Yi ju gong is the first step in the traditional three bow ritual, followed by a second and third bow. In Chinese weddings, funerals and memorial ceremonies, an emcee calls out each stage so guests bow together in unison to show respect to elders, ancestors or the deceased. The short spoken form has since been clipped and shared online as a soundboard effect, where creators reuse the familiar announcement to stage formal entrances, apologies and thanks, or to make an ordinary bow feel like a full ceremony.