All preparations for the apprenticeship ceremony were already in place. The staff at Guanyin Hall were not in a hurry. They just got up earlier than usual on August 15th, took a shower, tidied up, and then started the apprenticeship ceremony in an orderly manner.
thing.
Mr. Le Xiao got up at five o'clock, took his brother for a morning bath, then dressed neatly, took out the bread he brought with him and let his brother eat some to cushion his stomach so as not to be hungry during the ceremony.
Of course, if you don't drink water, if you drink too much water and feel urgent urination during the apprenticeship ceremony, it will be troublesome.
Leshan's admiration for his sister was like the endless waves of the Tianhe River. He did whatever her sister said. He only ate a few pieces of pineapple to moisten his throat and a piece of bread to stabilize his stomach.
Mr. Yi did not see his disciple in the morning. After getting up, he packed up and went to the main hall.
At six o'clock sharp, a messenger came to the Guanyin Hall to invite the Le family sisters. When they saw the people, they were also secretly surprised. The Le family sisters and brothers were dressed very grandly!
The little girl wears a white middle coat with a right lapel collar, and a red right lapel coat with a gold edge on the outside. The skirt is embroidered with gold and silver threads such as dragons and phoenixes, auspicious clouds and auspicious grasses, and the skirt is embroidered with a sea of clouds pattern.
She wears a jade belt around her waist, with a golden knee-covering and red seal ribbon on the front, a palace ribbon hanging on the left side of her waist, tied with white jade bis and jade huangs, and a string of forbidden steps hanging down to her feet on her right waist.
ankle.
The little girl wore golden pointed shoes, and her hair was combed into a Wangxian nine-ring bun, dotted with some beads or flower-shaped jewelry.
On the front of the bun is a nine-tailed phoenix hairpin, with nine strings of beads hanging in the phoenix's mouth. The phoenix hairpin is inlaid with gems of various colors, and there is a dragon-shaped hairpin on each temple. The dragon body and tail are wrapped around the bun.
The dragon holds a string of beads in its mouth.
The phoenix hairpin on the little girl's head is made of unknown materials. It is countless times more gorgeous and precious than gold. It is full of brilliance and brilliance.
The little baby also wears a middle coat with the collar turned to the right fold, and a red robe with the collar folded to the right fold. It has a golden waistband and a jade belt, a golden seal ribbon hanging in front of it, and a knee-length string hanging on the left side.
The Jade Forbidden Step.
The little baby's robe is embroidered with gold and silver threads, and the hem of the robe is embroidered with a picture of raging waves. The little child is wearing a long robe with wide sleeves, and the sleeves are long and fall to the ground, which is particularly cute.
The Le family siblings, who were dressed up in a grand manner, stood there looking very noble. If the little baby could have long hair, the siblings would look like ancient people who came out from thousands of years ago.
The messenger looked up at Miss Le's formal attire, looked solemn, and invited Miss Le to watch the ceremony.
Le Yun held her brother's hand and led the envoy through the two small courtyards, then along the alley to the eighth main courtyard of Guanyin Hall, and from the eighth courtyard to the main courtyard of the ninth entrance.
The disciples of the Guanyin Hall wear navy blue training uniforms. In order to distinguish which generation of disciples they are, they are distinguished by belts. The leader has a red belt, the oldest generation of elders has a purple belt, and those after that are gold, yellow, and blue.
Orange, green, cyan, silver, and the latter are distinguished by the color of the trim.
The main hall courtyard was lined with disciples standing on the road from the entrance to the main hall, two rows on each side, facing each other, all as straight as pillars.
The deputy chief envoy was waiting at the door to receive him. The deputy chief envoy led people up to the main hall. At the bottom of the steps of the main hall, there was another chief envoy to greet him.
The chief envoy first led the little girl into the main hall, sent the people to the east side in front of the main hall to watch the ceremony, and then went outside the hall.
The elders of Guanyin Hall and the disciples of the same generation as the master all wore dark red Tang suits. The master and Mr. Yi wore red Tang suits with embroidery. The tables and chairs on both sides of the hall have been removed, except for the eight tables facing the door.
There are still seats on the left and right sides of the immortal.
The table of the Eight Immortals was filled with offerings, including pigs, cows and sheep, nine-color fruits and nine cups of tea.
The headmaster and the elders stood to the west of the Eight Immortals Table. The red carpet was spread all the way from the steps outside the main hall to the Eight Immortals Table in the main hall. On the east side stood the headmaster's brothers and third-generation disciples, and on the west side stood the fourth- and fifth-generation disciples.
of elites.
Everyone in the hall had bright eyes when they saw Miss Le appearing in her attire. Miss Le was wearing auspicious clothes to observe the ceremony, which shows her respect for the Guanyin Hall.
The lead envoy left the main hall again, went down the steps, and stood on the east side.
Everything is ready.
Elder Xing came out of the procession and walked to the Eight Immortals table. A disciple came in holding a plate. He cleaned his hands, burned incense, and then stood to the east of the table and sang "The apprenticeship ceremony begins."
Then, nine firework salutes sounded outside.
Elder Xing shouted: "Master ascends to the throne!"
A disciple with a golden belt came forward, moved a chair with a red ribbon and placed it in front of the Eight Immortals table, not directly in front, but slightly to the east.
Ant Laoxiong walked forward nervously, Da Ma Jin Dao sat down, his face smiling like a golden sun.
Elder Xing shouted: "Headmaster ascends the throne!"
Another disciple came forward and moved another chair to place it in front of the Eight Immortals Table.
Headmaster Li walked to the Eight Immortals' table with the steps of a dragon and a tiger, and sat down in the Grand Master's chair without any hesitation.
After the headmaster ascended his throne, Elder Ji and others quickly moved to stand facing the east.
Elder Xing shouted: "Disciples who have not yet entered, enter the hall!"
The leading envoy responded, and he and his deputy each took the hand of the little baby standing at the foot of the steps, climbed the steps step by step, led the disciples who had not yet entered the hall, and then walked forward along the center of the red carpet.
At that moment, the deputy led the disciples who had not entered the room quickly, and one of the disciples quickly placed a red satin cloth with exquisite embroidery patterns in front of Elder Yi.
The two envoys led the person to Elder Ant, let go of the little baby's hand, and took half a step back.
When the two envoys led the disciples who had not yet entered, Elder Xing shouted: "Disciples who have not yet entered, kneel down."
As soon as Leshan took off his robe, he knelt down in an upright manner. Hearing the official presiding over the ceremony shout, "Disciples who have not yet entered, kowtow."
One kowtow, two kowtows, three kowtows.
After kowtowing three times, the little baby still didn't stop. He kowtowed nine times in one breath before straightening up.
Generally, a disciple only needs to kowtow three times to become a disciple. The young disciple kowtowed nine times in one go. Old Man Yi smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth: "Okay, okay, good boy!"
Elder Xing sang "Tea for Master."
A disciple arrived with tea, and Zhengshi took it and handed it to Leshan.
Leshan took the saucer, raised it above his head, and smiled sweetly: "Please wet the pot to drink tea!"
With a bright smile, Mr. Yi quickly took the white porcelain tea cup with a picture of wealthy peonies, opened the lid, took a sip, said "ok", put the tea cup in the saucer, reached into his arms and took out a red envelope to put in the saucer.
Inside, he reached into his arms and took out the red rope tied with the jasper phoenix tail bamboo, a token of the Guanyin Temple, and hung it around the young disciple's neck, and then personally pulled the young disciple up.
"Good disciple, you are the first disciple of my master, and you are also the closed disciple, the successor of the mantle. Good disciple, when you come to my sect, you must remember the sect's precepts. Everything else is easy to talk about. The only sect rule that cannot be touched is bullying.
The master must destroy the ancestors. Except for this one sect rule, you must not break it. Even if you poke a hole in the sky, I will support you. If one day you do something to deceive the master and destroy the ancestors, I will execute you with my own hands.
, if my master is no longer alive, the sect will use all its strength to hunt you down and show no mercy, so please remember this."
Touching his disciple's little head, Mr. Yi gave serious instructions. There were many sect rules, but they were too long, so he didn't read them one by one. He only wanted to explain the most important points.
"Disciple, please remember Shi Hu's teachings!" Leshan knelt down with another bang.
"Good boy, get up." The little disciple was still a baby, but he was already so sensible and well-behaved. Mr. Yi was so happy that he couldn't describe it. He once again helped him up with his own hands, and then sat back down.
The envoy took the saucer from Little Milkman's hand, handed the red seal that Mr. Yi gave to his disciple to the deputy envoy to hold, and handed the saucer to the tea attendant to make a cup of tea.
Elder Xing shouted again: "The new disciples have an audience with the leader."
Just as he was holding the little baby in front of the headmaster, Leshan knelt down when he heard the cry of kneeling down. When he heard the official shouting "blessing", there were nine more "dong-dong-dong" sounds.
Leader Li smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyebrows, and kept saying "Okay, okay".
The tea serving disciple handed over the saucer, and the envoy handed it to the new disciple.
Leshan took the saucer, respectfully raised it high and offered tea to the head brother, and said in a childish voice: "Please have tea, head!"
Master Li was reluctant to let his junior brother hold the saucer for a long time, quickly took the tea cup, took a sip of tea and said "ok", quickly took out a red seal and put the tea cup into the saucer, and then lectured him according to the rules.
He only said a few words, such as "seniors and brothers live in harmony" and "respect teachers and elders and love younger generations".
Leshan listened to the admonition with a saucer in hand and kowtowed once to show that he had received the admonition.
After giving the lecture, Master Li stood up and helped Junior Brother Little Baby, touched his head, and sat down again.
The chief envoy took the saucer again and handed the red seal to the deputy envoy, who then handed the saucer to the disciples serving tea.
Elder Xing, who was the ceremonial officer, shouted: "The new disciples have an audience with the ancestors of the sect."
Mr. Yi and Master Li stood up and stood on the east and west sides in front of the Eight Immortals' table, facing the ancestors of the sect. A disciple quickly moved two chairs and moved a tuanfu to the middle of the table facing the Eight Immortals.
s position.
The ceremony officer shouted, "New disciples bring incense." A disciple handed over a saucer with incense and a lighter. The chief took the saucer and handed it to the new disciple to take a stick of incense. The deputy used a lighter to light the incense, and then put the lighter and lighter.
The saucer is passed on.
The ceremony officer called out, "New disciple, kneel down." Leshan knelt down.
Mr. Yi, who was standing aside, reported to the ancestors of the sect that he had accepted a disciple with a certain surname as his disciple on a certain day of a certain year and a certain day. He held a discipleship ceremony on X month of this year.
The spirits of the ancestors in heaven bless their disciples to become successful.
After he finished reciting the edict, Elder Xing called out, "New disciples, offer incense." Leshan held the incense and bowed down three times, stood up, and walked forward to offer incense.
He was short, so naturally he couldn't reach him. The old man hugged his little disciple, put the incense in the incense burner, and then let him fall to the ground.
Leshan knelt down again.
Head Li then reported to the ancestors of the sect as the head of the sect that so-and-so was smart and witty when he was young. He became a disciple of so-and-so of the sect. He is the sect’s generation disciple and his ranking. He is training in front of the palace today.
, please ask the ancestors of the sect for instructions.
After he finished speaking for a long time, Elder Xing shouted again: "The new disciples pay homage to the ancestors of the sect."
When Leshan heard the call to bow, he bowed his head and bowed, making nine ringing sounds.
After the little girl kowtowed, Leader Li, Elder Yi and others smiled happily. Elder Xing, with a smile in his eyes, shouted "The ceremony is completed!"
He sang a rite of completion, which represented the successful completion of the first step of the apprenticeship ceremony.
The second generation, third generation, fourth generation and fifth generation disciples burst into laughter and shouted in unison: "Congratulations to Master/Uncle/Uncle/Uncle/Uncle to Grand Master/Uncle to Grand Master on being a disciple!"
Mr. Yi smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth. He reached out to pick up his good disciple and touched his little head and forehead lovingly to see if there were any bruises. The little disciple was very serious and kowtowed until his forehead turned red.
The first step of the apprenticeship ceremony has been completed, but not all of it. There is also the opening of the ancestral hall to offer sacrifices, and then it is time to worship the God of Poseidon and the God of Wealth at the Earth Temple.
After those two steps, the new disciple meets the elders.
The disciples quickly set up the chairs and placed two chairs directly in front of the Eight Immortals table. Master Li took the middle seat and Mr. Yi took the chair on the east side.
The master and Mr. Yi took their seats, and the disciples arranged chairs to the west of the Eight Immortals Table, that is to the right of the master, and placed eight Taishi chairs in a row.
Elder Xing and Senior Brother Jianzai sat down one by one. They took their seats from the second chair on the right side of the master to the west, leaving one chair vacant.
The tea serving disciples are ready.
Elder Yi personally held his little disciple's hand, crossed the empty one first, and walked to Elder Xing: "Leshan, this is your Uncle Xing. Your Uncle Xing is the thirteenth."
The welcoming envoy immediately took a tuanpu and placed it in front of Elder Xing, and then took the saucer handed by the tea serving disciples.
Leshan knelt down and made nine more bang-dong-dong sounds. He took the saucer and raised it high above his head: "Thirteenth uncle is invited to drink tea."
The milky sound is full of vitality.
Elder Xing happily took the tea cup and took a sip of tea, then put the tea cup back into the saucer. While saying "good boy", he took out a red envelope and put it in the saucer.
Instead of lecturing him, he drank tea and gave him a red envelope. This was the gift of recognizing an elder of the sect.
He led the chief and deputy envoys to help him get the red envelopes, handed over tea trays for tea cups, took away the tufts, and moved them to the next elder.
Mr. Yi will introduce who this person is and where he ranks.
Happy to kowtow and serve tea.
The elders who received kowtows from the juniors drank tea and gave red envelopes.
Then the next one.
Elder Yi and his young disciples recognized their elders one by one, and Leshan repeated the process of kowtowing, serving tea, receiving red envelopes, and transferring them seven times.
After recognizing the seven uncles and uncles, Mr. Yi took his young disciple back to the empty chair on the right side of the master. He then told his apprentice which uncles and uncles had passed away and asked him to formally pay homage to him.
Masters and uncles.
The reason why we recognize the living elders first is because those who have passed away are also among the ancestors who enjoy the incense of their descendants. Previously, when new disciples paid homage to the ancestors of the sect, they were also worshiping them once, so when recognizing relatives, they should be given to the living elders first.
They bowed greatly and paid homage to their deceased elders.
When Mr. Yi talked about the late master Bo, his disciples immediately held the master's tablet and went to sit on an empty chair, receiving gifts from the master, drinking tea, and giving red envelopes.
If his disciples have passed away, his disciples and grandchildren will sit holding the master's tablet to receive the ceremony on his behalf.
After receiving the ceremony, his disciples placed the tablets on the offering table behind the Eight Immortals table, and then stepped away. When Mr. Yi introduced another uncle or uncle who had passed away, his disciples would hold the tablets and receive the gifts on their behalf.
After Mr. Yi introduced the deceased brothers and sisters, the part of recognizing the elders also came to an end.
After becoming a disciple, you recognize your elders, not your relatives, so you do not immediately recognize your senior brothers and accept the salutes from the juniors of the same sect.
After paying homage to the elders, the next step was to worship the ancestors in the ancestral hall. Mr. Yi took his young disciples, and the elders of the Li family led their disciples to offer sacrifices and went to the ancestral hall to offer sacrifices.
