What is the "first seven days" custom?

The seventh day of the seventh month is the seventh day after a person's death, and to burn paper money on the seventh day of the seventh month is to burn some paper money for the deceased loved ones. There are many customs and sayings in different places, but it is generally believed that the souls of the deceased will return home on the seventh day of the death, so take advantage of the return of the deceased to burn some paper money for the deceased. "There are a lot of taboos on the seventh day, so I'll give you a few examples.

①After the death of the deceased, legend has it that within seven days, they do not know that they have died, so they can not talk about it as "ghosts", in the "first seven" home, the family can not be its tongue. If there are quarrels within the family on the seventh day of the first month, the deceased will feel sad and wish for peace at home, so he or she will stay at home and not be allowed to leave, thus delaying his or her reincarnation and making him or her a lonely ghost.

② "first seven" when burning paper money, to set up a good feast at home, and the more plentiful the better, after all, "first seven" this day, is a number of officials escorted the deceased back home, and these officials of the underworld tastes are not the same, so try to make the So we try to make it as sumptuous as possible, so that these officials in the underworld will have enough to eat and drink, and will not be afraid of the deceased.

3 "first seven" this day do not go to the cemetery sacrifices, after all, this day the deceased is to go home, not in the cemetery, so in the home sacrifices; at the same time, the home of the woman sitting in menstruation, wearing glasses, can not be at home, are to go out to avoid, so as not to collide with the deceased and the various netherworld officials, because after the "first seven", the officials are also the same taste, so try to make some of the rich to make these netherworld officials eat and drink enough to make the fear of the deceased. After the "first seven days", the deceased will start the Yellow Springs Road, will never return.

The above statements belong to the legend, is not true, and customs vary from place to place, many places pay special attention to the "first seven" burning paper, while some areas have no "first seven" this said. "The first seven" custom originates from religion, about after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the North and South Dynasties period began to rise, the reason why the "seven" for the taboo day, is derived from the six paths of reincarnation, so the religious influence is far away from the place, "the first seven "Speaking of more; religious influence is relatively poor place," the "first seven" speaking of relatively poor.