First, shooting ceremony is an important form of Chinese etiquette culture, an important expression carrier of our national temperament, personality and thoughts, and a unique cultural landscape of China. Respecting tradition and defending the pluralistic existence of culture, these universal requirements for the revival of civilization also apply to shooting ceremonies.
Secondly, there are a lot of essence of Chinese civilization accumulated in the shooting ceremony, but its dross is relatively small.
Shooting ceremony advocates personality shaping and human spiritual civilization: shooting ceremony pays attention to modesty, comity and solemnity, advocates "making mistakes without hitting the target, but seeking for yourself" and attaches importance to people's moral introspection. In essence, shooting ceremony is a clever way to guide health morality, and it is a valuable humanistic practice result of the combination of Chinese ancestors' morality and shooting, ceremony and shooting, and teaching and shooting.
In many details of the shooting ceremony, the light of humanistic spirit shines everywhere. What is particularly commendable is that compared with many other etiquette styles, there are relatively few inferior parts such as hierarchy and autocratic color in shooting ceremony. For example, it was Bing who presided over the shooting ceremony in rural areas, not the local chief executive. Bing is, he doesn't have an official title yet, but his character is excellent. Bin is the protagonist of the shooting ceremony, apparently to promote the ethos of respecting the virtuous. Once the candidate is confirmed, the governor will personally invite him. On the day of the salute, the governor will greet the guests outside the preface door. Although doctors have a high position in the process of three beats, they should also cooperate with scholars one by one. This spirit of respecting morality and equality, regardless of rank, is very valuable in traditional culture.
Thirdly, the shooting ceremony contains the unique humanistic sports spirit of China.
Professor Peng Lin, a famous scholar who specializes in traditional etiquette, pointed out (this paper quoted Professor Peng Lin's related works in many places, expressing deep respect and gratitude) that the Olympic Movement originated in ancient Greece in 776 BC, which was similar to the popularity of shooting ceremony in China, but the cultures reflected by the two were obviously different. In the ancient Greek concept, man's spirit and body were separated, the spirit was managed by God, and man was only responsible for his own body. The sports spirit of ancient Greece emphasized the competition of strength, speed, height and skill, and paid attention to body building. The winner of the competition is an unparalleled hero and should be rewarded with drinking. The shape of the Olympic trophy is all enlarged wine glasses, which is precisely from this. After the reign of the Shang Dynasty by the King of Wu, China began to break away from the mythological era and turned to the humanistic era. Confucianism pays special attention to people's all-round development and thinks that people's spirit and body are dominated by themselves. Humans should not only have a healthy body, but also have a sound spirit. Only on the premise of mental health, physique and skills are valuable. Significantly, in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was the same as ancient Greece's endless campaign and advocating force, Confucianism forged swords as plows, and at the same time kept the form of shooting range, "decorated with ceremony and music" ("shooting righteousness"), which reshaped the soul of shooting competition, turned it into a "memorial arch" of philosophy and became an educational tool to guide people's all-round development and society to peace. This is one of the contributions of Chinese civilization to mankind. Confucianism advocates the harmonious development of human beings, so in the rural shooting ceremony, it is not the winner but the loser who wants to drink a big cup, but a glass of wine, because they are not up to standard in both skill and virtue and need warning. This is one of the remarkable differences between eastern and western cultures.
Etiquette, civilization, customs, morality, humanities, sports ... China's shooting ceremony is very rich in connotation. Should this unique etiquette and humanistic sports style, this precious historical and humanistic heritage be easily discarded?
Fourthly, the value of shooting ceremony in shaping national concept and temperament spirit.
"Beowulf, Gonghou Gancheng". Ritual, music, shooting, imperial, calligraphy and mathematics are the basic knowledge and skills that Confucianism requires Confucian scholars to learn. Shooting is one of them. In ancient times, boys had to learn archery, salute and carriage, so the people at that time generally had a healthy brave spirit, rather than the weakness of later Confucianism. Learning and not learning these things have very different effects on national temperament and character. In the era of cold weapons, learning archery is directly helpful to the shaping of national defense concept and the formation of national open, brave and atmospheric temperament and character. Today, archery and other national sports activities have long since disappeared, and most people have never seen a real bow and arrow, let alone engaged in archery competitions and sports. Nowadays, college and middle school students are generally weak in character, delicate in temperament, vulgar and rude, lacking enterprising spirit and brave temperament, which is directly related to the long-term inferior evolution of national lifestyle. Reviving national etiquette and humanistic sports activities such as shooting ceremony will undoubtedly help to reshape national temperament and character.