What are Bai Xiao and Hong Xiao?
In the past, in the three years after the death of relatives, it was not allowed to put up Spring Festival couplets, but to put on a simple Dai Xiao for relatives. If you want to post Spring Festival couplets, you should write them on blue paper or black paper. This used to be called "keeping the system". My father died for two and a half years and my mother died for three years. During this period, no entertainment, no marriage, no birthdays, no New Year greetings, no red lights, no Spring Festival couplets and no firecrackers are allowed. Everything is low-key and solemn, showing the memory and respect for our ancestors.
Spring Festival couplets are not couplets. There used to be many kinds of couplets, such as couplets, hall couplets and hall couplets. Spring Festival couplets are the gates of the Spring Festival, with two doors sticking to a red background, representing happiness. Not suitable for white things at home, contrary to "keeping the system". After the expiration of the three-year birthday, you can wear auspicious clothes, make red things and so on.
The reason why an old man died at home and could not post red couplets for three years.
According to ancient Chinese etiquette, after the death of parents, children should be filial for three years. The ancients believed that children could not leave their parents' arms until three years after birth. Being able to walk and eat by yourself has relieved my parents a little. Therefore, after the death of parents, children should also mourn for their parents for three years.
"Filial piety" is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and it is also a moral code for maintaining family relations in China society for thousands of years. The Book of Filial Piety says: "Filial piety is the foundation of virtue, and it is born according to respect." The main idea expounded in the Book of Filial Piety is to govern the world with filial piety. China people attach great importance to "filial piety".