The ritual of whipping before going to court existed before the Qing Dynasty, and was called the clean whip or quiet whip. The purpose is to warn the ministers: The emperor is about to arrive and important ceremonies are about to begin. Everyone should stop talking immediately, keep quiet, and go to their respective places.

Silent whip: also known as the sounding whip, a kind of ceremonial guard. When going to court, the whip is blown to make people quiet. When all the officials went to court, the eunuch in charge cracked his whip and cracked it three times. The officials were like a flock of sheep, walking towards the emperor's office, using long whips.

This is a part of the etiquette when the ancient Chinese court held a "chaohui" (the court held a major ceremony to accept the worship of the ministers). It was called "ringing whip" and commonly known as "ringing clean whip". It existed long before the Qing Dynasty.

"Jing whip" is also called "quiet whip". It is woven with yellow silk, the tip of the whip is coated with wax, and it hits the ground very loudly. The purpose is to warn the ministers that the emperor is about to arrive and important ceremonies are about to begin. , everyone should be quiet immediately.

"Ming Whin" means "Sounding Clean Whip". In the Qing Dynasty, starting from the eighth year of Kangxi's reign, every "court meeting" had two "whip blasts": first, when the emperor came out of the Zhonghe Hall and arrived at the Taiji Hall (Jinluan Hall), the Luan Yi guard shouted "Cry the whip!" and then rang three times. On another occasion, after the ceremony, the whip was sounded three more times. The emperor then drove back to the palace, and then all the ministers withdrew.

"Crying the whip" or "ringing the clean whip" is one of the manifestations of the autocratic authority of the monarch in the feudal era of my country.