Which scholar knows how people in ancient times sat on their knees? I tried it, but I couldn't sit still for long before I got too tired. Please give me some advice.

Yes, it is kneeling. The buttocks are not touching the heels and the waist is straight, which is kneeling. Kneeling but buttocks are touching the heels is ancient sitting. If you are not tired and can sit easily, you don’t need stools, chairs, and sofas now. Seating!! But in the past, people could only do this out of elegance and respect. It was considered a custom. I want you to tell me why ancient people bound their feet! !

I believe many people are aware of the Japanese habit of sitting on their knees. Moreover, this habit seems to be a Japanese patent. Although modern Japanese young people have been used to living on chairs or sofas since childhood, if they are invited into a Japanese-style room (tatami room) when visiting someone else's house, unless the host informs them that they can change to a casual sitting position, they still have to kneel down and sit on the seat. Pad.

It is said that this kneeling method began at the end of the Muromachi period (1336–1573). Before that, Japanese people sat in the same way as Koreans. Men sat cross-legged and women stood upright. Sitting half-kneeling. Later, the tea ceremony tea room was designed to be a very small room. Sitting cross-legged would touch the knees of neighbors, so it was changed to the kneeling method. Another theory is that in the late Muromachi period, women's kimono hems became straight and they were unable to sit upright with one knee, so they changed to kneeling.

When visiting a Japanese home and being invited into a Japanese-style room, generally speaking, you have to sit down on your knees outside the room with your hands flat under your knees, say hello while making a deep salute, and then kneel down on the seat cushion after entering the room. Before doing so, you have to say "I'm sorry". Of course, familiar relatives and friends will not pay so much attention, but even relatives and friends have to make a slight bow before entering and checking out of the room. Moreover, the foot cannot be placed on the threshold. This is the same at home.

In fact, this is a Japanese-style realm passage ritual. There must be a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in villages all over Japan. When villagers come in and out, they will clasp their hands in front of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to pray for a safe journey or report that they have returned safely. When this custom is reduced to the unit of a home or a room, it becomes the kind of etiquette that foreigners may find cumbersome.

However, this kind of realm passage ritual is not unique to the Japanese nation. Many ancient memorial remains remain on the tops of major mountain ranges around the world, such as the Alps or the Andes. The king of Sparta in ancient Greece was good at fighting, but during every expedition, he would worship the god Zeus at the border and divine the victory or defeat.

However, the Japanese are probably the only ones who take the trouble to bring this realm-passing ritual to their homes.

In fact, this is not the case. Ancient China also had the habit of kneeling and sitting, and the Japanese began to kneel and sit because it was introduced from China.

The only formal sitting posture in ancient China was to kneel with the buttocks resting on the heels. Sometimes, in order to express the solemnity of speaking, the buttocks were lifted away from the heels, which was called long kneeling. Just use this posture to speak.

Kneeling is a sitting posture that shows respect to the other person. It is also called sitting upright. The posture is to sit on the floor with your buttocks on your ankles, your upper body straight, your hands placed neatly on your knees, your body temperament dignified, and your eyes not squinting. It is not only used for subordinates to superiors, but also for superiors to subordinates.