Three taboos of rural burial: there are snakes underground, and the coffin can't be lifted. Do you know another one?

We know that everything we did in ancient times was very grand and the process was very complicated. Everyone believes in the right time and place, and we always want to find a beautiful day. Marriage is like this, and so is funeral. Ancient funerals are related to the fate of the family, and filial piety should be kept for at least three years. Even the emperors above them took time out to sweep the graves of their ancestors every year, which shows the importance attached to funerals in ancient times.

Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to the opportunity to hold a funeral. When holding a funeral, they mainly avoid three situations. The first one is that there is a snake underground, the second one is that the coffin can't be lifted, and the third one is often unclear to many people. If you want to know what these three taboos mean, take a look!

First, pay attention to snakes.

We all know that many things in life are not brought when we are alive, so we all hope that our funeral will be grand and prove that we once existed in this world. That's why there are so many taboos at funerals. Snakes are one of them. Because the snake itself is a very dangerous animal, people will automatically avoid it when they meet a snake in their daily life. Why do you have to avoid it when you touch the ground?

In well-known fairy tales, snakes are always symbols of gods, and they are all very positive images, such as white snakes and Xiaoqing, the snake-headed goddess Nuwa. Their images in ancient times were either gentle and virtuous women, enthusiastic and lively girls, or immortals with natural divine power who could save lives.

And ancient people also studied the zodiac very much. Nowadays, many rural people still call people who belong to snakes dragon. This is because there is an ancient saying that snakes painstakingly cultivate Jackie Chan, just like carp yue longmen. Not to mention the position of the dragon in people's minds, it is simply a symbol of our country. So in ancient times, snakes were admired by everyone.

We modern people all know that snakes are found when we break ground, which shows that the geographical environment of this land is very warm. Because snakes hibernate in the soil, they will only enter a place that makes them feel comfortable, and this place must be suitable for people to bury. Therefore, it is not a bad thing for us to break ground and have snakes, but it will become an indicator of our burial.

Second, pay attention to carrying coffins.

When we are lifting the coffin, we may not be able to lift it. This is a normal phenomenon, but in the eyes of the ancients, they often have other consciousness. They will think that the deceased is conscious and that they don't want to leave this house, so they will hold the coffin down to prevent people from carrying it away. This statement is simply nonsense and unconvincing.

There is another saying that is even more incomprehensible. The ancients believed that there were souls in the world. They think that people who can't lift coffins are all ghosts. Because they had grievances before their death, they told people by pressing coffins. This is even more nonsense. From our present point of view, the coffin can't be lifted because wood is more expensive. As long as a few more people are added, the coffin will definitely be lifted.

4. What is the third burial taboo?

Compared with the first two, this third burial taboo is much more reasonable. The third taboo says that if we dig up someone else's body during burial, we should bury it in another place. Everyone will definitely choose a place with good feng shui when burying their ancestors. Many people will also show the Feng Shui master where the coffin should be placed.

Because it is a treasure trove of feng shui, it is very likely that many people are buried here, but most of the bodies were actually brought here through the flow of water quality or the loosening of soil. At this time, we need to bury other people's bodies, re-establish a memorial tablet for them, and then bury our ancestors in another place. Although this is only a small move, it can also show that our country has been very human since ancient times.

Ancient people attached great importance to funeral culture. Actually, there are many other things to pay attention to. For example, as we all know, you can't have a happy event during the funeral, and try not to keep a cat next to the burial place, because cats are not very cute animals in the hearts of the ancients, but represent evil, so in addition to the above three points, these also need attention.

From the current scientific point of view, many people have become superstitions, but in fact, I think we should choose the burial place carefully and try to follow the traditional customs, because these buried people used to be our relatives, and we should maintain basic respect for them anyway.