The queen's memorial ceremony originated from the memorial ceremony of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to the beauty of the Song Dynasty, and later evolved into a fixed etiquette system. Ming dynasty generally refers to the system of chasing seals in Tang and Song dynasties.
When the emperor wrote a document for the queen, the minister of rites went to the cabinet to make a commitment, and chose an auspicious day to inform all departments to make all kinds of preparations.
Then the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry jointly made a book treasure and sent it to the cabinet to engrave it. At this time, please don't fight, and ask college students and ministers to pay attention to the agreement.
Three days before canonization, people fasted and bathed. The day before the memorial seal, officials told the ancestral hall that the emperor would either send officials or personally salute the memorial seal in Fengxian Hall. In front of the throne of Fengtian Temple, the master of ceremonies set up a book chest. Book case has Fengjie official position, the palm official is located in the left rear, the south side has official position, facing west, the south side of Hengjie has official position, facing north, the north side has official position, the northeast side has Fengjie official position, facing north, and the adjutant position is located in the north side of the control position, facing north.
At the dawn of the canonization, Chen Wei managed to drive the halogen thin out of the hall of supreme harmony, and the empress instrument was driven under the palace steps and outside the palace gate; The music department hangs music outside the hall of supreme harmony; The official section of Honglin Temple of the Ministry of Rites is located in the south of the center of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with the case in the left west, the treasure case in the right east, and the Longting outside the pavilion. The inner prison is located outside the palace gate, and the festival case is in the palace (both in the south). The treasure chest is located on the east and west sides of the palace gate, and the queen worship is located in the south of the incense table. Officials of the Ministry of Rites will display gold books, treasures, reading books and treasures in the pavilion.
After everything was ready, the messenger in charge of sealing the seal rang the bell and drum three times, and the officials and the emperor dressed in the "imperial robe" (the highest-level costume of the Ming emperor) then entered the Fengtian Hall. The officials of the Ministry of Rites presented the title book and the precious seal of the queen to the emperor and put them on the desk prepared in advance. The officials immediately stood in their respective positions in the main hall according to the position of the court ceremony.
Guan Yi, the bodyguard officer, praised "singing the whip". When Dan stepped down, he sang the whip three times; A single big band also played "Celebrating Peace Chapter". Then, under the guidance and password of the commending officials in the Temple of Cracking Hong, officials below the king, envoys and civil and military officials stood in a row and bowed to the emperor three times and nine times. The ceremony is over.
The undertaker asked the emperor whether to start the conferring ceremony, and the emperor agreed. The undertaker walked out of the middle gate, down the steps, to the position where the imperial edict was read, and shouted, "There are officials and deputy envoys kneeling." The undertaker read the imperial edict: "In a certain year and month, honored by the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager, I made a concubine and a surname a queen, and ordered Qing and others to hold a ceremony and salute." The envoys bowed down and got up, and they entered the temple from the west gate.
The deacon went out of the middle gate with the bookcase, and the official in charge of the ceremony opened the ceremony from the bookcase and gave it to the official in Fengjie. The usher courtesy officer leads the official to the book receiving position. The book receiving officer picks up the book receiving document and gives it to the official. The official kneels down (the assistant accepts the treasure seal-the imperial edict of the Queen with the same courtesy), puts the book receiving document into the book receiving box and returns to the original position. At this time, the ceremony and music played, and the ambassadors bowed four times, got up, and the ceremony and music closed. Rites and music were in full swing, led by Zhang, followed by the case officer, and after arriving at Fengtianmen, the rites and music stopped.
The waiter shouted "Li Bi", the emperor got up and the officials stepped down.
On Zhang Feng Festival, the librarian stood beside Long Ting, who kept books, and the guard of honor and the band led the way, playing music outside the palace gate. The queen, wearing four crowns of Kowloon and a dress, walked out of the attic and stood in the main hall of her residence, facing south. Turn off playing music
The assistant and ambassador put books and other books on the table prepared in advance at the palace gate. The courtiers led the envoys, deputy envoys and internal envoys to their positions, and the envoys shouted, "The envoys and deputy envoys have given the queen a letter and a rare seal according to the decree."
The inside messenger ordered the queen to enter the house and leave the station at the original position. The usher will guide the waiters to their places.
It is making a letter of service for the internal envoy, who kneels down and submits it to the inner prison. Guaranteed to the governor, the governor knelt down and handed it over to the inner prison. Then they returned to their original positions, and the supervisor kept the books and seals in the inner hall.
Then, the famous prostitute led the queen to stand in the north of the worship position, four famous prostitutes stood around the worship position, and read out that two famous prostitutes stood in the south of Dongan.
The famous prostitute played "kneel", and the queen knelt down, praising "Xuan Shu", reading the case of famous prostitute and announcing reading. After the announcement, the book was awarded to the female officer waiting for power, and the female officer knelt down; Praise the "book", the female officer gave the book to the queen, and the queen gave it to the left female officer. After the female officer knelt down, Chen Fang went to the west. After Chen Fang finished singing, the prostitute played "Xing" and the queen began to play. The band immediately played music, and the queen had six sous, three kneels and three obeisances. After the ceremony, stand back to the east and stop.
The ambassador and deputy envoys retreated to the south street of Fengtian Temple, facing north first, and the west was the upper position. The officials of the Ming Dynasty stood in the northeast, facing west, and the ambassadors and aides bowed down and shouted: After the ceremony ordered by the queen, the ambassadors and aides knelt down and reported to the emperor. At this point, the Queen's honouring ceremony ended.
The next day, accompanied by princes and ministers of civil and military affairs, the emperor went to the Imperial Palace to salute. After the ceremony, the Royal Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Kings, civil and military officials went to the table to celebrate, and the emperor issued a letter to announce the world.
On the same day, the Queen will also salute the Empress Dowager Cixi's palace, and then salute the Emperor after the ceremony.
After that, the imperial concubine led the imperial concubine, concubine, princess, Fujin and Ming mother to salute in the Queen's Palace. Noble people and princes should also salute at the Queen's Palace.
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The process of conferring concubines:
1, conferring the princess:?
When conferring the princess, the emperor conferred the title, and ordered the ritual department to make a book and seal it, and ordered it to inform only the back hall of the ancestral temple and the Fengxian Hall. It is necessary to send envoys to sign books, such as conferring the imperial concubine. On the same day, the internal security arranged a colorful battle outside the palace gate. Its announcement, seal, seal, seal and appearance ceremony are the same as those of conferring the imperial concubine.
2. Grant:?
At the time of canonization, the emperor ordered books to be made, and the Ministry of Rites made gold books and called them. On the day of canonization, envoys will issue books, just like the princess's etiquette procedure. On the same day, the internal security held a colorful battle outside the palace gate. Its announcement, acceptance and appearance ceremony are the same as when it was awarded to the princess.
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