The Study Of The Xiancan Worship Of The Qing Dynasty

Emperor Qianlong thought the world of the national ritual system' construction.He had taken up to prepare to hold the Xiancan worship managed by queens.In the 1738 A.D,Xiancan Ancestral was completed.After that,ministers discussed processes of the Xiancan worship and then emperor Qianlong made a decision.In the process of Xiancan worship,Bachelors of cabinet,Does of officials,the court of queens,secretary myobus and the female boyi of Imperial Household Department all join it on different degrees.Xiancan worship was hold by queens,but sometimes the princesses could took the place of the queens.however,between times fujin might hold the sacrifice.Queens was required to sacrifice the god of silkworms and feed silkworms.Female officials should guide all the manners in the ritual.The old female boyi,the young female boyi and female savages who served in the Old summer place accomplished silkworm breeding.As the result of the Tussah industry' development,Xiancan worship which is big scale had been hold in a long time and never be broken off,was one of the tools to establishment legality of the government,showed emperor Qianlong' ruling idea which center on needlework and female virtuousness.Xiancan worship also reflect of sexual relations and junior grade in the Qing dynasty.In the period from Jiaqing to Xuantong,Xiancan worship had been holding,but sometimes the number of women who join the ritual wasn't so enough.The Qing court checked this woman who should join the ritual in the eight banner more rigor.To mitigate the pressure of survey,Emperor Daoguang dispatched male government officials to take a place to sacrifice the god of silkworms.In the period of Tongzhi,the manners of male officials holding the Xiancan worship was confirmed.We are aware of the court life and power structure in the middle and later periods of Qing dynasty.A mount of survey clients about the woman who should join the Xiancan worship showed the health issues of noble female of Qing dynasty in a certain extent.Then,the female officials were given silver as subsidies except silks and satins as reward in the Guangxu' period,that was right crop for right time because the purchasing power of silver had been declining.The Xiancan worship had not been breaking off until Qing dynasty was perished,that showed the stability of the ritual.