According to tradition, the ceremony was held after lunch, and rural ceremonies were not as grandiose or complicated as those of famous aristocratic families, though the procedures were more or less the same.
First, an altar was set up in the living room outside the birthing room, where statues of deities such as Goddess Bi Xiao were placed for veneration.
Then, the elders, in order of seniority, would add a spoonful of clear water to a basin filled with a decoction of mugwort and other herbs, along with Gold, Silver, and Copper coins, red dates, peanuts, and other things, in a ritual known as 'Adding to the basin'. Those who performed the 'bath thrice' rite would ordinarily utter auspicious phrases upon seeing this, but since Yang Mengchen didn't know what to say, Lady Luo spoke instead.
