Chapter 11 Section 2 Ji Li

Corresponding to the Crown Ceremony, in ancient times, when a girl reached the age of 15, she would hold a Ji Ceremony.Ji is also a hairpin.When performing the Ji ceremony, the hair style of childhood should be changed, and the hair should be tied into a bun, then wrapped with 緉〔shi初〕, and then inserted into the bun with a hairpin.The host of the hairpin ceremony is the female head of the family, and the person in charge of adding the hairpin is the female guest or child guest.After inserting the hairpin on the pan head, the daughter-in-law must first worship her ancestors, and then her parents.Finally, the mother dipped him in the wine, and affirmed the rules of abstinence, and taught him the etiquette of respecting his uncle and elders.

According to "Rituals Shihun (Wedding) Ceremony": "Women promise to marry, and they will be ceremony, and they will be called characters." It can be seen that women also need to take characters when holding the ceremony, and then they can get married. Its meaning is the same as that of crown ceremony. Similarly, it is also a ceremony to express adulthood.However, according to investigations, most women in the late ancient society had no characters. It seems that the etiquette of women's "weighing characters" was not carried out in later generations. In addition, the later women's hairpin ceremony was not limited to being held at the age of 15, but was often added just before marriage.At that time, an old woman with many children and grandchildren will trim her forehead, use thin silk threads to shave off the fine hair on her face, wash her face and hair, and add hairpins to her bun.Then the woman worships her ancestors and parents, and her parents teach her.