Can I still wear mourning clothes twice a year?

Of course. Filial piety twice a year refers to filial piety when parents die. You can wear mourning clothes according to your status. Generally speaking, Pima Dai Xiao is the main one. The ancients were very particular about filial piety. From heavy to light, mourning clothes are divided into five levels: cutting down (Cu Ι), zicui (Z Ι), meritorious service, minor service, and slapping (S Ι), which are called five clothes.

Filial piety is to cut off decline, which is the heaviest mourning and suitable for children to be fathers. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was stipulated that children should be mothers, which also played a role in cutting feet and fitting shoes. Twice a year, Xiao Wen should return to Dai Xiao respectively according to etiquette.

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Confucius said, "Filial piety begins with the battle of relatives, ends with the battle of China." Filial piety occupies a very important position in China's traditional culture and is regarded as the foundation of virtue. In old age, children and grandchildren wear hemp Dai Xiao. Filial men should wear linen straw hats; Filial piety (including daughter-in-law) covers coarse cloth; Other relatives are all wrapped in white cloth (some clothes are covered with black gauze). Mourning the family or asking Taoist priests to recite scriptures and incantations, burning paper horses and sending the deceased to get on the horse and leave home. Also known as "mourning".

Seven issues (No.49), one hundred days, one year, three years, the shortest is the end of the funeral (3-7 days). During the "hot filial piety" period, men don't shave their heads (haircut), women don't wear makeup, don't take a shower, and don't go out; During the period of "mourning", you can't participate in entertainment activities and hold birthday celebrations. In addition to clothing (filial piety), no longer Dai Xiao, taboo naturally lifted.