In "weddings, funerals and happy events", red is a happy event. Why is white also a happy event?

China Idiom Dictionary: "Red: Red is used for auspicious events. White: White is used for funerals. It refers to weddings and funerals. "

The Modern Chinese Dictionary also explains: "It is a happy event for men and women to get married, and the funeral of people who died of illness at a very old age is called wedding and funeral, which is collectively referred to as wedding and funeral. Sometimes I say red and white things. Generally refers to weddings and funerals. " Many people are puzzled by its meaning: "White events refer to funerals, why can they be said to be happy events?"

In ancient China, sixty years was a cycle, and anyone over sixty could be called an old man. The ancients did not live as long as modern people, and there were very few people who could live to 70 years old, so there is a saying that "people over 70 years old are rare." The average person is in his sixties, and his children and grandchildren are full of happiness, and he has no regrets in his life. In ancient times, people died after passing the flower armor, which was regarded as a complete merit. According to "Ren Qing Banknotes" and "Funeral Sacrifice", "There are funerals, there are funerals, and there are countless mourners. Why are you happy? However, there are so-called mourners who are happy to have both the blessing of the deceased and the life of the deceased. "

Of course, the death of people under 60, especially young people, should not be regarded as a happy event, but as a short-lived or premature death. This is the real sorrow. So short-lived people don't make a fuss about funerals. Therefore, the white wedding only refers to the funeral held after the death of those long-lived and happy old people. Perhaps it is because the death of the old man is regarded as a happy event that people often mourn the dead by "singing elegies" in funeral activities. Such funerals have reached the extreme among some ethnic minorities. Tujia people have "mourning drums", Yi people have "dancing feet", Dai people have to dance "entertaining to death" and Wa people have to dance "spring mortar dance" ...

In this way, people say that white things are happy and easy to accept.