The women's ceremony was called Ji Li or hair-pinning ceremony Girls.

Often the ceremony took

place as soon as she was 15 years old and was engaged, but sometime it could also be postponed
until her wedding.

The "ji" refers to a kind of pin made of bamboo that was used in the hair.

The ceremony proceeds as follows:

- A master of ceremonies announces the start of the ceremony. The parents bow to the teacher
and both enter the room to sit down.

- The music starts. Invite the student, who bows to the teacher.

A chongo should be put in the girl's hair so that society identifies her as an adult and available for
marriage, the teacher was often a married woman, highly respected and related to the girl.

During the rite, the teacher would put a hair pin on a girl's beautifully decorated
bun, that signaled she was now an adult. The master was often a highly respected married
woman and a girl's relative. The woman goes out to dress and comes back. she bows to the
teacher. the teacher says a few words and puts the other kanzachi. She gets up, dresses in red and
blue kimono is presented before the guests. then he bows to the teacher and sits down. The
teacher gives him a drink and the participant drinks it.

Then she sits in front of the parents, both say words and finally they bow.

- All members of the ceremony line up and thank the spectators for attending. In ancient times,
only girls from noble families could celebrate this ceremony

Currently, there is no practice in the guan and ji ceremonies, which have created a problem to
identify entry into adulthood. According to the Constitution, we can vote when they reach
eighteen. However, this is not a social problem. Thus, the legal age of marriage can not indicate
entry into adulthood. Also, few people get married when they reach the legal age, more and more
high levels of flats and high competition of jobs occur, people are called later. On the other hand,
for many parents, their children are not adults until they are economically independent and have
their own floor.

Sacrifice:

They sacrifice their childhood, and I mean by this is that they give some feelings and emotions

away. One example can be that during the capping ceremony (Guan-li/冠禮) the male has to act

as an adult and can no longer act as he once was as a kid.

Arts:
 Both have few art characteristics. The female one for example, the hair part could be said as

an art performance. Because this changes the person and is done professionally and

traditionally.

Life Cycle:

The life cycle in this is that once the ceremony is over, not only are they seen as an adult, they

also gain privileges. Both of the ceremonies allow the female/male to marry. However, the male

loses a privilege. This privilege makes the male not act as a child, and act a certain way.

Relationships:

Relationship-wise, there are only two major differences before and after. The ceremony is

that people will see you as an adult. The other difference is that you will be able to marry, as

before you aren’t allowed to do so