Since the Xia Dynasty, there has been a calendar. The ancients have determined the division of twelve months in a year. A year is accurate to 365 and a quarter days. However, which month among the twelve months is

The beginning of the year? It is called the first month of the year, but it is different in different generations and countries.

There is a theory of "three corrects" in calendar history, which means that the beginning of the year in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties was different: the first month of the Xia Dynasty was January, the Shang Dynasty was December, and the Zhou Dynasty was November. By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period

When the rituals collapsed, all countries deviated from the weekly system one after another and began to choose their own national chronology.

Of course, in the era of King Zhou Li, the world was still dominated by the surname Ji, so naturally everyone regarded November as the first month of the year.

To be honest, "the beginning of the year" has no calendar meaning derived from astronomical phenomena. In other words, the beginning of the year is different in different countries, which does not mean that people have different divisions of the length of the year. No matter which month is the beginning of the year, the year is the same.

Twelve months.

The significance of the beginning of the year lies in the special chronology of various countries based on different farming traditions, living customs and other reasons. Considering today's concepts, it can be regarded as an artificial national civilization chronology. For example, later generations use September

As the beginning of the "school year", it is the same as July as the beginning of the "fiscal year". It has only "professional" significance and no calendar significance.

The important thing at the beginning of the year is to get rid of the old and introduce the new. This "new" differs from year to year because of the difference in "old". For the people of Zhou Dynasty, the new year at the beginning of this year lies in their emperor - Zhou Li, Wang Ji Huji

At the age of twenty, he is about to be crowned and take charge of the throne, becoming the powerful emperor who truly controls the royal power.

So, in the heavy snow, the people of Haojing ushered in another new year.

The first year of Kaiyuan is also the beginning of the first year of the new king. The value of these years is that they can be encountered but not sought. If the monarch lives a long life, many people in the country will never encounter the first year of Kaiyuan in their whole life.

For example, King Mu reigned for fifty-five years. Only the first year of his reign was the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. The following years were almost the military years of three generations of Chinese people. How many people died, how many people were born, and how many people grew old, but still no one encountered him.

I have been to the year of Kaiyuan once.

But the long-lived King Zhou Mu seems to have taken up the life span of his children and grandchildren. The subsequent King Zhou Yi, King Xiao, and King Yi all did not live long. The people of Haojing always celebrated the New Year every three or five years. Now the young emperor has

He ascended the throne in the year of his hair, and successfully grew up to the year of his crown amid the ardent hopes of the people of the country. He is free from illness and disaster and is full of energy. How can we not be happy and encouraging?

Only for this reason, the beginning of the Kaiyuan year has always been regarded by the Chinese as a year of great auspiciousness. The more bumpy the year, the more it is necessary to celebrate. There are only four words in the picture - Kaiyuan auspiciousness!

At the fourth watch of the day, the vast white city of Dahaojing becomes lively. The lights of all the government offices and shops are on, the streets and alleys are bright, the flying snowflakes are falling leisurely, and the streets are like a dream. The golden drums are rumbling.

The sound of fire exploded in all directions, and the large group of torches held the red cloth banner of "Kai Yuan is auspicious, the dragon flies to the nine heavens", leading the social fire to exorcise evil spirits and suppress demons, and crowded into the long street.

All the shops along the street have turned into wine shops that welcome Chinese people. People bring prepared old wine pots and large pieces of soy beef and mutton, gather in any shop and start drinking, appraising the team and cheering;

Several bowls of people, sweating all over their bodies, crowded onto the long street in the heavy snow, dancing and shouting, singing and dancing, while the strings and pipes in the high-rise shops played along with the bells and drums that resounded throughout the city.

In a blink of an eye, the whole city was filled with heavy strings and urgent pipes, and the streets were full of generous tragic songs, filled with harmony. The old Zhou people roared the sad old songs and went crazy happily in the chaotic world------

At the fifth watch, when Diao Dou sounded the boring, boring, boring sounds from the four-door archery tower, a group of cavalrymen flew out of the Historian's Office in Haojing and ran towards various avenues, holding up the official arrows and shouting: "The people of the country have listened, the emperor and Zhao

The public decided to hold a crowning and pro-government ceremony on the day of the Spring Equinox - the founding of the New Deal and the revitalization of the Great Zhou Dynasty -"

"New Deal and Kaiyuan! Revitalize the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"Long live the Emperor! Thousands of years live Duke Zhao!"

Following the shouts one after another, the inexplicably crazy Chinese people were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized the meaning of this official decree at this moment, and suddenly shouted excitedly, and the shouts of thousands of people moved the heaven and earth, and the whole Haojing

Like a boiling cauldron.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has been going downhill since King Mu. Internally, it is as lifeless as a pool of stagnant water. Externally, it is tired of defense. Although there are occasional great victories, the territory has not expanded an inch. If this continues, no matter whether it is the court officials or the common people in the field, everyone

He only wanted to muddle along and not make progress. Although Zhao Gongbohu was a good minister in governing the world, he was stuck in the old system of "Zhou Rites" and just managed to maintain it, but he did not make any progress. People hoped that this young and vigorous emperor would be able to take drastic measures.

He eradicated the old evils and led the Zhou Dynasty to achieve resurgence.

As the Haojing Royal City was boiling, a royal letter suddenly arrived at Rongyi's mansion, and everyone in Hefu immediately became busy.

The King's Book, stamped with the King's Seal and the Prime Minister's Seal, says: On the day of the Spring Equinox, the Emperor will hold a crowning ceremony at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and he will first bow to Rongyi to perform the ceremony. The King's Book was personally read by Rui Liangfu, the chief official.

After the reading was finished, Rui Liangfu exchanged a few words of greetings, left a group of ceremonial officials at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and went on his own.

The next day, Rongyi began to be busy before the crowning ceremony.

In ancient times, various tribes in China had various forms of "rites of passage." To be honest, when men and women reached a certain age, had normal bodies, and learned basic survival skills, the clans used specific etiquette to

Recognizing this man or woman as a formal member of the clan is called "adult".

Entering the Western Zhou Dynasty, when the etiquette system was developed, the initiation ceremony became the most important ceremony in the world - the crowning ceremony. At that time, the so-called scholars were all men and women who had the qualifications of nationals. The crowning ceremony was to crown the grown-up men and crown the women.

The etiquette of giving hairpins to identify one's adult status. Because it involves every living being in the world, it is regarded as the first etiquette in the world.

Later, although the etiquette procedures were greatly simplified and differed from country to country, the crowning ceremony generally followed the ancient tradition, but the degree of complexity varied depending on the status of the person being crowned. Ji Hu was already the king of Zhou

Your Majesty, his crowning is not only a coming-of-age ceremony for a king, but also the beginning of declaring to the world that he personally takes over the royal power, so it is naturally very solemn.

In essence, the crowning ceremony is not a family ceremony, but a public ceremony. The public ceremony is in the village, community, pavilion, clan and state. In other words, the crowning ceremony is a etiquette for the group to recognize individuals, not for parents to recognize their children.

Etiquette. Only in this way, the crowning ceremony cannot be initiated by the parents, nor can it be presided over by the parents. Parents and the crowned person are both guests and parties in the crowning ceremony.
Chapter completed!