org mode structure template for showing org syntax?

Question

I have an org mode document, and I'd like to have a block showing some org syntax that isn't interpreted as part of the overall document. I want to do something like:

** enclosing document heading
Here's some example org mode syntax stuff:

#+begin_?????
* Parent, not interpreted as part of the enclosing document
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: abc
:END:
** Child 1
** Child 2
#+end_?????

** sibling of the above "enclosing" two-star heading, not a child of "parent"

What can I use for ????? to include example org mode syntax that's not parsed as part of the overall document? That is, I don't want that "parent" headline to "count".

I understand there's escaping trickiness. Is there a good approach for this?

Answer 1

Copying @NickD's comment to an answer: using an example block and prefixing the lines with commas does this.

#+begin_example
,* Parent, not interpreted as part of the enclosing document
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: abc
:END:
,** Child 1
,** Child 2
#+end_example

OTOH, if you don't care about exporting (I don't), you can be more consistent and rectangle-mode-friendly by using a comma on every line:

#+begin_example
,* Parent, not interpreted as part of the enclosing document
,:PROPERTIES:
,:ID: abc
,:END:
,** Child 1
,** Child 2
#+end_example

That looks nice in emacs, but keep in mind that when exporting, the commas on lines without org structure syntax will get exported.