The host offers wine and food to the guests, first offering jerky and wine, and the guests take jerky and wine to sacrifice to the ancestors; Offering wine again, the guest took the wine to sacrifice the ancestors, which was a gift to show respect for the master, and the guest tasted the lungs again, indicating that he accepted the master's respect. Bin took another sip of wine, indicating that he had fulfilled the host's gift of wine. When the guest tastes the wine, he sits at the end of the table, which means that the real meaning of the table is not to eat and drink, but to salute, which is a manifestation of valuing gifts over wealth. The toast of the bin is on the west steps, which also means that sitting on this seat is not for eating and drinking, it is a sign of courtesy before wealth. Everyone has done the first gift before the wealth; There will be a culture of respect and humility among the people, and there will be no fighting.

The Ritual of Drinking: People over the age of 60 sit, and those over the age of 50 stand and wait, which shows respect for the elderly. Sixty-year-olds serve three dishes, seventy-year-olds four dishes, eighty-year-olds five dishes, and ninety-year-olds six dishes, which signifies devotion to the elderly. The people know how to respect the elderly, know how to serve the elderly, and then can be filial to their parents and respect their brothers at home. At home, you can be filial to your parents and respect your brothers, and only then can you respect the elderly and support the elderly in society, and then you can form education. Indoctrination is formed, and then the country can be stabilized.

The gentleman's method of teaching people to be filial to their parents and respect their elders is not to go from house to house every day to constantly mention their face-to-face orders, but secondly, as long as they gather people together during the township shooting ceremony and demonstrate the village drinking ceremony to them, they can cultivate the atmosphere of filial piety to their parents and respect their brothers. Confucius said: After I visited the village drinking ceremony, I knew that it was very easy for the king's teachings to be carried out.

Before the start of the village drinking ceremony, the host personally went to invite the guests and suke; As for the guests, they do not need to be invited, and they themselves come with the guests and the others. When he arrived at the master's door, the host bowed to the guest and bowed to the agent; As for the guests, the host did not bow down, but made a gesture and invited them in. It is not difficult to see who is expensive and who is cheap. After going out, the host and the guest bowed to each other three times before coming to the front of the hall; Before the promotion, the master and the guest humbled each other three times before they were promoted together; After ascending to the church, the host bowed to Xie Zhengbin again; After entering the table, the host should drink wine and offer the guests, and the guests will pay tribute to the host, and the host will pour the wine first and then pour the wine to persuade the guests to drink again; The etiquette you push me to make is very complicated.

As for the host's hospitality, the number of courtesies is much reduced. As for the host's hospitality to the guests, it was even simpler, because there were no seats for them in the hall, so they had to go up the western steps to receive the offering, and they knelt on the western steps to make offerings, and they drank standing up, and they did not have to return the salute to their master before they could go down to the court. It is not difficult to see the level of hospitality specifications. The band came in and sang three songs by the singers. After the singing, the host offered wine to the singers. Then the sheng players came in and played three pieces of music. After the blowing, the host offers wine to the fluteer.

Then the drums in the hall sang a song, and the hall played a sheng song, and each played three songs alternately. Then the song and the song in the hall and the sheng and chime in the hall were played together, and three songs were played each. Then the leader of the band reported that all the songs that should have been played had been played. Then he went down and stood on the east side of the west steps, facing north. This is one of the master's subordinates toasting the guest, indicating that the travel is about to begin. So a person was set up to monitor the people who drank improperly. It can be seen from this that the village drinking ceremony can make everyone have fun and harmony without being rude.

At the beginning of the journey, the guests first drink a glass of wine and then pour wine to persuade the host to drink, the host first drinks a glass of wine and then pours wine to persuade the guests to drink, and the guest first drinks a glass and then pours wine to persuade the guests to drink, all according to the age of the person, until the person who waits for the guest to wash the host. It can be seen from this that the village drinking ceremony can make everyone be blessed regardless of age and leave nothing out. After the dismissal, everyone went down to the hall to take off their shoes and then re-ascended to the table. After the appetizers were served, everyone began to persuade each other to drink, and there were countless of them, until they had their best. The mastery of drinking time is based on the principle of not delaying the morning in the morning and not delaying the work in the evening.

At the end of the village drinking ceremony, the guests withdrew, and the host bowed outside the door, and the etiquette was unmistakable from beginning to end. It can be seen from this that the village drinking ceremony can make everyone have a good and orderly time. The distinction between the noble and the low among the guests is clear, the level of hospitality specifications is clear, harmonious and happy without losing etiquette, the young and old are blessed without missing anything, and they have fun and orderly. If you do these five things, it will be enough to keep yourself from making mistakes and the country to be stable. When the country is stable, the world will naturally be stable. Therefore, Confucius said: After I visited the village drinking ceremony, I knew that the implementation of the king's education was very easy.

The symbolic meaning of the township drinking ceremony: the establishment of the guest to symbolize the sky, the establishment of the host to symbolize the earth, the establishment of the mediator; To symbolize the sun and the moon, and set up three guests to symbolize the sun, the moon, and the stars. When the ancients made rituals, they took heaven and earth as the principle, the sun and the moon as the general outline, and the three lights as the auxiliary, which constituted the foundation of politics and religion. The dogs used in the village drinking ceremony are cooked in the east of the hall, which is from the east to imitate the yang energy. The washing vessel is placed in the southeast of the east step, and the water to be used is placed in the east of the washing, which is to imitate the east of heaven and earth is the sea, and the wine bottle is filled with Xuanjiu, which is to educate the people not to forget their roots.

Zhengbin must sit facing south. From the five elements, the East is the position of spring, the so-called spring, is the meaning of the name of all things, the East produces all things, this is the sacred, that is, birth. The south is the location of summer, and the so-called summer means big. The south nurtures all things and makes them grow up, and this is benevolence. The West is the position of autumn, and the so-called autumn means convergence. Killing according to the festival is righteousness. The north is the location of winter, the so-called winter, this is the meaning of the middle, and the middle is the meaning of collection. Therefore, when the Son of Heaven stands, he always faces the saint on his left side, facing south and toward benevolence; On the right side is righteousness, and the back is facing north and is hidden.