Yan Xiang Zhou Dynasty Ritual

Xiang Ceremony,Yan Ceremony and Shi Ceremony are important parts of the ritual culture in Zhou Dynasty, Which are closely related to the Chaopin,Alliance,Sacrifice and other major activities."The Book of Manners","The Book of Rites" and the surviving "Dining Ceremony"are important works of Yan Ceremony and Shi Ceremony,however the Xiang Ceremony whose specific rites are difficult to know losts a long time.Therefore combining the theory of classic literature and archaeological materials, with the application of cultural anthropology functional school, this paper aims at exploreing the etiquette of Yan Ceremony and Xiang Ceremony and this kind of activities, as well as the cultural functions of them,revealing the culture and spirit of Yan Ceremony and Xiang Ceremon in a comprehensive way.The text is divided into five parts:The first chapter researches and combines the Xiang Ceremony, Yan Ceremony and Shi Ceremony, which describes the differences among them starting from the time,place,objects,furnishings and rites. The satisfy Xiang Ceremony expresses respect, Yan Ceremony expresses pleasant, and Shi Ceremony expresses honestthis,which are the biggest difference among them.In the second chapter, the Rites made more research from a static description."The Book of Poetry ","Zuo’s Comenttary","Mandarin" record a number of satisfy the life examples.Kings, Princes, Bureaucrats aristocracy are the main role of the Rites, so the second chapter of the relationship between from The Rites the activities guest of honor as the starting point, the dynamic display of the activities of the feast highlights. Fete activities are divided into princes satisfy the princes Wang Yan, Wang Yan Xiang Qing Shi the princes Yan Xiang princes, princes Yan Xiang Bureaucrats Bureaucrats Yan, satisfy the Bureaucrats, Yan Xiang main reason is to appear before the recruits asked at Xie hand-League, transit or even carry out their plots, and Yan satisfy the activities of the Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period countries diplomatic relations become an important means of closer relations between the two countries, harmonious feelings of the monarch and his subjects.In addition the yan serenads the ritual cultural elements such as chanting songs, dance, sacrificial vessel which is revealing yan entertain wedge of the ritual culture connotation and the spirit of etiquette, so the third chapter further digges the cultural factors unique background, tries to show stereo yan turns to the inherent characteristics of the rites.The fourth chapter basically combining with the former three chapters,in the vision of the function of cultural anthropology school advocated,reconsiders yan serenading the ritual in the political, diplomatic, ethical aspects of positive functions, such as, peace friendly, harmonious unity clan manner, maintenance level, etc.The ending part makes a further thinking and extended about the zhou dynasty music cultural status, role and relationship with other music and culture.