A brief introduction to the five-service system of mourning for Han nationality in China

The so-called "five clothes" are the five kinds of mourning clothes worn by relatives of the deceased during mourning.

That is, defeat' (sound exhibition Cui), (sound information Cui), great achievements, small achievements, insensitive.

Cutting off the prescription is a mourning dress made of coarse raw hemp cut with a knife, which means that the closest relative died and left in a hurry without paying attention to it. After the death of the father, the children will be punished, the eldest son will die, the husband will die, and both the father and the wife will be punished, usually for three years.

Cui Zi is made of cooked linen, and mourning clothes are sewn with edging. The Cui Zi period is three months, and there are also 1 year and three years. After the death of his wife, the husband will serve Cui Zi 1 year.

Dagong is a mourning dress made of slightly cooked linen, which usually lasts for 9 months.

Hong Xiao is a kind of mourning clothes made of solid cooked linen, and the Hong Xiao period is generally five months. The five-service system stipulates that after the death of a brother or brother's wife, both brothers should attend the funeral of the minor's achievements.

Planting hemp is a mourning dress made of fine linen, and the planting period is generally 3 months.

The specific implementation of the "five services" is as follows

The thickest linen that has been cut for three years is not sewn, and the son is exposed at the fracture, and the unmarried woman is opposite to her father; Great-grandchildren versus grandfathers; Concubine

Cui Zi coarse cloth for 3 months to 3 years, sewing children and unmarried women to their mothers (including stepmother) for 3 years; Married a woman as a father for a year; Sun Wei grandparents for one year; Great-grandchildren are great-grandparents in May; Great-great-grandfather's parents in March.

Nine-month-old cooked flax is a cousin, unmarried cousin; Married aunt and sister; Married women are mothers, uncles and brothers.

Five-month-old skilled linen mainly comes from great-grandparents, uncles, parents, unmarried grandparents, cousins, married cousins, brothers' wives, cousins and unmarried cousins, and maternal relatives are grandparents, uncles and aunts.

Three-month-old Xiaoma is a family with great-grandfather parents, great-uncle grandparents, great-uncle parents, brothers and unmarried sisters. External surnames are cousins, in-laws and so on.