Three prostrations and nine prostrations, which prostrations and which prostrations do you refer to?

"Three bows and nine bows" is the ancient great ceremony, the so-called "three bows" is to kowtow three times, and "nine bows" in the general understanding, "nine bows" is to bow nine times in a row, and the real "nine bows" in the ritual is a different look.

The "Nine Prayers" are the nine ways of worship in ancient times. These nine ways of worship are called Jishou, Dunshou, Empty Shou, Vibrating, Jibai, Fierce Worship, Qibai, Praise and Libai. The difference is not only in the name, but also in the essentials of its movements.

In fact, "nine prayers" is a very general term, which covers all the ways of worship in ancient times. The "Nine Bows" include both auspicious and fierce rituals, including both the way men and women bow. Obviously, it is impossible to exhaust these nine forms of worship in any one ceremony, because the "nine prayers" include completely different forms of worship.

Therefore, not only does the nine prostrations not mean nine prostrations, but it is also impossible to see the nine prostrations in any one ceremony.

This is Buddhism. Because each prayer requires three prostrations, three prostrations and nine prostrations are three prostrations, for a total of nine prostrations. Because there are generally three Buddhas in the Daxiong Hall, each Buddha needs to bow three times to three heads, a total of nine bows. In addition, traditional culture.

in the heavens, the earth, and the parents. Three bows and nine bows in total. (Look).

Kneel down and kowtow three times, get up and kneel again, kowtow three times. Get up and kneel again and kowtow three times.

This whole process is called three bows and nine bows, which is a very noble ritual in the ancient search loss era, and is mostly used to see the emperor and worship the ancestors.

Later, it was also used as a religion, prostrating three times and nine times in front of the statue to show sincerity and respect.

It is resistant to leakage and destruction in the nine worships, one is said to be the head, two is said to be the head of the stun, three is said to be empty, four is said to be vibrating, five is said to be auspicious, six is said to be fierce, seven is said to be strange, eight is praised, and nine is said to be worshipped, in order to enjoy the right sacrifice. This is the prescribed etiquette used on different occasions by members of society of different ranks and statuses. The ancients believed that if you don't kneel, you can't worship.

This is not just a rural funeral, this is the traditional Chinese etiquette, and it is the most solemn ceremony to meet the emperor and ancestors. The details are as follows:

1. Bow with your palms together; (One worship).

2. Then kneel down and kowtow three times; (Three knocks).

3. Stand up, fold your palms and bow; (Second worship).

4. Then kneel down and kowtow three times; (Six knocks).

5. Stand up, fold your palms and bow; (Three prostrations).

6. Then kneel down and kowtow three times (nine knocks).

7. Get up, fold your palms and bow. Courtesy.

A kneel is a bow, and a kowtow is a kowtow.

That is to say, you should first advance half a step forward and stand in front of the kneeling mat, and then put your right hand on your left hand and hug your fist (hugging your fist and arching your hand to greet you is your left hand and your right hand, which is Baiji. The right hand on the left hand is to worship the murderer, generally used for funerals or fights and provocations), hug your fist and bow your head, and your hand must be on your head.

Then kneel down slowly, which is a bow.

After that, kowtow to the sail key three times, which is three knocks.

Get up and take a half step back.

After that, repeat the action until you kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, which is considered to be the three prostrations and nine prostrations.

However, the three bows and nine bows are great gifts, and they are generally only used on important occasions, such as ancestor worship or life-saving grace.

In general, funerals and even apprentices, one bow and three knocks are enough to be cautious, and there are no three bows and nine knocks, because this is not in line with the identity of the deceased.

It's like if you give tea and water to a low-status person, this will not only not cause good results, but will make the higher-ranking leaders disgusted and have the intention of killing.

According to superstition, it will make the ancestors of the dead feel insulted and easy to bring disaster to future generations.

Therefore, the three bows and nine knocks cannot be used casually, and the ancient emperors would not easily accept the three bows and nine knocks.

Unless it is an old man who has been in the same house for four generations, it can be used after a happy funeral, that is, the mother and father of the grandparents.

After all, it has been blessed for three generations, even if it is dead, it is enough to be called an ancestor, and only such a person's funeral will let the juniors bow three times and bow nine times to thank the ancestors for their blessings.

Even the funeral of the parents should not be bowed three times and nine times, which may make the parents uneasy after death.

Therefore, for funerals, one bow and three bows are etiquette.

In ancient times, there were "nine bows". "Zhou Li, Chunguan, Taizhu": "Distinguish nine worships, one is called Ji Shou, two is called Dun Shou, three is empty head, four is vibration, five is auspicious worship, six is fierce worship, seven is Qi worship, eight is praise worship, and nine is Su worship, in order to enjoy the right sacrifice."

After kneeling, the chief is the one who kneels down, puts his hands on the ground, bows his head to the ground, and stays for a period of time, which is the heaviest person in the prayer. The first pause is to lead the head to the ground, and it is the second heaviest person in the prayer. The empty head is the one who arches his hands to the ground, leading his head to the hand without touching the ground, and is the lighter of the prayers.

These three prostrations are orthodox prostrations. Vibration is to strike each other with both hands, vibrating their bodies and worshipping. Jibai is to worship first and then to check, about to touch the forehead to the ground.

Fierce worship is to bow first and then worship, and the expression is serious when the head touches the ground. Qibai, first bend one knee and worship, also known as "Yabai". Praise is the re-worship of others after the prayer, also known as "reciprocation".

Bow down, bow your hands, do not kneel, bow down and bow. The push hand is the hand, and the lead is the su. In fact, it is also a knead.

This is a military salute, and the soldiers are wearing armor, so it is inconvenient to bow down, so they use solemn worship. The other prayers are variations of the main prayer.

The "Nine Prayers" are the nine ways of worship in ancient times. These nine types of worship are called Jishou, Ton, Empty, Vibrating, Jibai, Fierce, Qibai, Praise, and Solemn. The difference between "Nine Worships" is not only the name, but also the essentials of its movements.

"Three knocks" is not an ancient ceremony, but a common name for the "kneeling" ceremony.

The Nine Prayers are an ancient form of worship. That is, the head of the head, the head of the sudden, the head of the empty, the vibration, the auspicious worship, the fierce worship, the strange worship, the mu of the wild worship, the worship of the solemn.

Ancient Chinese kneeling to show high respect to each other. "Zhou Li" is called "nine worships": "one is called the head of the Ji, the second is the head of the stun, the third is the head of the void, the fourth is the vibration, the fifth is the auspicious worship, the sixth is the fierce worship, the seventh is the strange worship, the eighth is the praise worship, and the ninth is the worship of the solemn."

This is the prescribed etiquette used by members of society of different ranks and statuses on different occasions.

In ancient social customs, kneeling when meeting is the oldest and most widely used basic etiquette. Until the abolition of this ritual by the Xinhai Revolution, kneeling rituals were widely used. This is because the ancients used to sit on the ground, sitting with their legs crossed and their hips resting on their heels.

Kneeling on the ground with two knees is considered to be kneeling, and kneeling and prostrating to the bottom is prostration.

Jishou is the most solemn meeting etiquette in the "Nine Worships".

Ancient rituals

Folklore believes that etiquette includes four kinds of life etiquette: birth, crown, marriage and funeral. In fact, etiquette can be divided into two categories: politics and life.

The political category includes the sacrifice to the sky, the earth, and the temple, the sacrifice of the ancestors and the saints, the drinking ceremony of respecting the teacher's township, the meeting ceremony, the military ceremony, etc. The origin of life etiquette, according to Xunzi, has "three books", that is, "the foundation of heaven and earth", "the foundation of the ancestors", and "the foundation of the rule of the monarch". In the liturgy, the funeral was the first to arise.

The funeral ceremony for the deceased is to appease their ghosts, and for the living, it becomes a ritual for the elders and the young, and to be filial and upright.

In the process of establishing and implementing the ritual, the Chinese patriarchal system (see Chinese patriarchal law) was born. It is believed that everything is manipulated by invisible spirits, and that performing rituals is to curry favor with spirits. Therefore, the ritual originated from the belief in ghosts and gods, and it is also a special manifestation of the belief in ghosts and gods.

The emergence of the "Three Rites" ("Rites", "Rites and Rites", and "Zhou Rites") marked a mature stage in the development of etiquette. In the Song Dynasty, etiquette and feudal ethics and morality were integrated, that is, etiquette and etiquette were mixed, and it became one of the powerful tools for the implementation of etiquette. Salute to serve the persuasion of virtue, and red tape does its best.