How about the first seven days?

The first seven refers to the seventh day after death.

There is a folk custom of "burning seven". Every seven days since the death of the deceased is a memorial day, which is called "the first seven days", "the second seven days", "the third seven days", "the fourth seven days", "the sixth seven days" and "the last seven days", totaling 49 days. At seven o'clock, mourners will hang white lanterns at the gate to show filial piety. The first seven people set up a spiritual tablet at home, lit incense and candles for wine and food as a souvenir, and the remaining six or seven people went to the cemetery to spend paper money.

According to the custom, the soul of the deceased will go home in the first seven days, and the family should prepare a meal for the soul of the deceased before it comes back, and then it must be avoided. The best way is to sleep. If you can't sleep, you should hide in bed. If the soul of the deceased sees his family, it will make him miss his family and affect his reincarnation.

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The custom of "keeping seven"

There is a folk custom of "keeping seven". Since the death of the deceased, his family members have to sacrifice 1 time every seven days until the seventh day, commonly known as "breaking seven". Among them, the "first seven" and "six seven" (or "five seven") are the most grand.

On the night of the "first seven days", the deceased was sacrificed, relatives and friends stayed up all night, ate "first seven wonton" in the middle of the night, and sent people to other people's fields to "steal vegetables" in order to be cursed by the thief's family. It is said that the fiercer the curse, the faster the wealth will be. The stolen family will realize the secret of "burning the first seven" in the nearby family and keep silent. This folk custom still exists.

On the fifth or sixth seventh anniversary of the death of the deceased, his family invited monks or Taoist priests to cross over, which was called "June 7" and invited relatives and friends to participate in the sacrifice. On the night before June 7th, the married daughter of the deceased bought three kinds of sacrifices and fruits for sacrifice, which is called "burning six or seven soup rice". This sacrificial table has been placed until the afternoon of June 7 th anniversary. After the "seven breaks", the funeral ended.

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