What is the origin of disciple ceremony prostration?

[AL2016]

Hi

Do you know the period of origin of this ceremony?

Yichuan master guo with new inner disciple
https://youtu.be/-6LCMAqC2Ag

All neijia make it?

Thanks

[Fa Xing]

The ceremony reminds me of vow taking in Buddhism.

[AL2016]

It remind me people s prostration to chinese emperor

[BrianKennedy]

It is more common than that---couples getting married do the same thing, in broad outline, to the parents. And it represents kind of the same thing, acceptance into a new family with new relationship duties. As to how old the practice is, I have no idea.
take care,
Brian

[AL2016]

Thanks

[robert]

In mandarin it's koutou in the west people say kowtow - from the Cantonese kau tau. You do it a lot at Chinese Buddhist funerals if you're related to the deceased. It looks like it developed around the Spring Autumn or Warring States periods.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowtow

[AL2016]

Thanks vey good