For example, the "hand-crossing ceremony" in Tang Dynasty was popular between Tang and Song Dynasties and belonged to the respect etiquette of the younger generation for the elders. When meeting, the younger generation will raise their hands, cross their hands, and point their palms at their bodies to make a cross-hand ceremony. Scholars in the Song Dynasty once wrote an ancient book called "Guang Ji of Shilin", describing the process of changing hands:
"When hands are crossed, the left hand holds the right thumb, the left little finger faces the right wrist, the left thumb faces up, and the right four fingers are straight. If you cover your chest with your right hand, don't be too close to your chest. You need to stay away from it a little by two or three inches. This is the fork. "
Handmade ceremony
It became popular in the Tang Dynasty and followed in the Song Dynasty. Especially in some government agencies, when the top management of oversight assigns tasks to the following officials, the subordinate officials need to cross salute and then answer "yes", just like modern "yes". This is not just Nuo Nuo's promise, the correct pronunciation is "anger". I guess I want to express that Xiaguan also started this matter. This "fork-hand ceremony" in the Tang Dynasty appeared on the longest day in Chang 'an, which was popular recently. Interested friends can go and have a look.
Named thorn
Due to the economic prosperity and peace in the Tang Dynasty, interpersonal communication began to be frequent. At this time, people with status and positions in the Tang Dynasty would ask people to make a special identity card symbolizing their identity and occupation, which is called "name thorn". This kind of etiquette, which attaches importance to politeness, has generally become a way for literati in the Tang Dynasty to introduce themselves. Many times, when visiting someone's house, the servant doesn't know the new person, and he can't let them in directly, so the visitor gives the servant a name thorn and asks the servant to tell the master who the new person is after reading it.
In addition, in order to make invigilators pay attention to their articles, some scholars often give each other names to impress them and let them take care of themselves. In other words, at that time, a scholar from Qilu, in order to improve himself, ran around with hundreds of famous thorns every day. Whenever he met a powerful and influential person, he went forward to exchange names with others, and finally got to know an invigilator in this way, which made him get good grades in the imperial examination and became a court official. It seems that it is really important to hand over business cards as a polite way of communication from ancient times to the present.
In addition, in the Tang Dynasty, people also paid great attention to all kinds of etiquette in dress. At that time, China's culture was relatively developed, and the field of culture and art was relatively prosperous. Therefore, costumes in the Tang Dynasty also paid great attention to embodying traditional etiquette.
Dress etiquette, a male and female in Tang Dynasty
Usually, men in the Tang Dynasty usually wear round neck robes, often round neck, sleeves and skirts. Civil servants in the imperial court should wear robes that reach to the feet, and military officers should wear robes that reach to the knees, which are almost the same as modern suits, almost alone. Whenever there is a festive festival or feast in the Tang Dynasty, people of the whole dynasty will wear robes to attend, including the emperor, civil and military officials, ordinary people and so on. If you don't wear robes, it's a sign of impoliteness, and it's easy to be regarded as a different kind by people in the Tang Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty, men wore robes and women wore mattress skirts.
Women in the Tang Dynasty were generally controlled by feudal ethics, and they accepted ethics to a greater extent than men. Whenever they meet men or elders, they have all kinds of rules and regulations. And wear clothes on weekdays, but also pay attention. The mattress skirt in the Tang Dynasty was also a fashionable women's dress at that time. The length of the skirt extends to the waist position, which belongs to women's wear consisting of ultra-short tops and long skirts. Collar types include: straight collar, oblique collar, square collar, round neck, bare collar and heart-shaped collar. Wearing this kind of skirt belongs to the basic respect for traditional etiquette of women in Tang Dynasty.
In terms of court etiquette, it is worth mentioning the well-known "three worships and nine knocks". The three worships and nine knocks in Tang Dynasty are different from those in Qing Dynasty. Although this etiquette system was only recorded in the literature of the Qing Dynasty, it does not mean that it did not exist in the Tang Dynasty. However, the etiquette of "Farewell kowtow" was more popular among ancient civil and military officials and more common in the Tang Dynasty.
Mainly visited the emperor of the Tang Dynasty for three times. Usually, in the Tang Dynasty, when the officials of civil and military affairs heard the drums and entered the temple, they would bow down to the emperor twice. After the worship, many officials and ministers lined up, and then the minister in the position of "Shi Zhong" in the prime minister greeted him and took over the imperial edict. When they finished, they went back to their original places, walked to the northeast of the officials, faced west, and shouted, "Control", indicating that the emperor had a will. After shouting, all the officials had to bow down to the emperor once again. Later, the middle-level scholar began to read the contents of the imperial edict.
Generally, kowtowing and bowing is to bend your head to the ground, and then press your left hand to make a fist. When you worship, you are also very particular. First, stand upside down to form a prone position, then stretch out your hands and surrender to the ground. At this time, you can't let go of your hands. Put your hands in front of your knees and your head in front of your hands. Therefore, it is a minister's respect and etiquette to complete the worship ceremony in one go.