| 1 | The humbler gentes had their common rites. | |
| 2 | Graduation ceremony is an important part of rituals activities in school. | |
| 3 | The history of the nuptial pastry, though, is even stranger than these modern rituals suggests. | |
| 4 | These ceremonies are often similar to each other but some are unique to particular denominations. | |
| 5 | Thus it can be seen that one basic trend in the development of the early Taoist ritual was the adaptation and compilation of ancient Lingbao ritual texts for various ordination ranks. |