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What is the cremation process at a crematorium?

When a cremation is performed, the first step is to put the fuel into the crematorium, after which the temperature of the crematorium has to be raised above 800 degrees. The staff needs to monitor the system while the cremation is taking place, so they can know what step has been taken and how long it will take to complete the whole process of cremation.

After the cremation, all the organic matter is consumed, and after it is burned, only the bones are left, and the larger bones are processed, and the larger bones are processed and turned into powder, which is mixed with the powder that was there before, and is the final ashes.

Funeral process

1, small coffin, for the body purification, grooming and put on the life jacket. This step should be done as early as possible, usually immediately after the deceased's death. Because after a few hours, the phenomenon of stiffness of the limbs due to the death of muscle cells will affect the staff for the deceased to wear a life jacket.

2. Mourning is reported to formally notify friends and relatives everywhere of the time and circumstances of the deceased's death, as well as the funeral arrangements.

3. Mourning is the process by which friends and relatives come from overseas to attend the funeral with gifts, gifts of money, couplets, and flower bouquets.

4. In ancient times, a funeral was held to help determine if the deceased was really dead and not in a coma.

5. Wake up, during the period of mourning, the deceased's juniors take turns guarding the deceased in the funeral hall and accepting condolences from other relatives and friends.

6, the coffin, in the presence of the deceased's family, the body will be moved into the coffin with mattresses, covered with quilts, nailed nails to seal the coffin.

7, funeral and burial, that is, the coffin has been sealed to the cemetery burial. Filial son will be a tile basin broken, that is, commonly known as "wrestling pots," after the funeral will officially begin. Then the mourning son will lead the procession with a "soul-guiding flag", and along the way there will be a band playing and distributing paper money until the graveyard.

8, burn seven, after the burial, relatives need to visit the cemetery every seven days and burn paper money, a *** go seven times *** forty-nine days. There are similar activities such as calling the soul, burning paper money, called "do seven". The forty-ninth day of the ceremony is called "break seven", for the end of the formal part of the funeral.

9, filial piety, Zhongde Funeral's editor learned that according to ancient Confucian traditions, filial son needs to guard the parents' tomb around three years, during which to avoid drinking and eating meat, entertainment, husband and wife in the same room, and so on.

10, tablet, family members with incense and candles offerings to write the name of the deceased tablet.