Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol
Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol
Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol
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der behind the Principal. The ceremonial<br />
attendant carrying the <strong>Ancestral</strong><br />
<strong>Remembrance</strong> <strong>Service</strong> Reading and<br />
the silk will also enter with the team<br />
and follow the ceremonial attendant<br />
with the fan to return to his position.<br />
As the Principal returns to his position,<br />
the Lead and Second Ceremonial<br />
Attendants will quietly remind the<br />
Assistant Officers to move back and<br />
turn with the Principal, to face the<br />
memorial tablets. After the lantern,<br />
the incense burner, the parasol and<br />
the fan are in their stands, the Lead<br />
Musician will call “yuè zhǐ” (“End the<br />
music”).<br />
(27)Closing the entrance<br />
After the Master of Ceremony calls<br />
“hé fēi” (“Close the entrance”), the responsible<br />
ceremonial attendants will<br />
gradually close the door panels with<br />
both hands and then return to stand<br />
on both sides of the gates, quietly<br />
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