine or the queen, first drinks it and then persuades the guests to drink it, which is called a reward, and together it is called a gift. In the process of dedication, there is a step of washing, therefore, the gift of one offering is also called the gift of the three lords.

After the guest of honor and the host ascended to the main hall, they saluted each other. The host is then ready to offer wine to the guest of honor. The ritual of offering wine is programmed and repeated in the Yan ceremony. According to the etiquette of feasting, before pouring wine, the host should first go down to the court to wash his hands, and wash the wine vessel or goblet to show solemnity and respect. At this time, the guest of honor cannot sit alone in the main hall, which is suspected of serving the host, which is a sign of arrogance, so he must go down the hall with him. At this time, the host should thank the other party and go down to the court, and the guest of honor should answer with a courtesy.

After washing hands and washing, the two sides went to the hall together. Then, the host went down to the hall again to wash his hands to show his solemnity in pouring wine for the other party. For the same reason, the guests of honour are to be left again, and the ceremonies of resignation are the same as before. So, the two sides went to the court again, and after the host poured the wine, he offered wine to the guest of honor. The guest of honour took the wine lord and sat down to make a pre-eating offering, that is, the sacrifice of the dishes first, and then the wine sacrifice, intended to commemorate the people who created these foods in the past. After the guest of honor is finished, he should praise the sweetness of the wine, and the host will bow down, and the guest of honor will drink all the wine in the lord, thank the host, and the host will bow down. This is the host's offering of wine to the guests, which is the offering of a gift.

Then the guest of honor pours wine to pay tribute to the host, which is the so-called sorrel, and the ritual is basically the same as the offering, but the roles of the guest of honor and the host have changed; The guest of honor becomes the toaster, and the host becomes the recipient of the toast. Therefore, the etiquette of the two is exactly the opposite of the previous one. The only difference is that after the master has drunk the wine, he cannot praise the sweetness of the wine, because the wine is his own. When the sorrel was over, the master took the empty goose and went down to the hall and put it into the fence in the court.

Then, the master will make a gift of offering, and the gift of one offering, one sorrel, and one reward will be completed. However, the host in the Yan ceremony is not the real host, and the guest of honor is not the guest of honor in the strict sense, the real host is the monarch. Therefore, Yanli had to be flexible in the ceremony, and while maintaining the ceremony of the guest of honor, it was necessary to take into account the dignity of the monarch. For this reason, after the guest of honor, the host, and the host, the ritual of the host offering wine to the monarch is interspersed, which is a phenomenon not found in other banquet and drinking etiquette.

When the host offered wine to the king, the guest of honor did not dare to settle down in the hall, and took the initiative to go down the hall to avoid it. The monarch invited the guest of honor to the hall to show preferential treatment and courtesy, and the guest of honor came to the hall and stood on the inside of the western order. The master went down to the hall to wash his hands, and washed the elephant goose for the king; Then go to the court and pour wine and offer it to the king. The monarch bowed and took the elephant. The master descended from the hall and bowed to the monarch facing north. So the king made a sacrifice before eating, and when the sacrifice was finished, he drank all the wine from the elephant's goose and thanked his master. The master bowed at the bottom of the hall, then went up to the hall to take the elephant goose, and then went down to the hall to put it in the food basket.

It stands to reason that the king should then wash his hands and wash his lord, and after pouring wine, he will pay tribute to the master, but the master will not dare to make this great gift to the king, so he can only toast himself. The master went down to the hall, took another wine lord to clean, and then went to the hall to pour wine. Since this wine is a tribute on behalf of the king, it should be taken out of the deity. Then the master went down to the hall and bowed to the king again at the foot of the eastern steps, and the king replied to the lord's prayer. Then, the master makes a pre-use sacrifice, and when the sacrifice is finished, he drinks all the wine and bows to the king again. The king bows to the lord again, and the master puts the empty goose into the basket.

The ritual of the host's reward can only be continued at this time. The host went down to the hall to wash his hands and wash his goblet, and after pouring wine from the square pot in the upper hall, he bowed to the guest of honor, and the guest of honor returned the salute. The master sacrifices wine in place of the king, and then drinks; The guest of honor did not dare to excuse himself in the face of such a great gift. The host drank all the wine in the goose and thanked the guest of honor, and the guest of honor replied. After the host cleans the goose, he drinks wine from the dining honor, and the guest of honor takes the goose after thanking him, and the host sends it away. The guest of honor is seated and the wine is served, and after the sacrifice is completed, the goose is placed on the east side of the dish.

After the guest of honor is finished, the king from top to bottom drinks for his ministers. Yan Li's persuasion is to take the jue as a signal to start every time. And the knighthood that the king raises is to be prepared by a special person and placed before the king's seat.

Due to the large number of people on the Yan Li, the status of each other is different, and everyone is advised to drink, so the procedure is quite long and complicated. The Book of Rites summarizes this series of procedures as follows: the butcher first offers wine to the king, and after the king has drunk, he raises his glass to persuade those present to drink; Then the butcher offered wine to Qing again, and after Qing had drunk it, he raised his glass to persuade those present to drink; Then the butcher offered wine to the doctor, and after the doctor had drunk it, he raised his glass to the people present. Then the butcher offered wine to the priest, and after the priest had drunk it, he raised his glass to those present to persuade him to drink. Finally, the concubine offered wine. In the Yan ceremony, it is necessary to persuade the king, the secretary, the doctor, and the scholar to drink four times, which is called the four travel rewards.