Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - 202 1 is it inappropriate to hold a funeral on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month? A Brief Analysis of Funeral Taboos

202 1 is it inappropriate to hold a funeral on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month? A Brief Analysis of Funeral Taboos

Is it not suitable to hold a joint funeral on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month?

June 6, 202 1 year (lunar calendar)

Gregorian calendar 202 1 July 15 Thursday Cancer (Gregorian calendar)

Today's almanac is appropriate.

Only then can we offer sacrifices and pray for the relief of breaking ground and burial.

As can be seen from the above places for today's lunar calendar, funerals can be held on the same day. A Brief Analysis of Funeral Taboos

Funeral taboo: avoid double-day funerals.

On the other hand, there is an ominous sign that a double-day funeral means that two people are dead, so a single day must be chosen when the funeral is held, so it is forbidden to hold it on double days.

Funeral taboo: avoid funeral at noon.

This taboo custom exists in Li nationality area. If someone dies in the Li family, it is mostly buried in the morning and afternoon, or buried the next day after death in the afternoon. The mortuary time at home is very short, but it is forbidden to hold funerals at noon. It is believed that violating taboos will lead to fierce disasters.

Funeral taboo: don't shed tears on the body.

There is a saying circulating in some areas that if someone in the family dies, you should avoid crying when dressing the deceased, so as not to shed tears on your body. Thought something would happen, wake up the dead.

Funeral taboo: avoid going out in coffins.

There is a saying that Manchu people have taboo customs. It is considered that the door is a place where people go in and out, and the dead are not allowed to run around, otherwise it is considered unlucky, because there is a custom of leaving coffins from the window.

Funeral taboo: avoid cats before the spirit.

Before the funeral, the deceased stopped at the morgue to avoid the cat approaching, thinking that if a cat touched or jumped back and forth, it would be like the deceased would suddenly stand up, which meant harm to his family.

Funeral taboo: no haircut.

If someone in the family dies, family members or men are not allowed to have a haircut or shave for one month. When the elders die, most of them are obeyed by the younger generation. It is believed that the hair was influenced by parents, and the first one died, leaving hair to express grief, filial piety and missing. In some areas, people think that a haircut is to change a person's appearance, so that the deceased can't be identified, thus avoiding disaster. In addition, there is a saying that a baby can't get a haircut until 100 days after birth, otherwise there will be a disaster of early death.

Funeral taboo: no day without happiness.

That is, on mourning days, avoid auspicious events, such as drinking and having fun. It goes without saying that it would be considered disrespectful to do something happy on the day the deceased died. When you die, it is also called no food. The ancients said that a gentleman in the Book of Rites has lifelong worries and no worries for a day, so he avoids the unhappiness of the day. This is what everyone follows together.