What do you mean, stop the coffin?

The so-called "stopping the coffin" means that after death, the mage (ghost teacher) calculates the auspicious day and its time according to the birth date of the deceased. If life and death coexist, it is not appropriate to bury the body immediately. After the body was buried in the coffin, it was carried to the big forest behind the village and covered with a shed. After Mr. Feng Shui calculates the auspicious day and its moment, he can be buried. The time to stop the coffin varies from person to person, ranging from ten days and a half months to years or even decades. In the southeast of Guizhou province, Li, Cong and Rong in some villages continue this custom to this day.