Fortune Telling at Funeral _ Is Funeral Superstition?

1. Guide the maze: After the death of a loved one, it is necessary to hold relevant ceremonies to "lead the way". In this process, corresponding activities are held at the same time to make the deceased think that this place is dust-free and enjoyable.

2. Mourning: The deceased usually wears a white shirt and blue pants. People think that white symbolizes purity and blue is the quintessence of Chinese culture. The cloth should be plain, not cotton-padded clothes. The children dressed the dead themselves. The relics of the deceased, including clothes and daily necessities, should be burned and cannot be left behind.

3. Stop the spirit: The folk time of stopping the spirit generally does not exceed 3 days, and then a memorial service and farewell ceremony will be held in the funeral home. But in some areas, let local "gentlemen" calculate the appropriate day to hold a memorial service according to the date of birth of the deceased.

4. Funeral: In the past, relatives wore hemp Dai Xiao and the body of the hearse stood forward. Funeral is different now, because of the funeral reform, the remains need to be cremated. After cremation, put the ashes and broken bones of the deceased into a cloth bag, and finally put them into an urn, which is usually facing up.

5. Dead animals: In the past, it was customary to say that people who died, according to the difference between the rich and the poor, all died, from pigs and cows to chickens. If the deceased is older, the offering is regarded as a blessing and can be distributed to relatives. Sacrificial chickens are mostly reserved for relatives and friends who help to send the spirits to the funeral, and they will come back to eat after the funeral.

6. Joint burial: The emphasis on joint burial of husband and wife is that men are on the left, women are on the right, and Mongolians are the opposite. If there is a younger generation buried together, the younger generation is in the west and the elders are in the east. In some areas, when one spouse dies and the other spouse is buried after death, the urn should be taken out, and then buried at the same time.

7. Orientation: In the past, when the body was buried, the orientation was vertical from north to south. Now the urn faces south and north. Some areas also refer to the custom of vertical burial in the north and south in the past, citing "a hundred years of harmony" to represent eternal peace.

8. Burning: The traditional custom is to burn gold ingots, yellow paper and paper daily necessities (such as cars, houses, televisions, air conditioners, etc.). );

9. Mourning: The custom of observing filial piety in ancient times has been changed to offering sacrifices to Tanabata in modern times (offering sacrifices to Tanabata: it refers to the seventh day to the fifth day, or July 7th). Set up a mourning hall at home to celebrate the centenary. During the mourning period, you need to wear plain clothes and eat vegetarian food.