Guide to funeral management: funeral taboos

Since ancient times, people have attached great importance to weddings, funerals and weddings. People came into this world crying, and some people also hope that they can go on happily, so there are funerals and funerals. Do you know what are the taboos of funerals? Let's look at the national culture.

1, avoid double-day mourning. On the other hand, there is an ominous sign that a double-day funeral means that two people are dead, so a single day must be chosen when the funeral is held, so it is forbidden to hold it on double days.

2. Avoid going out at noon. This taboo custom exists in Li nationality area. If someone dies in the Li family, it is mostly buried in the morning and afternoon, or buried the next day after death in the afternoon. The mortuary time at home is very short, but it is forbidden to hold funerals at noon. It is believed that violating taboos will lead to fierce disasters.

3. Avoid tears falling on your body. There is a saying circulating in some areas that if someone in the family dies, you should avoid crying when dressing the deceased, so as not to shed tears on your body. Thought something would happen, wake up the dead.

4, avoid the coffin from the door. There is a saying that Manchu people have taboo customs. It is considered that the door is a place where people go in and out, and the dead are not allowed to run around, otherwise it is considered unlucky, because there is a custom of leaving coffins from the window.

5, avoid the cat before the spirit. Before the funeral, the deceased stopped at the morgue to avoid the cat approaching, thinking that if a cat touched or jumped back and forth, it would be like the deceased would suddenly stand up, which meant harm to his family.

6, should avoid a haircut. If someone in the family dies, family members or men are not allowed to have a haircut or shave for one month. When the elders die, most of them are obeyed by the younger generation. It is believed that the hair was influenced by parents, and the first one died, leaving hair to express grief, filial piety and missing. In some areas, people think that a haircut is to change a person's appearance, so that the deceased can't be identified, thus avoiding disaster. In addition, there is a saying that a baby can't get a haircut until 100 days after birth, otherwise there will be a disaster of early death.

7. No happy days. That is, on mourning days, avoid auspicious events, such as drinking and having fun. It goes without saying that it would be considered disrespectful to do something happy on the day the deceased died. When "avoiding the sun" is also called "avoiding food", the ancients said: "Talking about Bows in the Book of Rites" says: "A gentleman has a lifelong worry, and there is no day of trouble, so avoiding the sun is not happy." This is what everyone follows together.