start drawing up the court rites. Since then most of the court activities had to follow the court rites, such as in times when an emperor ascended the throne, an emperor changed the title of his reign, the Yuan court celebrated an emperor's birthday, princes and foreign envoys presented at the court, and an emperor granted titles to his children, wives, mother, and grandmother. But when the emperor entertained his relatives or ministers, he still followed original Mongolian rites and customs