Why should you cover your face after death?

China has an elusive custom since ancient times. Why should people cover their faces with cloth after death? Are you afraid that their ghosts will come out and harm people? Or just want them to die peacefully? Or is there another reason? After the ancient people died, all family members put on plain clothes and covered the dead with cloth from head to toe.

So do modern people. After death, they will put on a shroud and cover the head of the deceased with a white cloth. ? The same is true of hospitals. The mortuary is full of dead people covered with white cloth. But few people understand why. After the death of the old man in the rural hometown, the family will put the body at home, and relatives and friends will kneel to mourn when they come.

Moreover, the old man's face will be covered with a white cloth. There are many reasons why a white cloth should be covered, but this is not just a feudal superstition. What ghosts say and soul out-of-body experiences say are all feudal superstitions. In fact, besides superstition, there are certain scientific reasons. In medicine, after death, the virus in the body has no nutritional absorption.

So they will run out of their bodies and cover their faces to cover these viruses. And some old people will have a weak breath because of a short "death". At this time, the old man didn't really die. Cover your face with a faint white cloth, which will also drive the old man to shake up and down when he breathes. At this time, the physical condition of the elderly can be judged and rapid treatment is urgently needed.

In addition, if the old man really dies, his face will change greatly within a few days, and then he will cover his face. When watching the footage of Sun Dianying stealing the tomb of Cixi, we can find that the face of Cixi after her death is so pale and senile, with so many wrinkles that she can't look straight.

It is recorded in ancient China that the earliest person covered his face after death was in the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, was destroyed by Gou Jian, the king of Yue. Before he died, he told people around him to cover his face with white cloth to prevent him from facing his ancestors underground. No matter where and in what era, the dead are the most important.

Although the country advocates simplifying the process after death, many places still do some special things after death to make their loved ones feel more at ease and satisfied. Of course, if a person's living will is simple, then this situation is another matter. But for farmers, they basically want to die on earth. Although the cremation system is implemented now, many places will follow the process of burial after cremation. However, after death, the process is complicated and people have to go through many customs and traditions. After seven days, they can choose a good day to be buried.