How much do you know about the eight taboos of folk funeral?

1. The person carrying the coffin cannot be an immediate relative.

For this, the explanation is this, because the immediate family members need to help the coffin, or lead the way and mourn in front of the coffin. In some rural areas, immediate family members need to kneel down after many steps on the way to the cemetery.

On the way to carry the coffin, the coffin can't land.

Carrying coffins is a very hard job. Regardless of the weight of the coffin, the way to lift the coffin alone is enough to make the coffin bearer linger. If it is a rugged mountain road, it is estimated that it is impossible to directly carry them to the cemetery without rest. What should I do? After all, this coffin can't be placed on the ground. Unlucky, don't put it on the ground.

3, carry coffins taboo, avoid saying "heavy"

There is a tradition of carrying coffins in the countryside, so my father was invited to carry coffins several times, saying "heavy" is very taboo. Inadvertently, it is likely to cause misfortune, the coffin will become more than 1000 kg, or even more difficult to carry, or the coffin will fall, causing great disaster. I remember that once my father came back from carrying a coffin and sprained his waist, and never said a word. Sometimes things are really weird.

Don't cut your hair or shave your beard during mourning.

Don't cut your hair or shave during mourning. According to folk custom, your relatives can't give you a haircut or shave during the period of mourning at home. It is generally believed that this is to express extreme grief, so that it is impossible to take care of pruning. And its other purpose is to ward off evil spirits and make itself look different from usual by unkempt appearance, so that the undead can't recognize it and avoid being disturbed.

Don't let your tears drop on the dead.

Don't let your tears drop on the dead, so the dead don't want to leave, and the soul can't ascend to heaven, but stay in the funeral home. Seriously, it may even be too obsessed with reincarnation.

6. The person carrying the coffin must be married.

In this regard, it is said that the sun of unmarried men can easily suppress the yin of the deceased, so the person carrying the coffin must be married. Although, the customs passed down by our ancestors are not unreasonable!

7. Don't watch temple buildings, weddings, or touch mothers and babies. Because it is generally believed that mourners have an ominous smell, all occasions related to sacred events and celebrations, such as building temples, setting stoves or weddings and wedding banquets, should be avoided.

8. People attending the funeral must pay attention to the need to avoid the zodiac of the deceased, the five elements of the zodiac and pregnant women. These attributes will bring bad things to the dead and the living, and pregnant women can easily bring bad effects to their babies because of Dai Xiao's fierce infection.