Folk customs in Hexing Township

Funeral custom. In the old society, when people died, they had to set off "gas cannons" and burn "gas money". Please ask Yin and Yang teachers to do Dojo. It's six clothes and three pairs of pants. Carry the deceased to the main hall and enter the coffin. When carrying the dead, you should give an umbrella, that is, the dead can't see the sky. The victim was wearing a dress and a pair of trousers. Generally, the coffin should be full of money pockets and paper money, and then put a dog steamed stuffed bun into the coffin. Dojo has 3 days, 5 days, 7 days, 10 days according to different economic conditions. Dojo to insert evocation coffins, do a few days, insert a few. Chanting during the day, singing at night (singing the song of dutiful son), clearing the way at night, breaking the prison (male), breaking the blood river (female), and setting off river lights (boats made of sorghum poles, lighting wax); Burn wax for the sky, light a ground lamp (light-shaped lamp), advise a letter (play with ghosts and gods), sit on a high platform and play with ghost marbles (3-4 big tables overlap, and rice tofu is cut into small pieces to make marbles). During the mourning, the deceased will be carried from the main house to the underground dam by eight people and placed on a stool, and the descendants of the deceased will kneel down to ask Jintou for help. Kneel down to eat a funeral meal, and then got up and broke the bowl.

At dawn, 16 people pulled the coffin with white cloth, flogged her along the way when going up the mountain for funeral, and picked up Mi Liang when they were buried. The teacher of Yin and Yang spoke well of the deceased, and later generations immediately ran home after picking up the rice, meaning that they walked fast and the first move was the best. Later, the helper pushed the earth and burned the fire field (buying houses and other accessories). Yin and Yang teachers should calculate the braking time according to the date of death of the deceased (the deceased was escorted back by the chicken feet god when he came home, and there was no second master), and wine was set at home and dust was sprinkled (in the main hall or the room where he died). Then burn it seven times (that is, burn paper money once every seven days and order the wrong incense). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, superstition was broken and cremation was advocated. But there are still some people involved in old funerals and bad habits, but on a smaller scale.

Speaking of spring, after beginning of spring in October every year and before coming to beginning of spring in the second year, Chun Guan holds a spring cow (small woodcarving), sticks a stick of spring filial piety (also known as thirteen sticks), carries a "Erjiu" (pocket) on his shoulder, walks into people's doors and recites auspicious orders related to it according to his master's occupation. Just after the Spring Festival, he opened the door for his host, which made him very satisfied and the host gave him joy. Finally, Chun Guan gave his master a spring towel with a year's farming season to show his gratitude.