From Shifan to Cizuo:The Origin and Historical Background of the Ritual of Giving Sacrificial Meat
The ritual of giving sacrificial meat came from the ritual of sharing sacrifice meat between the King and the vassals.In the period of King Wu of Zhou dynasty,the vassals had begun to participate in the the ritual of offering sacrifices and sharing sacrifices,which was inherited by later rulers and became a ritual system.With the change of the political relationship between the emperor and the princes,this etiquette has also been evloved to Cizuo(赐胙).Because of the decline of the king's authority,the king tried to strengthen the political relationship with the vassals by giving sacrificial meat.Although this ritual played a certain role in maintaining the political relationship between the king and the feudal princes,it gradually evolved into a symbolic political ritual with the collaspe of political system of Zhou dynasty.
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