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Grandpa's funeral, can I bring a bodhisattva?

Buddha and bodhisattva are merciful. You can bring a bodhisattva. As long as the younger generation has a sincere heart, it is most important to respect the talents in the world. I hope you can arrive on time. The following information may be helpful to you:

Funeral funeral is also called "going out of the mountain". Please ask the teacher of Yin and Yang to choose an auspicious day first. This is called "opening a disaster list". You should say goodbye before the funeral. First put a "stuffed food jar", put the last food for memorial in a porcelain jar, hold it by the eldest daughter-in-law at the funeral, and finally bury it in front of the coffin. Then there is "sweeping the material", that is, lifting the coffin head, the dutiful son puts some copper coins in the coffin, and then uses a new broom and dustpan to sweep away the floating soil on the coffin cover and pour it under the kang mat, which means "taking money to get an official position." The funeral procedure is as follows: first, turn the coffin over and move it out of the door, then lift the coffin head, prepare the sacrificial opening, and the ceremony will be presided over by the ceremony, and the funeral will bow down. After reading the memorial, Li Sheng will guide Xiao Wen to "spin the coffin". After circling the coffin three times, he will tie the lid with a rope and cover it. The coffin will start soon, and the funeral procession should be ready. Generally, the eldest son carries the banner in front, the second son holds the spirit tablet, the filial family under the second son holds the "funeral stick" wrapped in white paper, and the eldest daughter-in-law holds the "stuffing jar". When you are ready, you can get off. With the bar, there are two ceremonies: one is to take apart the pillow used by the deceased before his death and burn the buckwheat skin inside with a pillowcase; Another kind of etiquette is "throwing a basin", that is, breaking the earthen basin used for burning paper in the memorial ceremony before the spirit. This basin is called "Yin-Yang basin", commonly known as "funeral basin", but also called "auspicious basin". This ceremony is very important. Generally, the person who throws the basin is the eldest son or grandson of the deceased, and the relationship is very close. If there are no children and grandchildren, someone else will have to throw the basin. This ceremony will make the relationship between the pot thrower and the deceased closer, and even establish a property inheritance relationship. Pay attention to breaking the pot once, even the better, because according to custom, this pot is the pot of the dead, and the more broken it is, the more convenient it is for the dead to carry. As soon as the pottery bowl fell, the porter raised the bar and officially went to the funeral. The funeral procession was accompanied. The funeral sequence is generally as follows: grass dragon-bright flag-filial piety lamp-auspicious lamp-release cage-bright quiet-fragrant pavilion-elephant pavilion-soul sedan chair-paper bridge-band-coffin-survivor-monk's path-golden couple-farewell relatives and friends. Of course, different customs in different places have different queues and forms of funerals. The ceremony of the rich is grand and exquisite, and the funeral is complete. The funeral of the poor may be much simpler and less exquisite. On the way to the traditional funeral, there are several ceremonies. For example, raising paper money, setting up tea tables and offering road sacrifices. Paper money is made of white paper and shaped like a copper coin. Generally, it is spread by a special person in front of the dutiful son. After the picket, in case of road sacrifice, paper money will be distributed when passing through intersections, rivers, bridges, temples, gates and burials. Tea tables and road sacrifice sheds are mostly decorated by relatives and friends who have lost their loved ones to express their condolences and condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones. The coffee table is for the dutiful son and his relatives and friends to drink water, and the dutiful son will run down and kowtow. Road sacrifice refers to setting an altar or shed on the path of the funeral procession to pay homage to the dead. In case of road sacrifice, the funeral procession usually stops to pay homage and thank them, and then carries the coffin to move on.