How to treat the concept of mourning culture

Funeral culture is a branch of China's ethical culture. The history of funeral culture almost grew with human history. It can be said that since the existence of human society, funeral culture has existed at the same time.

Funeral culture in the traditional sense refers to funeral culture, which is not the "mourning ceremony after death and simple burial to inform relatives and friends" we see every day, nor is it the low culture of Cang Sang's feelings known to modern youth.

When it comes to "mourning" and "burial", many people may think, isn't it just burying someone? I've seen a lot. What is the cultural connotation? Is it worth discussing? Actually, it is not!

When it comes to mourning culture, we have to talk about filial piety first. In China, welfare homes and nursing homes are used to stabilize social harmony and enable the elderly and children who are not well cared for to spend their old age or grow up smoothly. At home, filial piety to the elderly is not only to repay the kindness of parents. This is for your grandchildren. When you become an old man, you can also be respected by your grandchildren. It's also for outsiders. It can drive the social crowd to "respect the old and love the young".

Confucius, we call him "the sage of Confucius", and many of his thoughts and theories are called "classic quotations". It is said that before he died, Confucius told his disciples to put their hands outside the coffin and not to put funerary objects. He wants future generations to see that he came to this world smoothly and left this world smoothly. Cherish this thing, live or die.

Most of the ancient funeral cultures have a strong political color. For example, after Wu was killed by Guan Yu, his head was cut off and given to Cao Cao after special treatment. Cao Cao felt his loyalty and gave Guan Yu a wooden burial. Wu Dong's purpose is to frame Cao Cao, which means that Guan Yu's death was ordered by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao used reburial to buy people's hearts in the future. At the same time, he also told Liu Bei that Guan Yu's death was not Cao Cao's responsibility, and I was very kind to Guan Yu.

In the story of Yue Fei, we know that Yue Fei was killed by Qin Gui in the "Storm Court". A generation of heroes died with hatred. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, Ming Chengzu erected a monument for Yue Fei's tomb, and made traitors kneel in front of it, which made future generations revile and educated them to be loyal and patriotic.

Funeral culture includes funeral ceremony, funeral supplies, site selection, tomb building, filial piety, monument erection and biography. This paper expounds the ceremony, funerary objects and site selection. Omitted, only briefly introduce monuments and other parts with cultural and educational significance.

The folk song says, "The Great Wall of Wan Li still exists today, and there is no Qin Shihuang in the world." In the era when terracotta warriors and horses were not found, as long as anyone saw the Great Wall of Wan Li in China, they knew that it was built by Qin Shihuang. When the Terracotta Warriors appeared in front of the world, it shocked people's eyes, thoughts and morals, wasted cruel feudal rule, and made us understand that the witness of historical truth was the repair of the tomb of the first emperor's funeral culture. Compared with the Qin Mausoleum, Meng Jiangnv, which has been sung by the people for countless generations, is not worth mentioning. This is the tomb-building culture, which is the core of architectural culture.

If the ancient male emperor's tomb is not enough to show that it has an architectural cultural foundation, then the architectural structure of the famous female funeral "chastity archway" is enough to prove the high cultural connotation of the lost civilization. All women are filial to their parents, take care of their husbands, educate their children, and be loyal to the monarch and never marry again. After their son became famous, he felt that his mother and children were very good and promoted them to become women representatives of the world. The government encourages them to build a brand and a workshop for them. Chastity card is a symbol of family chastity, local chastity and chastity in this dynasty.

The inscription on the monument is a summary of the merits of the deceased. From the monument, we can see the rise and fall of descendants and find their family inheritance. Family history refers to genealogy, and merit tablets are for other families and are a sign of showing off.

Biography of funeral culture mainly refers to the personal merit history of the emperor's family and the personal merits and contributions of social celebrities. It is an important part of funeral culture, and we now have more folk stories than biographies of funeral culture.

Human life is limited. "The greatness of life and the glory of death are either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather". Before the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Monument to the People's Heroes was built in advance to commemorate the martyrs who died for the revolution. After the hero left, his contributions will be immortal. Funeral culture is a part of social history. The Great Wall of Wan Li still exists today, and there is no Qin Shihuang in the world.

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