There is a custom in the countryside is to lift the birthday, why the rural elderly to prepare the coffin in advance?

In ancient times, as soon as the emperor began to ascend to the throne, he would give himself to repair the imperial mausoleum, a lot of imperial mausoleum inside the burial goods and repair luxury. Gave the descendants a lot of shock. Some local customs now the people also have in their own lifetime will give themselves early preparation for the cemetery or coffin. Many times we do not understand this custom, will feel a kind of fear. But by analyzing the reasons, more is the helplessness of the people old. The old man is alive and well, for their own mention of preparing a coffin for the following reasons.

First, is the influence of traditional thinking. Many people living in rural areas know that in the old man to 70 years old is considered a relatively long life age. Dying after reaching 70 is a happy funeral. Generally, the elderly will prepare a coffin for themselves in advance and put it at home. This coffin is also called the coffin of life, or happy coffin, in many rural areas will have this custom.

Secondly, they are afraid of giving trouble to their children, and at the same time, they are also preventing their children from being unfilial. The old man is old, all the body functions are deteriorating, there will be a lot of physical problems, and do things are often not able to do. The funeral of a dead person is also considered the last big event in life. In order to do this big thing the old people will prepare themselves in advance, try not to give their children trouble. At the same time, they also prevented, after their death, the children also for the money did not buy a coffin things have conflicts, they will die in peace.

But as people's standard of living improves, the phenomenon of preparing a coffin for oneself in advance has become less and less common. For their own afterlife arrangements, is no longer a burdened thing, for the preparation of the coffin village also do not need to advance. This is also influenced by the cremation policy, which is considered to be a better way of burial.