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Why is it called "Happy Events"?

Category: Society/Culture >> Folk Tradition Problem Description: Same as above Analysis: "Red and white "happy" events"?

Marriage and the birth of children are called happy events. Old Beijingers also call funerals with full blessings, full life span and full death, which are called "happy funerals".

This is where the term "wedding and white events" comes from.

The term "increased value" here generally refers to the end of life when someone is old (at least 70 years old or above).

Abnormal death cannot be called joyous mourning.

What is "laoxi mourning"? The "Funeral Sacrifice Category" of "Qing Bai Lei Chao" records: "happy mourning", "When people have mourning, it is also a matter of mourning, and they have no time to mourn, so what is the point of joy. And it is customary

There is a so-called "happy mourning", which means that the deceased is happy and happy. "Old Beijingers say that "happy mourning" means "full blessing and longevity" (the word "full" should be interpreted as "complete").

That is, full blessing, full life, and full death.