Worship Ceremony And Explore Its Social Function

Worship Ceremony is an ancient and traditional ritual of sacrifice.At the beginning,it was used in various forms,such as the mountains and rivers,the temple,the school,etc.Later,it gradually developed into a certain etiquette in the Confucious’ temple.After Confucius became the main character,it became a special etiquette for worship Confucius.As a dynamic development of etiquette,over two thousand years of history,Worship Ceremony gradually became a large and complete national ritual,became an important part of the ritual of sacrifice in our country.It began in the Zhou dynasty,the first emperor of Han dynasty--LiuBang,Set the emperor personally sacrifices precedent.The promulgation of "Datang Kaiyuan Li" was confirmed.Since then The dynasty of song,yuan,Ming and Qing built on this foundation.As a comprehensive national ritual,Worship Ceremony’s receive sacrifices contains Confucius,four matches,twelve philosophers and other pioneers;Those who offer sacrifices include not only sages’ and Confucianists’ descendants who have blood ties with those who receive sacrifices,but also members of the emperor,the crown prince,officials,students,etc.The process of ritual requires special sacrifices,sacrificial vessels,music and dancing.As an important education protocol,Worship Ceremony and the education system forms the learning system of the temple.In the process,the Confucius temple underwent a transformation from private temples to national temples.the Confucius temple was established,developed and then influenced the east Asian countries,Such as Vietnam,Korea,Japan,etc.It also played an important role in the history of Confucianism and the history of Chinese education.From a philosophical perspective,It was a religious function and political function,Confucius,who was the master of sacrifice and the ancients of the secondary characters played the role of moral enlightenment.To groom the etiquette and connotation of the Worship Ceremony,to explore the development of the drink ceremony under international vision,In case we better inherit and use this traditional etiquette.