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What does a funeral mean?

Transport the coffin to a place of storage or burial.

After the body converges, it is necessary to send the coffin to the burial site for burial. This is called a funeral, also known as a funeral, commonly known as a funeral. After the funeral ceremony, you can go out for funeral and burial. In many ethnic groups, the date of funeral should be carefully chosen. At present, cremation is advocated all over the world because of ecological needs.

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According to superstition, people who die on the first day should be buried on soft days; If you die in Rouli, you should choose to be buried in the post, and the post and Rouli should cooperate well. Otherwise, it will be unlucky. According to superstition, whoever dies in odd months should be buried in even months; Even the dead should be buried in odd months. Odd and even months should also be well coordinated. Otherwise, it will be unlucky. If it can't be buried in time, it can be buried first. In Henan, there is also the custom of burying the moon, which is related to the surname.

It is said that Zhang, Wang and Li He are surnames, and it is forbidden to bury them in the twelfth lunar month. Other surnames are forbidden to be buried in March and September. If there is a funeral in the taboo month, it will be arranged on March 37 and May 7, and it is necessary to avoid the taboo month. If special circumstances require a funeral in time, they can only be made of blue bricks first, and not buried underground.

In Taiwan Province Province and some southern areas, people are used to being buried in July. According to folklore, July is a ghost month, and July 15th is a ghost festival. In that month, ghosts from the underworld will come to the world to beg for food. In order to avoid ghosts, I avoided the funeral this month.