Han nationality's funeral date

In the local area, for hundreds of years, the choice of dates is based on the birth date of the deceased to calculate Yin and Yang, and choose auspicious days. At the same time, the storage date should not be too long, usually seven, nine or eleven odd storage days.

Choosing a date is one of the most important things to choose an auspicious day in funeral, and it is very important to choose an auspicious day to ward off evil spirits, keep the living healthy and auspicious, keep the dead buried underground and prosper from generation to generation.

After the funeral date is decided, the dutiful son will go out to cut willow branches and make "coffins" and "funeral sticks". The "Soul-guiding Flag" is a thick willow with a flag cut by Yin and Yang. The "funeral stick" is a short stick with a length of about 60 cm cut from a willow branch with a thickness of 2 ~ 3 cm, and it is wrapped with white hemp paper ears. Generally, each family has 1 filial son and grandson within three. Even those who can't go back to overseas or other places have a copy, and some have roots, symbolizing the roots of the family.