The study tour of Yangming Academy is a tour to promote the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.
On the afternoon of April 5th, the children of Yangming Academy, led by their teachers, waited in front of the grace hall of Changling in the Ming Tombs Scenic Area, expecting a sacrificial activity based on the "big shooting ceremony" in the Ming Dynasty.
Shooting is one of the six ancient arts in China. Confucius said in the Analects of Confucius: "A gentleman who defeats a soldier without fighting is a gentleman who climbs up and drinks." Therefore, "shooting" is not only a technique of killing the enemy to protect the family, but also a sport of self-cultivation. Shooting doesn't have to win or lose, the key is to embody the spirit of comity.
The big shooting ceremony is a ceremony held by the emperor and the princes who choose to participate in the sacrifice before the sacrifice. Ming Taizu was redesignated as a military salute, and most of the participants except the emperor were quality officials. Later, outstanding aristocratic children and local handsome boys could also attend.
The main content of this large-scale shooting ceremony
1. coupling: Six shooters with similar shooting techniques are paired into a group, and three groups are called up coupling and down coupling respectively, which is the so-called "three coupling", and each coupling has one shot up and one shot down.
Second, archers: Archers are equipped with bows and arrows. Everyone takes a bow and four arrows.
Third, this big shooting ceremony will be shot once and twice (the whole big shooting ceremony needs to be shot three times)
One shot, which is the first shot. The first shot was a practice shot, an alternate archery without music. It doesn't count whether it's filmed or not. Pre-match warm-up similar to modern sports competitions.
The second shot is the second shot. The second shot is a formal competition, and it depends on the performance of archery. The second shot is different from the first shot, and it is a harmonious shot. Two people in the same coupling are required to shoot arrows at the same time according to the beat of the music. If they don't fire with the music, even if they hit or win, they won't be hit. Music plays elegant music "Beaver Head" and so on. One word, one sound, four beats, gentle and dignified.
Fourth, give wine: each couple's archers go to court one after another, and the winner of each couple gives wine to the negative one. The negative shooter will finish the wine and then salute the winning shooter.
This is not punishment, but encouragement. Confucius said, "Alcoholics support the elderly, so they support the sick." Please resign from China and his support. "Giving wine is to hope that others will drink for health, and their skills will become more and more refined. I hope I can surpass myself next time.
The best candidate for this shooting ceremony was chosen as Kukutumur, and Kukutumur was invited to attend the class.
The grand shooting ceremony is like a rainbow. On the one hand, it is in the same strain as today's open, just and fair spirit of sports competition, and at the same time, it embodies the courtesy, honesty, shame and perseverance of Confucian modest gentlemen.
I think many years later, when the children recall the shooting ceremony in Changling, Tomb-Sweeping Day in 20 19, they will definitely think that they are glad that you came.