The ceremony started with the first sounding of the drum at 6 a.m. At the third reverberation, consecration officers, musicians and dancers proceeded into position and, dressed in traditional attire and carrying ancient musical instruments, advanced slowly to the main hall, pausing every five steps.
鼓再嚴，穿著黃袍的佾生，穿著紫紅袍的樂生，及穿紫袍的執事依序分立在丹墀（大成殿前臺階）兩側，準備入場。各就各位，典禮開始鼓三嚴，樂生、佾生、執事踏著建鼓的節奏魚貫就位。