褉 (xiè) - Short ceremonial garment worn in ancient spring purification & associated with the Spring Purification Festival.

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褉 · xiè

Short ceremonial garment worn in ancient spring purification rites;

associated with the Spring Purification Festival.

Short ceremonial garment worn in ancient spring purificationassociated with the Spring Purification Festival.

Usage highlights

Spring purificationPurification ritesLanting Pavilion purification gatheringWaterside purificationBathing ritualPurification festival

Synonyms

  • 禊— alternative form for purification ceremony character

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Spring purification ceremony(褉祭)
  • Waterside purification rites(褉事)
  • Lanting Pavilion gathering for the Spring Purification Festival(兰亭褉)
  • Bathing ritual to dispel misfortune(修褉)

Collocations

  • Spring purification(春褉)
  • Purification rites(褉事)
  • Lanting Pavilion purification gathering(兰亭褉)
  • Waterside purification(临水褉)
  • Bathing ritual(修褉)
  • Purification festival(褉节)

Idioms

  • Lanting Pavilion Purification Gathering(兰亭褉集)
  • Waterside purification to dispel calamity(曲水流褉)
  • Spring purification at winding stream(曲水褉饮)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originates from ancient Chinese spring purification rituals held at watersides to wash away misfortunes.
  • Immortalized by Wang Xizhi's 'Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion' describing the Lanting Pavilion purification gathering.
  • The character appears primarily in classical texts and historical references to these ceremonial practices.

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