The meaning of funeral

Funeral refers to transporting the coffin to the place where it is buried or placed, and burying it underground, which is called burial.

After the funeral, it is necessary to set a time for the funeral. Funerals everywhere are generally not "buried in flames", otherwise they will be considered unfilial and disrespectful to the deceased. The time can be long or short, the shortest is about three days, followed by five days, seven days, nine days ... The elderly can reach more than 100 days, all of which must be singular. In the old days, Yin and Yang teachers also paid attention to choosing an auspicious day and setting the tomb as "empty", that is, when the cemetery can enter.

On the day of the funeral, relatives, friends and neighbors gathered to mourn and offered libations to show their condolences. The closest relatives send sacrifice seats, commonly known as sacrifices, mainly vegetables. Most relatives and friends asked them to pull their arms and tie couplets, which later became a piece of cloth.

Ordinary neighborhoods give four-color paper gifts, including candles, incense, tin foil, paper, or just a piece of paper. Nowadays, most paper gifts are replaced by wreaths. After the mourners drink, they move the coffin out of the coffin shed, commonly known as the coffin.

Funeral procedure

First, turn the coffin over and move it out of the door, then carry the coffin head, prepare the sacrificial opening, and the ritual students will preside over the ceremony and bow down at the funeral. After reading the sacrificial ceremony, Li Sheng will guide the dutiful son to "spin the coffin". After circling the coffin three times, he will tie the lid with a rope and cover it.

The coffin will start soon, and the funeral procession should be ready. Generally, the eldest son is holding the banner in front, the second son is holding the spirit tablet, the filial family under the second son is holding the "funeral stick" wrapped in white paper, and the eldest daughter-in-law is holding the "stuffing jar".

When you are ready, you can get off. There are two etiquette for heel bars: one is to take apart the pillow used by the deceased before his death and burn the buckwheat skin inside with a pillowcase; Another etiquette is "throwing tiles", that is, breaking the pottery basin for burning paper before the memorial ceremony.