What the Crown Princess needs, both for the country and the family. All the wives of officials are going. The records of the rituals after the death of Ming Chengzu are very detailed. As follows:
Emperor Wen died in Yumuchuan, and his edict was in accordance with Taizu's legacy. When the capital heard the news, everyone from the crown prince to the crown prince was convinced. There were several banquets in the palace, and people cried and paid libations day and night. Hundreds of officials were dressed in plain clothes, crying day and night outside Sishan's gate. The Ministry of Rites decides on the funeral ceremony. From the crown prince down to all the kings and princesses, the ceremony begins on the day of service, and lasts for three years and ends on the twenty-seventh month. Music, weddings, and rituals are stopped in the clothes for a hundred days. Tomorrow after the civil and military officers hear the funeral, they will cry outside the gate of Yi Sishan, bow five times and kowtow three times, stay in this office, and refrain from drinking alcohol and eating meat. After four days of decline, he cried day and night for three days, and again for ten days. Decline for twenty-seven days. When entering the court and attending events, a white cloth-wrapped gauze hat, hanging belt, plain clothes, waistband, and hemp shoes are worn. After retiring from the imperial court, he wears plain clothes, a black gauze hat, and a black horn belt except for the twenty-seventh day. After listening to the election and doing the work, the officials declined, and the supervisors, officials, monks and Taoists wore plain clothes. They went to Shuntian Mansion. They cried day and night for three days and went to court for ten days. The woman came in through Xihua Gate on the fourth day and cried for three days. She was dressed in plain clothes and was discharged on the twenty-seventh day. All music and sacrifices must be performed for a hundred days. In case of marriage, the official suspension is for a hundred days, and the military and civilian suspension is for one month. The soldiers and civilians are in plain clothes, and the women are in plain clothes and do not wear any ornaments, and they stay together for twenty-seven days. It started with the day of mourning outside, and after three days of service, I came to the office crying, and I was like an official in the capital. The woman is ordered to mourn for three days in plain clothes and to be cured on the twenty-seventh day. The men and women of the army and civilians all wore plain clothes for thirteen days, and everyone else was like the capital. For official uniforms in the capital, give a piece of linen to make your own. The envoys of the four barbarians were made by the Ministry of Industry. The princes and princesses sent their officials and domestic and foreign civil and military officials to hold several banquets and sacrifices. Guanglu Temple prepared objects, Hanlin Academy wrote articles, and the Ministry of Rites led them to pay homage outside Sishan Gate. On the day of mourning in the capital, temples and temples will ring thirty thousand bells and pestles, and slaughter will be banned for forty-nine days. When the funeral was approaching, the civil and military officials declined their uniforms, and the soldiers and civilians went to Juyongguan in plain clothes to welcome him. The crown prince, princes and ministers all bowed down and wept in the suburbs. In the inner palace, it was enshrined in the Hall of Renzhi, and enshrined in the Zi Palace. Send the middle-ranking officials to wear the clothes and crowns left by the Emperor Daxing. Write a letter and give it to the king of Han and the king of Zhao. The courtier said: "I have been in mourning for more than twenty-seven days. Please follow my instructions and change the sun to the moon." The emperor was in the funeral in Zi Palace and could not bear to change. He looked at the court in plain hats, linen clothes and linen braids. When he retreated, he was still in weak clothes. I'll do whatever you want.
In December, the Ministry of Rites conducts funeral ceremonies: three days before the ceremony, all officials fast. The officials were dispatched to inform the Tiandi clan about the date of the funeral. The emperor bowed down and announced the banquet. When all the officials are in decline, the imperial court will stop. On the previous day, officials were sent to worship the gods at Jinshui Bridge, Meridian Gate, Duanmen, Chengtianmen, Damingmen, Deshengmen and the bridges across the river, in Kyoto and in the temples passing by the gods. They served wine, fruits and delicacies. That evening, a memorial ceremony was held. The emperor, empress, prince, and others all bowed down and offered sacrifices in sequence. The Supervisor of Rites, the Ministry of Rites, and the Jinyiwei ordered the deacons to set up the Great Shengyi and Chen funeral rites outside the Meridian Gate and outside the Daming Gate. About to start, a memorial ceremony will be held. The emperor and crown prince bowed down and bowed four times. Offer silk, offer wine, read blessings, four bows. Feeling sad, excited, saddened, looking forward to death. The deacon ascended, cleared the curtain, wiped the Zi Palace, and entered the dragon bed under Jiyan. Set up a sacred pavilion, sacred silk sculptures, posthumous albums and precious sculptures on Danbi, and set up ancestral memorial services like a memorial ceremony. The emperor stood in front of Yizi Palace, facing west. The Crown Prince and the Prince then stood up. In the prelude to the Zi Palace, the chamberlain invites the spirit driver to proceed, holding a book of treasures and sacred silks and placing them in a public servant; the second inscription is issued; the deacon is promoted to the Zi Palace, and the chamberlain holds the shield on the left and right sides. When descending to the palace, the chamberlain asked the Zi Palace to ascend the Dragon Boat Festival. The deacons curtained the palace with colorful curtains, and the chamberlain held umbrellas and fans to guard the palace as expected. The old imperial ceremonial guard was in front, and the treasures, sacred silks, pavilions, and inscriptions were placed next to them. The emperor went out from the left door of the palace, followed by his concubine, crown prince, prince and concubines. Inside the Meridian Gate, a memorial ceremony is set up, like an ancestor's memorial ceremony. The chamberlain asked the spirit to drive away, and the emperor and his subordinates all returned to the palace after weeping and mourning. When Zi Palace arrives outside the Meridian Gate, the ceremony officer invites Zi Palace to be promoted to the Great Sheng Yi. The deacon has been promoted to the throne, and the ceremonial officer invites the spirit driver to set off. The crown prince, prince and others were sent out of Duanmen in tears and paid their respects to their ancestors. The deacon's mattress is located in front of the silk incense table in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. The Crown Prince Yi Changfu, holding the sacred silk fabric, entered through the left door, knelt down on the mattress, placed the sacred silk fabric on the mattress, stood upright and knelt behind the gods. The ceremony officer knelt on the left and played Emperor Taizong's Titian Hongdao Gaoming Guangyun Shengwu Shengong Chunren Zhixiaowen Emperor's greeting. The crown prince fell prostrate and became excited. After five compliments and three kowtows, the crown prince holds the sacred silk to confer the title of ceremonial official. The courtesy officer is in peace, and the spirit driver is invited to proceed. The crown prince is still in mourning clothes, and the prince and below are accompanying him. Zi Palace exited through the middle gate of the Ming Dynasty, and the crown prince and others exited through the left gate. They were escorted to the outside of Desheng Gate on foot and rode to the mausoleum on horseback. They cried and paid homage to the mausoleum all day and night on the way. All kings and officials, senior military and civilian officials, and women of rank four and above set up sacrifices along the way in order. All civil and military officers who are not Shanling deacons will be returned. When arriving at the mausoleum, the deacon Chen Longzhen first stood outside the gate of the Xiandian Hall, waiting for the great promotion to arrive. The ceremonial officer asked the spirit driver to descend the dragon and ascend the dragon to the Xian Palace. The deacon entered from the Zi Palace, and the crown prince and prince entered from the left door, where they were enshrined and the gods were appeased.
The Crown Prince paid four obeisances, drank wine, and read blessings. Prostrate, rise, bow four times, and mourn. The prince and others will accompany you as usual. Officials were sent to pay homage to Hou Tu and join Tianshou Mountain, and a memorial ceremony was held as mentioned above. When the Xuan Palace was about to be concealed, the Crown Prince came down and knelt in front of the Zi Palace. The chamberlain invited the spirit to drive to Xuan Palace, and the deacon accompanied Zi Palace to the palace. The chamberlain held the treasure book in front of him, displayed the utensils, and presented gifts. The Crown Prince pays homage four times, drinks libations and presents gifts. The deacon holds a jade and silk silk to the right, and the crown prince accepts the gift to be appointed as a deacon, and carries it into the palace for placement. He fell down, raised his head, bowed four times, expressed condolences, and then covered the Xuan Palace. Performing a feast ceremony is like carrying out a laying ceremony. Officials were sent to worship Xie Houtu and Tianshou Mountain. Set up an incense table outside the Xuan Palace gate, with the main table in front, facing west. Assume that the crown prince is in the front, facing north. The servant washes his hands and places them on the table, and the official washes his hands toward the west. The master of the chamber rests on the throne and hides it in a silk box. The chamberlain asked Emperor Taizong Wen to come to the gods to worship the Lord. Praise four times, be happy, offer wine, and read blessings. Prostrate, rise, bow four times, and mourn. The chamberlain Qicheng accepted the Lord's death and asked the Lord to come down and enthron him. When he arrived at the Xian Hall, he asked the god to descend and ascend his throne and perform the first Yu ceremony. The Crown Prince bowed four times, offered the first offering, offered silk and wine, read blessings, prostrated himself, and raised his eyebrows. Yaxian, Zhongxian, four bows, mourning, and looking forward to death. The internal officials held the sacred silk box and buried it in front of the temple, and burned the murder weapons in the wild. On the funeral day, there is an early danger, on a soft day there is another danger, on a strong day there are three dangers, on a later day there is one danger, and on the next day there is one danger, and finally on the ninth day there is a danger. On the way, the Crown Prince saluted. Returning to Beijing, the emperor saluted.
The god will return, and the servants will ask the god to sit down and enthrone him, and the guards will follow the etiquette. The crown prince followed and still paid homage day and night. When arriving in the capital, he first set up a gate outside the city and set up ritual guards. He preached and prepared but did not make any preparations. All the officials are waiting outside the city. When the master comes in, all the officials follow in sequence, bowing five times and kowtowing three times. God leads the way, and hundreds of officials follow. When he arrived outside the Meridian Gate, the emperor bowed down and greeted him inside the Meridian Gate. He expressed his condolences and led the emperor to the Jifeng Hall. The emperor stood in the palace, and the servants asked the god to descend and ascend him to the throne, and performed the ritual of appeasing the god. The emperor paid four obeisances, drank wine, and read blessings. Prostrate, rise, bow four times, and mourn. The Crown Prince will accompany you to pay your respects. All the officials saluted outside Sishan's gate. Tomorrow, all officials will hold a condolence ceremony.
On the day after the death of the deceased, the Yu sacrifice was offered, and the ceremony was the same as the Yu sacrifice. Naturally, he stopped paying homage day and night. Tomorrow, when the soldiers are crying, Taichang Temple will set up a banquet in the Ancestral Temple, just like the usual feasting ceremony, but they will enjoy it but not make it. Umbrellas and fans of the ceremonial guards were set up outside the Meridian Gate, and the servants entered the royal chariot in front of the Jifeng Hall. The emperor bowed down and bowed four times in mourning. Xing, mourning and stopping, standing in the east of the place of worship, facing west. The chamberlain asked the god to descend and ascend the chariot to the Imperial Ancestral Temple for a feast. Outside the Sishan Gate, the emperor changed his sacrificial robes and raised the chariot. Then he went outside the Meridian Gate and knelt in front of the royal chariot. Taichang Qing asked the Lord of God to descend on the chariot. The Emperor fell down, raised his head, and held the Lord in his arms. He entered through the left door and went to Lord Dan. During the ceremony, "Emperor Taizong Wen Visits the Temple" was sung. Arriving in front of the temple, the servants carried the emperor to the throne, and the emperor bowed eight times behind him. Every temple is the same. The servants held the altar facing north, while Taichang Qing set up the altar facing east and west. After singing "Give me a seat", the emperor greeted the emperor, placed him on the throne with the god and the Lord in his honor, and bowed to the throne to perform sacrifices, as per the usual etiquette. Taichang Qing asked the god to return the feast. The emperor went out from the left door of the temple and enshrined the god in the imperial chariot. The emperor raised the chariot and followed him to Sishan Gate and lowered the chariot. Yi surrendered and followed him to the front of Jiyan Hall. The chamberlain asked the god to descend the chariot and ascend the throne. The emperor entered through the left door of the palace, performed the ritual of appeasing the gods, released his clothes and returned to the palace. Tomorrow, all the officials will perform the consolation ceremony.
Daxiang enshrines the god An in the Ancestral Temple and details the temple system. The emperor offered sacrifices to the Jifeng Hall, the empress dowager, the empress and below each offered sacrifices to one altar, the palace sent officials to offer sacrifices to one altar, and the civil and military officers in Beijing offered sacrifices to another altar. As soon as the Lord God came out of the Banquet Hall, the servants removed the banquet and the curtains and burned them outside Sishan Gate. For the Gu sacrifice, Prince Yi Ling was sent to pay homage.