How many days should an elder be buried when he dies?

When an elder dies, it is usually possible to hold a funeral the next day, but this is not always the case. The funeral time will vary from place to place. The average person is dragged from the hospital to the funeral home on the day of death 1. Then we have to prepare for the funeral.

On the day of the funeral, relatives, friends and neighbors gathered to mourn and offered a glass of wine to express their condolences. A libation usually includes a sacrificial mat, a steamed bun, a spoon and a paper tie. The closest relatives send sacrifices. Commonly known as "sacrifice", it is mainly dishes, and each pair should be inserted with paper flowers of different sizes, followed by steamed bread, which is a kind of pasta steamed in a bowl.

Funeral procedure

After the mourners offered public drinks, the eldest son of the deceased bowed down to pay tribute, that is, carrying the big head of the coffin on his back and moving it out of the coffin shed with the help of everyone, commonly known as the "coffin."

Before waking up, the sons of the deceased will hold a ceremony of "pressing the bowl with food" in Qixian County, Jinzhong. They put all kinds of vegetables and food in a porcelain jar, and then press them in turn until they are full. Cover it with a steamed bread, erect a hole with a pair of chopsticks and put some red vermicelli on it. This can of food, together with "steamed bread" and "ever-burning lamp", will be buried with the coffin at the funeral.