The seat of Old Lady Xiao is on the left, and that of the grandparents is on the right.
Xiao Jingtao and his wife are positioned beneath the Old Lady on the left. Old Master Leng is beneath the grandparents on the right.
Then, the seats are arranged according to rank and status.
Of course, only the person with the highest status in each family can be seated, while family members or others stand beside them.
The ritual of acknowledging ancestry by the daughters of the Xiao Family is particularly grand. In other families, regardless of whether they are legitimate sons or illegitimate daughters, they either just hold a banquet to acknowledge their existence, or simply add them to the family tree.
In front of Old Lady Xiao and the others, there is a mat.
Xiao Yao kneels on that mat, and calls out, "Xiao Family's daughter Xiao Yao pays homage to Great-Grandmother!"
Then she kowtows three times loudly.
This marks the true beginning of the ceremony of acknowledging ancestry.
