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The death of the old man is called a happy funeral. How can it be a happy funeral?

There has always been a saying in China that "weddings and funerals are a happy event". "Hongxi" of course refers to the joy of the wedding of men and women! Sometimes it also includes ancient scholars, and the champion wins happiness. If you make a windfall, you can also "create happiness". There is also "adding Ding to import", which is the joy of having children.

Endless life is the joy of the Chinese nation! This is what I said. But everything is dialectical and ruthless. There is joy in life and sorrow in death. Death is the necessity of life, but the age of death is quite different, which makes people cry! Infants and young children are called "early death", and young adults are called "early death". If they are old people, they will die! Life expectancy in old China was very low, only over 50 years old. But now, the average life expectancy has exceeded 80 years!

As we all know, it used to be said that "life is seventy years old." So, in the past, if you lived to be over 70 and died happily, you could call it a "white wedding". It can be seen that the traditional culture of China is delicate, complicated, clearly classified and full of emotion. This also shows China people's broad mind and the concept of "great love". In today's words, it is a clear understanding of life and death, full of "positive energy"! Death is a bad thing, but if you look down and see through it, it is normal. In some cases, such as getting old, it becomes a happy event!

I also said it today. China is very big, and folk customs vary greatly from place to place. The topic says, how old can you die and count it as a white marriage? This is to be "established by convention", and there is no uniform hard and fast rule. Of course, the standards are getting higher and higher. Seventy years old seems to be dying, which is a bit substandard. Then change! How much do you want to change? I think it should also be based on the difference of average life expectancy in different places. What is the average life expectancy there? On this basis, raising the age above 10 should be a white wedding, such a dead old man!

For example, the average life expectancy there is 70 years, so 80 years is the standard. For example, in Beijing and Shanghai, the average life expectancy has reached more than 80 years, so 90 years old is the standard. Calling it a white wedding is "deserved".

In fact, centenarians are very common now. People expect to live longer, probably because the creativity and explosiveness of the Millennium are too strong.