The picture shows the teacher ordering cinnabar for the children.
On September 28, to commemorate the birthday of Confucius, Shanxi Taiyuan Tongbao Yujie School held an "opening ceremony" on campus for 319 first-year freshmen to pay homage to the ancestor Confucius, and open up the wisdom and enlightenment of the students with cinnabar.
The entire "opening ceremony" includes ceremonies such as paying homage to the ancestor Confucius, dressing up, enlightenment education, cinnabar enlightenment, drumming and chanting, enlightenment tracing, thanking the teacher, and recitation of the "Three Character Classic".
The writing ceremony is a form of enlightenment education in traditional Chinese culture for children to begin literacy and rituals. It is the first big gift in the growth process of ancient Chinese scholars.
In ancient times, the "writing ceremony" was an extremely solemn ceremony, which was of great significance to every scholar, and was called one of the four great gifts of life.
Photo by Hu Jian
Release time: 2021-09-28 16:16:13 【Editor: Yang Yanyu】