Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol

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B. The Ancestral Remembrance Service Procedure 1. Pre-service standards (1) Dressing and assembly: The Principal, Assistant Officers, ceremonial attendants (including the Lead and Second Ceremonial Attendants) and musicians change into the ceremonial attire and assemble outside the entrance according to their designated positions and prepare for entry. (2) Explaining the ceremonial procedure: the Lead and Second Ceremonial Attendants briefly explain the ceremonial procedure and things to note, to the Principal and Assistant Officers. (3) A person should be sent to light the lantern, the incense burner and the candles in preparation. (4) Lining up: The Presenter will announce “diǎn lǐ jiāng yú wǔ fèn zhōng hòu kāi shǐ, qǐng jì guān, lǐ sheng, zàn 24
sheng, yuè sheng, zhǔn bèi pái bān” (“The Ancestral Remembrance Service will commence in five minutes. May the Principal and Assistant Officers, the ceremonial attendants and the musicians prepare to line up”). The Master of Ceremony, the Lead Musician and the bell and drum musicians take their positions. The persons responsible for each team enter by designated paths to stand at their respective positions, and the ceremonial attendants will line up opposite them. 2. Commencement of the Ancestral Remembrance Service (1) Commencement of the Ancestral Remembrance Service The Master of Ceremony calls: “jì sì diǎn lǐ kāi shǐ” (“May the Ancestral Remembrance Service begin”), all the 25
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Assistant Officers take their posit
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Opening the entrance Reception for
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Presentation of the Incense Ceremon
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Reading the Ancestral Remembrance S
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Removal of the food offerings Sendo
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Observing the incineration Closing
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Memorial tablets arranged in one ro
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