If it's an introduction, I'd suggest quoting the old barman's article:
Some people have said that we are a generation that is quietly growing up. That watershed between minors and adults seems to have been crossed in ignorance, perhaps waking up one day and suddenly realizing that you have grown up; I believe that many people have had the experience of taking the collective oath under the national flag in the square, but most people have a vague idea of what it means.
There is a set of pictures circulating on the Internet of the bar mitzvahs of young people in South Korea and Japan. The distinctive and beautiful national costumes, childish but solemn and serious faces make people shocked and thoughtful -- the original bar mitzvah can be like this, then where did our Chinese bar mitzvah go?
Japan and South Korea were once students of China, and those familiar with history will see the shadow of China - the real China - in the traditional rituals of Japan and South Korea, but those beautiful rituals have long been nowhere to be found in China itself. The Qing dynasty rulers put an end to the Han Chinese rite of passage, which had lasted for thousands of years, so that many people later entered adulthood without realizing it. Today, Chinese society has lost many of the traditions that could have carried the nation's humanistic character and spirituality - such as our ethereal and beautiful national costumes, and our elegant etiquette, which is far superior to that of Japan and South Korea.
The Chinese nation, of course, has a traditional rite of passage, called the "crown rite" for boys and the "maturity rite" for girls. The ancestors held this ceremony for young men and women entering adulthood to remind them that they would be transformed from "children" with no responsibilities in the family to adults formally entering society, and that only by assuming the responsibilities of adulthood and practicing good virtues would they be able to become qualified for a variety of social roles.
While the ceremonies of marriageable buns are now known as humanistic heritage, they are not ancient, and after three hundred years of slumber, they are coming back to life with the return of traditional culture, bringing back a touching beauty and graciousness. What's more, it's the beginning of the rebuilding of China's ceremonial state.
Some of the famous lines:
What makes a man a man is etiquette and righteousness. The beginning of etiquette and righteousness lies in the right body, the right color, the right speech, the right body, the right color, the right speech, and then etiquette and righteousness are ready. In order to correct the ruler and ministers, pro-father and son, and the eldest and youngest, the ruler and ministers are correct, the father and son pro, and the eldest and youngest, and then the rites and righteousness are established. Therefore, after the crown, the clothes are ready, and after the clothes are ready, the body is correct, the color is uniform, and the speech is smooth. Therefore, it is said that the crown is the beginning of etiquette. In the Analects of Confucius, Zeng Duo describes his aspirations. The picture of the ritual and musical rule of summer bathing in the Yi River made Confucius sigh with regret: "I am with Duo". Here, Zeng Duo juxtaposes the "crowned" with the "child," and the crowned and un-crowned become the markers of adulthood and immaturity. Crowned, that is, crowned adults, they have crossed the threshold of adulthood, completed an extremely important rite of passage, the crown ceremony.
The University of Science and Technology of China, Zhou system style crown ceremony has this sentence: (I guess not many viewers understand, want to pretend can be used)
"The auspicious day of the month, the beginning of the plus yuan clothing. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new suit, and you'll be able to do it.