Chapter 004: Ancient Rites in Class
In fact, if you like someone and find out her identity, what can you do?
It can't be any way, Jiang Yang still has to go to class as usual, get out of class, participate in the activities of the student union and clubs, and then go to the library alone to read those books about Hanfu.
How lonely those books were, perhaps from the moment they were transported to the library, they stayed on the orange and red bookshelves that seemed to freeze time, dusted, and then dusted by the administrators, and not read by a few people.
I don't know who it is who I looked through these books one by one, Jiang Yang volunteered to think that she was Luo Mengdi, so that when he came into contact with these books again, he seemed to be closer to her.
However, when you enter the world depicted in these books, it seems that they are no longer very important, just a good-looking guide, and you can say thank you to her, thank you for your guidance.
Regarding Hanfu, this is how Jiang Yang went from being strange and ignorant, to a little familiar, and then to love.
In order to be able to choose the courses they want, everyone occupied the computer in the school's electronic reading room, that is, the school Internet café on the first floor of the library, and constantly refreshed the web page, just waiting for the time to jump to 1:00, and then rush to grab the course places.
And everyone also heard some gossip from the seniors, the teacher of the elective course is more easy-going, effortless and easy to get high scores, the teacher of the course is simply exterminating the teacher, and every lesson must be named......
It is said that "Ancient Chinese Etiquette and Culture" is the latter, not the one that everyone wants to grab. However, Jiang Yang has already decided to take this course, so there is no crisis of grabbing places, and he does not go to the computer room to occupy the machine.
In addition to him, there is also Gao Zeming in the dormitory, he is a top student who doesn't care much about this kind of thing, and he will listen carefully to the elective courses anyway, so he should expand his knowledge.
It's just that he didn't expect that he chose the same course as Jiang Yang, and the reason was that he was not particularly interested, so he chose the same one.
Although Jiang Yang felt that Lao Gao had some other meanings, when he thought that he was indeed studying for interest, he should treat him as a companion reading boy.
This elective course is a large open course for the whole school, with 200 places, and the class time is every Friday evening, which is not a comfortable arrangement, which will delay the good things of many students, which is probably one of the reasons why many students hate it.
However, Jiang Yang was still a little surprised in the first class, he didn't expect that the classroom was almost full, and it seemed that there were not many empty places, and when he saw the expressions of several students, he probably understood that most of these were students who were eliminated in the battle of course selection due to poor network luck or underdeveloped cerebellum.
Jiang Yang warned in his heart, "We are not the same ......."
Soon, he noticed a very interesting phenomenon, everyone started from the middle seat, then moved to the back, and waited until there were no seats in the back before starting to sit up in the front...... There are only a handful of people like him who sit directly in the front row.
The class bell rang as scheduled, the teacher was already on the podium, she looked to be in her thirties, her skin looked fair under the fluorescent lamp, but she didn't look very kind, and the long black dress also showed this.
But now she laughs.
"Dear students, it is a pleasure to meet in this class, whether it is fate or credits, let us meet here, I hope you can all study hard.
China has been known as the country of etiquette since ancient times, where is this etiquette embodied? What is the propriety of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith? Among the six indispensable departments of the feudal dynasty, such as officials, rites, households, army, xing, and work, what role does the ministry of rites play in governing the country?
From this lesson onwards, let's take a look at the kingdom of the ceremonial state......"
The teacher was confident and talkative on the podium, and his simple words depicted the outline of a ceremonial state.
Her self-confidence is not only self-confidence in her own knowledge, but also a kind of cultural self-confidence, which may be a common characteristic of many intellectuals.
Jiang Yang and Gao Zeming sat at the front, listening to the lecture and taking class notes. In fact, this kind of class can directly ask the teacher for courseware, but he is still used to writing something by the way when listening to the class.
However, when he heard the teacher say, "In order to let the students better understand Chinese etiquette, I specially invited a few of your seniors to record a few demonstration videos", when he saw a familiar and unfamiliar figure appear on the projection screen, the pen in his hand could no longer be lifted.
Because of the two middle school sisters who appeared in the video, one of them was Luo Mengdi!
The long straight black hair is coiled high into a bun, tied with a silver beaded hairpin, and the red ribbon is knotted, which is a very casual costume hairstyle. She is dressed in a dark red round-necked robe, a Tang-style round-necked robe with a turn-neck that is cut up and down, and retro embroidery, which looks simple and noble.
Another senior sister's clothes are the same as hers, and the color of the system is slightly different, which is old gold.
Looking at the scene, it should have been shot directly in the rehearsal room, with rough editing, no color grading and special effects.
"% The ancients were very particular about etiquette in their daily life, and when two people met, they would do different greetings because of their different statuses, unlike the verbal question "Hey, have you eaten?" Politely beckoning. No, the ancients were very strict in their greeting ceremony, and if they made a mistake, it would affect their reputation and future.
There are several kinds of greeting ceremonies, such as tendency, worship, arching, saluting, singing, kneeling, bowing, greetings, etc., and several of them are selected in the video for demonstration......"
"Tendencing, that is, bowing your head and bending down, walking in small steps. The main purpose is to show respect to His Holiness, dignitaries, guests, etc. ”
After the teacher's explanation, the video began to play.
In the video, Luo Mengdi plays the role of a guest, slowly walks from one end of the door, and the other person plays the role of a subordinate, after seeing the guest, he first bows his head and bends down, and then walks briskly around the road that the other party is going to take......
The teacher paused the video and continued: "To make a gesture, you should arch your hands into fists and lean forward slightly. This is the most common etiquette in the life of the ancients, and it is also the easiest kind of meeting ceremony. ”
The video then played, Luo Mengdi and the demonstrator on the other side were about two or three meters apart, first Luo Mengdi made a gesture to the other party, the slender hand arched twenty or thirty centimeters in front of the chest, clenched into a small fist, like a white steamed bun with curly flowers, and at the same time raised her eyebrows, quite a look in her eyes, and then slower for half a second, she leaned forward and bowed slightly, and her head was slightly lowered. This salute was a bit sassy and heroic, and when she was finished, another presenter also returned the salute, and the movements were basically the same......
"Worship, it should be the most familiar ancient rite for everyone, what worship to get married, three bows and nine knocks, eight bows, I believe the students have heard of it. We'll explain these later, but let's first understand the action of prostration, and here we demonstrate the prostration. ”
Luo Mengdi and another presenter slowly knelt down on the cushion, and the two looked at each other closely, and they couldn't help but show a smile on their faces, probably thinking of the scene of marriage in the church......
The students watching the video in the classroom were also touched by their smiles, and many of them were still smirking happily......
In the demo video, Luo Mengdi puts his hands together on his chest, then bends down to bow down, keeping his head and waist at the same level......
"Note that the hands should be intersected here, with the man's left hand on top and the woman's right hand on top, and the other head should not hang down, and the balance should be kept with the waist.
The ancient rites recorded in the Zhou rites are heavy, and there are as many as nine kinds of worship, which are called nine worships, which are Ji Shou, Dun Shou, Empty Shou, Vibration, Ji Bai, Fierce Worship, Qi Bai, Praise Worship, and Su Worship. Among them, auspicious worship and fierce worship are dedicated to happy events and funerals, and solemn worship is the worship performed by the military and their wives.
The four of the ancients, such as the bow, the pause, the empty head, and the vibration, are the daily worship of the ancients, and the movements are different, and the corresponding degree of emotional expression is also different......
Qi worship is only one worship, praise is more worship, at the beginning the ancients will only do two worships at most, also called goodbye worship, only under special circumstances will be three worship, probably the effect is to show the sincerity of love, until the Northern Zhou Dynasty Emperor Xuan Emperor changed the three worship to the regular ceremony, so when I saw the ancients on TV married, I had to bow three times before the ceremony.
The ancients in the Han Dynasty and before were all kneeling and sitting, and it was relatively natural to bow, so the first prayer was not as humiliating as we imagined......
Everyone has heard of the three prostrations and nine prostrations, mainly when visiting the emperor or worshipping ancestors. The friendship of the eight worships indicates the etiquette of the two families who have been friends for generations when they meet each other's elders, and also indicates the brothers who worship with different surnames, which is mainly due to an allusion.
As we all know, our ancients, especially the famous ancients, made some interesting or wrong things, and they will always become the signboard of future generations, that is, the so-called allusions can be found......"
The demonstration video recorded by the real person, as well as the clothing of the two senior sisters, are enough to make all the students below novel, Jiang Yang's performance is not special, and even dwarfed by the performances of some drama spirits and expression emperors, the vivid and indescribable expressions seem to announce the success of the performance in this video, and Jiang Yang's dumb expression is like insensitivity, and he is not moved by this kind of performance that touches the heart......
There are drama spirits everywhere, and there are many universities!
…… When the class was almost over, a few bold actors wailed, but they didn't know which one was hiding in the crowd.
"Teacher, I want to study hard, and we have to watch the senior sister's performance in the next class!" ……
"Teacher, should I keep the courseware for a while, I want to go back and observe it...... To refresh! ”……
"Teacher, do you have a QQ number for senior sister? The younger sister would like to ask a few academic questions. A majestic man's voice came......
Not to mention the students, the teachers couldn't help but laugh...... In the end, the teacher shared the courseware, but it didn't include the demo video.
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