How old is the year of dancing elephant?

The year of dancing elephant refers to the period from 15 to 20 years old.

The year of dancing elephants is synonymous with adults, which comes from the Book of Rites: "Adults, dancing elephants, learn to shoot at the imperial palace." The Internal Rules of the Book of Rites is Article 12 of the Book of Rites, which contains the rules that fathers and sons, men and women should abide by in the family.

The Book of Rites is one of the thirteen oldest Confucian classics in China, and it is memorized by Confucius disciples and later scholars.

Articles such as The Book of Rites can be used as documents reflecting the history of the Zhou Dynasty to study the status of women in the Zhou Dynasty. The comparison of women's status in Shang and Zhou Dynasties shows that great changes have taken place in women's status since the Zhou Dynasty.