What are the Feng Shui taboos within a week of the death of a family member?
In our traditional customs, there are many etiquettes that must be observed in funeral matters. This is to respect the deceased and to protect our own future life. From a Feng Shui point of view, if an elderly person dies in the family, there are some Feng Shui rules that should be paid special attention to in the next week, which are related to the fortune development of our family.
Taboos for one week after death
The first seven days are a kind of funeral custom. It is customary to believe that the "first seven" refers to the seventh day after a person's death. It is generally believed that the deceased will return home on the "first seven days", and the family should prepare a meal for the deceased before the deceased returns. Afterwards, they must avoid it. The best way is to sleep. Even if they cannot sleep, they should prepare a meal for the deceased. You should hide under the covers; if you let the deceased see your family members, it will make him miss you and affect his reincarnation as a human being. It is also said that when returning home at midnight on the first seven days, family members should burn something in the shape of a ladder at home so that the deceased can follow this "ladder" to reach their destination.
Children should not wear red and green during the period of mourning
During the period of mourning, children in ancient times paid attention to wearing linen and wearing mourning clothes. They wore white mourning clothes within a hundred days; after a hundred days, they wore black, blue, etc. Dark-colored clothes are worn to observe filial piety. It is taboo to wear red, green and heavy makeup. In modern society, although many friends do not wear filial piety clothes for such a long time due to work and life reasons, and wear the word "filial piety" instead; however, red and green are still not allowed.
It is forbidden to visit relatives and friends
In fact, this is easy to understand. Among the people, we call the 100 days the hot filial piety period. During this period, the red and white events outside All are not allowed to participate. I believe everyone is not in the mood because someone close to them has just passed away. Of course, this has become a taboo in the countryside.
Do not participate in entertainment activities during the period of mourning
In ancient times, when a parent passed away, the children generally had to observe mourning for three years. During these three years of observing mourning, no marriages or weddings were allowed. An auspicious occasion. In ancient times, "ruling the world with filial piety" was emphasized. No matter how big the official position was, officials had to take leave and return to their ancestral home to observe filial piety after the death of their parents, which was called "Ding You". If an official does not return to his hometown to observe filial piety, he may be impeached by the censor and punished. In serious cases, he may have no official career in his life.