What are the rules for raising graves?

Rules for moving graves

Urban expansion and new rural transformation have led to more and more graves needing to be moved, and moving graves is an extremely important thing. If you are not careful, It will cause a lot of uncertainty. This summary summarizes some things to note when moving someone’s grave. It’s not perfect, but it can at least provide some reference for friends who are about to move their graves. The dead are like this, so we living people should try our best to let them rest in peace in their graves. No matter in the world of heaven or in the underworld, everyone should live well and cultivate well, and we will eventually be together in the future.

1. Items needed to move the tomb:

1. First select the Feng Shui treasure land, auspicious day and auspicious time.

2. Prepare longevity materials and tombstones.

3. Red gloves, red paper, red cloth, and mat.

4. Big radish, whole grains, and four steamed buns.

5. Big yellow paper, ghost coins, and burial mascots.

6. Coins and scriptures (usually "Ksitigarbha Sutra" is used).

7. Offerings and tables (usually five kinds of fruits, tobacco, alcohol, candies, snacks, etc.).

8. Four golden toads, used to cushion the coffin (ancient coins can also be used).

2. Breaking the Ground

Before raising the grave, one should recite the "Mantra of Peace on the Ground":

In the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the town was settled, and everyone was informed. Yue Du is a true official, and the land is only spiritual.

The community on the left and the country on the right should not be alarmed. Return to the right path and be clarified internally and externally.

Everyone is in a safe place and guarding his family. Your Majesty has an order to search for evil spirits.

The protector god king protects and chants sutras. Convert to the great road, Yuan Henry Zhen.

"The Mantra of Enlightenment of the Land":

The land here is the most spiritual of gods. It reaches the sky and the earth, entering and exiting the underworld.

Start the meeting for me and don’t stay. On the day of meritorious service, I will report it to the Supreme Being.

There is also the "Curse of Safeguarding the Tomb" (omitted)

First let the eldest son dig a shovel of soil on the abandoned grave and put it aside, and then the helpers can start digging the grave. tomb. 18 days before the Fourth Standing, it is not advisable for the earth king to disturb the earth when doing things. There is a special earth-breaking spell to resolve it:

The earth-breaking spell:

The sky is round and the place is round, and the laws and regulations are nine chapters. I am breaking the ground now, sweeping away all the ominous things.

With the golden pickaxe and jade, everything will be auspicious. The earth princess and mother-in-law stood aside.

3. Collecting corpses

Use red cloth to cover the sun before starting to collect bones. Some local customs use red, white and yellow cloth to block the light at the same time, depending on the customs of different places. When picking up bones from the prepared longevity materials, the son wears red gloves to pick up the dead man; the daughter wears red gloves to pick up the dead woman. After picking up the bones, throw a carrot into a pit, build several graves, and throw in a few carrots. Then the eldest son adds the soil that was dug out first back into the pit and sprinkles it on the radishes. Sprinkle a few handfuls of sorghum, fill the hole and it's ready to start. Throw paper money every time you cross a bridge or a fork in the road, and throw away all the paper money when you arrive at the cemetery. Some bridges are crossed with yellow paper.

4. Burial

Before burial, you must read the earth-breaking document and the deed document. Generally, someone has laid a tomb in the cemetery before the spirit is raised. When the tomb is being dug, more food is brought to the tomb digger, so that the grave digger can eat well and drink well, which is called a "treasure tomb".

Be sure to choose an auspicious day in the zodiac. Do not bury during the seventeenth or eighteenth day. It is generally taboo to bury on both days. In special circumstances, Feng Shui masters will not be able to choose. Have a good time. If you have no choice but to bury in a hurry, you can use the "Zhenzhen heavy funeral method". Make a letter with white paper, write four characters on yellow paper with cinnabar, put it inside the letter, put it on the coffin, or hold it in your hand. After the writing is completed, it is buried with the coffin or cremated.

In the twelfth month of the year 269, Zhu wrote "Six Geng Heavenly Punishments".

In March, Zhu wrote "Six Xin Tian Jian".

In April, Zhu wrote "Liu Ren Lao Tian".

In May, Zhu wrote "Liugui Heavenly Prison".

In July, Zhu wrote "Liujia Tianfu".

In August, Zhu wrote "Six Yi Tiande".

In October, Zhu wrote "Six Bing Tianwei".

In November, Zhu wrote "Six Ding Tianyin".