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China is called "the state of etiquette". What do you mean by five rites?
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Li Ji 1

One of the five ancient rites. That is, sacrificial activities to gods, territories, people and ghosts. Such as suburbs, roads, Daxiangmingtang, offering sacrifices to the sun and moon, big wax, offering sacrifices to the country, mountains and rivers, native land, ancestral silkworms, offering sacrifices to the Temple of Heaven, heroes and heroes, offering sacrifices to the mausoleum, offering sacrifices to the first emperor, offering sacrifices to Confucius, patrolling the customs and Zen, and offering sacrifices to Gao. There have been different reforms in the past dynasties, but they have all been highly valued by the ruling class.

2. Fierce ceremony

Fierce rites are a series of etiquette related to fierce mourning, including not only the contents of mourning, but also other etiquette related to disasters.

Fierce rites are not just general mourning, but mainly aimed at some disasters encountered by the country. The former may occupy a major part in the lives of ordinary people, while the latter is quite important at the national level.

3. military salute

Military salute refers to the etiquette in the old army. One of the Five Rites of the Western Zhou Dynasty, used for conquering, is a ceremonial ceremony in military activities.

4. Li Bin

Li Bin is used to invite guests to attend the meeting. It is a ceremonial ceremony for the emperor to entertain four governors who came to attend the meeting and send special envoys to meet the King of Zhou.

5. gifts

Li Jia, as one of the Five Rites in the Western Zhou Dynasty, is a ceremonial ceremony in wedding banquets and festivals. Jia means beauty and kindness. It is also a gift for future generations of emperors to ascend to the throne, the empress dowager to hang the curtain, the emperor's Christmas, the establishment of the national treasury and the emperor's inspection.

Gifts are the etiquette of harmonious interpersonal relationships, communication and contact feelings.

Its main contents are six: first, diet, second, wedding crown, third, guest shooting, fourth, banquet, fifth, prosperity and sixth, celebration.

Gifts are intended to be friendly to all people. Among them, eating and drinking gifts are used to greet relatives and brothers, wedding crown gifts are used to congratulate adult men and women, guest shooting gifts are used to get close to old friends, banquet gifts are used to get close to guests from all over the world, wedding gifts are used to kiss brother countries, and celebration gifts are used to bless countries.

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