- TheemperorwouldarriveattheHallofSupremeHarmonyamidstceremonialmusic,drum-beatingandfirecrackers.UntiltheendoftheJinDynasty,thisConfucianceremonialmusicandChinesepopularmusic,ofwhichtheQingShangyuewasthemostimportant,werepredominant....
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- (informal)fullceremonialdress.Thisceremonialdressistobestarchedandpressed.Acontingentoftroopsinceremonialdressrepresentingacolorfularrayofflagswaitedforreview.Amongthem,theceremonialdressin"upper-yi-and-lower-shang"styleusedtobethemostformalcostume...
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- Herepresentedthenationonceremonialoccasions.largeornamentalrowing-boatforceremonialoccasionsHiswifeopenlyexpressedhisdislikeforceremonialoccasions.thenavalormilitaryuniformthatisspecifiedbyregulationstobewornonceremonialoccasions.Whenonceremonialocca...
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- aceremonialdanceperformedbyAmerindiansatthesummersolstice.MightitnotbebettertorelegatetheKingtoapurelyceremonialfunction?Foranambitiousgeriatric,thelargelyceremonialjobmighthaveseemedahumiliation.Hewasn'tdrawntotheextravagantstyleandslow,ceremonialw...
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