How to prevent elders from borrowing longevity (do you know the custom of borrowing longevity in rural areas)

In rural areas, there have been many arguments and stresses. One of them is called "borrowing longevity" or "buying longevity". I wonder if you have heard of it?

With the increase of parents' age, life expectancy is decreasing. Therefore, many places borrow the old man's birthday to "borrow his birthday" and "buy it" for the old man in the underworld, so they ask wizards or fortune tellers to measure whether his life will be exhausted. If it is determined that the old man's life has run out, the dutiful son or other close relatives voluntarily lend his life for a certain number of years to prolong his life.

The dutiful son went to the temple and begged the gods to allow him to lend his life to his parents. The ceremony was presided over by Shen Han, a witch. The lender made a wish to the "Longevity Goddess", sent a bundle, made a document stating that he would lend it to the elderly for several years, and then burned the document in front of the statue.

If the borrowing of longevity is unsuccessful, the old man will still die, and a ceremony of "returning longevity" will be held, that is, praying for the gods to return the borrowed longevity to themselves. The ceremony was still presided over by the witch Shen Han, who wrote down the document, declared the borrowing of longevity invalid, returned all the borrowing of longevity, and burned the document.

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