What's so particular about burning paper in Sanqi?

What's so particular about burning paper in Sanqi?

We all know that people pay attention to burning paper in Sanqi and Wuqi after death. Don't underestimate this burning of Sanqi and Wuqi. It is not only a lot of arguments, but also can't be burned indiscriminately.

"The first seven" is the funeral custom of China people. According to the time of death of the deceased, the time calculated in heavenly stems and earthly branches is generally considered as the seventh day after death.

Then there will be a sacrifice every seven days, and so on. The 21st day after the death of "March 7th", the 35th day after the death of "May 7th" and the 49th day after the death of "July 7th" ended.

3757 is a common folk custom of memorial service. The general content is: after death, relatives hold a fast and drink sacrifice (or memorial service) every seven days, seven times before and after, a total of 7749 days.

There are also various kinds of exquisite folk customs, such as the former "seven" called the first seven, such as the son standing a wooden owner to burn paper money for his dead father (mother) and asking the monk to chant Buddhist scriptures; Erqi invited Taoist priests to receive scriptures; 3747, commonly known as "Sanqi", can be used by nephews and nephews.

May 7th is highly valued, and there is also a ceremony of "exorcising evil spirits and reviving the soul". Six or seven years old, the daughter prepares wine and rice, and there is no female niece; The seventh day of July is called "Duanqi", and the funeral parlour provides food and wine as a memorial, and chants scriptures to exorcise ghosts.

In fact, the custom of doing seven things is not the content of traditional funeral customs advocated by Confucianism. Up to now, there are different opinions about the origin and belief connotation of the custom of seven things, and there is still no conclusion.

However, different places will have different customs, and it is best to pay homage in combination with local customs.

The remaining six "seven" commemorative methods are:

On February 27th, the ceremony was simple. On this day, the family prepared wine, served soup and rice as a souvenir, burned paper and invited Taoist priests to chant Buddhist scriptures.

"Sanqi", also known as "Sanqi", this night, the dutiful sons lit incense, shouted the name or title of the deceased at the fork in the road, or went to the grave to burn incense to take the deceased home and set wine at home.

April 7th is a simple ceremony. On this day, family members prepare wine, offer soup and rice, and burn paper to pay homage.

"May 7th", in July 7th, May 7th ceremony is particularly heavy. On this day, mourners held a memorial ceremony, burned paper, and asked monks and Taoist priests to set off the flame. Relatives and friends also bring paper money, tin foil ingots (or cash) to help sacrifice, and have a banquet at the funeral.

Some burn people with paper, and there are pavilions with built-in tin foil ingots; There are Jinshan and Yinshan, and the mountains are dotted with flowers, birds and animals. During the ceremony, these documents were taken to the grave for incineration. Some married daughters choose wine and vegetables to go back to their parents' homes to pay homage?

"Looking up" means that at midnight on the sixth day after the death of the deceased, that is, in the early morning of the seventh day, the family held a crying ceremony. Burn the "first seven" during the day, and then sacrifice once every seven days until the "July 7".

Some people think that the custom of doing seven things stems from the theory of gathering souls and dispersing souls in the pre-Qin period: first, seven days are used as wax, and one wax becomes one soul, so its life is forty-nine days, and the seven souls are complete; Death is taboo for seven days, and one taboo is scattered, so the old man died for forty-nine days and the seven spirits were scattered. The meaning of being seven is to sacrifice to the dead.

In addition, if Heaven develops all things with Yin and Yang and Jin Mu's five elements of fire, water and soil, it is called "seven politics", and people have "seven emotions" because of Yin and Yang, then Heaven has only seven, and people's qi is only seven.

However, Yi Xi Fu says "come back in seven days" and Book of Rites Tan Gong says "those who don't enter the water for seven days", all of which come from this truth and are also the belief connotation of the seven customs in later generations.

Notoginseng burning paper should pay attention to these. I hope it will help everyone!