Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol
Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol
Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol
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Second Ceremonial Attendants will<br />
lead the Assistant Officers to follow<br />
the Principal off-stage and return to<br />
their positions. Once everyone has returned<br />
to his position, the Lead Musician<br />
calls “yuè zhǐ” (“End the music”).<br />
(20)Consuming the ceremonial offerings<br />
The Master of Ceremony calls “yǐn fú<br />
shòu zuò” (“Consume the ceremonial<br />
offerings”). The Lead and Second<br />
Ceremonial Attendants will call “qǐng<br />
zhǔ jì guān xíng yǐn fú shòu zuò lǐ,<br />
yì xiāng àn qián” (“May the Principal<br />
move before the incense table<br />
and consume the ceremonial offerings”)<br />
as they lead the Principal to<br />
the incense table. When the Master<br />
of Ceremony calls “yǐn fú jiǔ” (“Drink<br />
the ceremonial wine”), the ceremonial<br />
attendants repeat the words and<br />
the Right Ceremonial Attendant will<br />
present the bronze wine vessel to the<br />
Principal, who will take a sip and then<br />
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