What are the rules for a funeral in a rural area?

Funeral Funeral is also called "out of the mountain", the funeral should first ask Mr. Yin and Yang to choose an auspicious day and time, called "open the list of calamities". Before the funeral, you have to say goodbye. First, the "stuffed food jar" is installed, and the rice for the last sacrifice is put in the porcelain jar, which is carried by the eldest daughter-in-law during the funeral, and finally buried in front of the coffin. Then there is the "sweeping of the material", i.e., the head of the coffin is lifted up, and the filial son puts some copper coins under the coffin, and then sweeps the floating soil on the lid of the coffin with a new broom and dustpan and pours it under the kangmats, taking the meaning of "bringing money to the government". The funeral procedure is as follows: first turn the coffin, move the coffin out of the door, then lift up the head of the coffin, prepare the mouth for the sacrifice, have a ritualist preside over the ceremony, the owner of the funeral kneel down and worship, and after the ritualist reads the ritual text, the monks and Taoists will guide the mourning men and women to "rotate the coffin", and after circling around the coffin for three times, then tie up the coffin with ropes and put the lid on the coffin. When the coffin is about to be lifted, the funeral procession should be prepared, generally the eldest son will play the streamer in front, the second son will hold the spirit plate, the filial relatives below the second son will hold the "mourning stick" wrapped with white paper, and the eldest daughter-in-law will hold the "stuffed food jar". When ready, you can start the bar, accompanied by starting the bar, there are two rituals: one is the dead used before the pillow is disassembled, the inside of the buckwheat hulls and so on and the pillowcase burned together; another ritual is the "wrestling pot", that is, before the spirit of sacrifices used to burn paper tiled pots shattered. This basin is called "yin and yang basin" commonly known as "funeral basin", but also called "auspicious basin. This ceremony is very important, wrestling basin is generally the deceased's eldest son or grandson, is very close to the relationship between the people, if there is no child or grandson, and had to be wrestled by someone else to the basin, this ceremony will make the wrestler and the deceased's relationship to become close, and even establish property inheritance. Wrestling pots pay attention to once broken, and even the more broken the better, because according to the custom, the pot is the pot of the deceased, the more broken the more convenient for the deceased to carry. Once the pot is broken, the kongfu will start the kongfu, and the funeral will officially begin. Funeral procession. The order of the funeral is generally as follows: grass dragons - Ming flag - filial piety lamps - auspicious lamps - release cage - Ming gle - incense pavilion - like a pavilion - soul sedan chair - paper bridge - - band - casket - survivors - monks and Taoists - golden girls and boys - friends and relatives of the funeral. Of course, customs vary from place to place, and the funeral procession and form also differ. While rich people have grand and elaborate ceremonies and a full array of medieval vessels, poor people's funerals may be much simpler and less elaborate. In the traditional funeral ceremony on the way out of the funeral, there are several other rituals. Such as raising paper money, setting up a tea table, and so on. Yang paper money is Yang spread by the white paper made of paper money in the shape of copper, usually by a person in front of the filial son Yang spread. After the kongs are raised, when there is a road festival, passing by crossroads, rivers, bridges, shrines and temples, city gates, as well as burials, paper money should be raised and scattered. Tea tables and road festival shelters are mostly set up for the relatives and friends of the bereaved family to express their condolences and sympathies to the bereaved family. The tea table is for the filial son and his friends and relatives to drink, and the filial son has to run down and bow to thank them. Road sacrifice means that in the funeral procession through the road to set up tables or sacrificial shed, pay homage to the deceased, in case of road sacrifice, the funeral procession generally have to stop the bier to pay tribute and thank you, after the sacrifice is finished, that is, pick up the coffin and continue to go forward. Burial After arriving at the graveyard, the grave pit will be organized again, and the buried stuffing cans and lamps will be placed in the niches on the wall of the grave pit, and the footprints will be swept away. Then the coffin will be lowered, and the direction will be corrected by Mr. Yin-Yang with a compass instrument, and the owner of the deceased will shovel up the earth to cover up the coffin, and pile up the earth to form the grave mound. For a period of time after the death of a loved one, many aspects of life must be restrained in order to express mourning and remembrance of the loved one. This is called mourning. The rituals of mourning are more stringent for the filial son. The new style of mourning generally has the following procedures. The new mourning rituals generally have the following procedures: 1. Removal of the body: When it is confirmed that the old man has died, the body can be moved to the hall or the funeral hall, and firecrackers, incense and candles should still be lit. 2. 2. Mourning: The family members of the deceased should notify their relatives and friends through various channels as soon as possible after the death of their loved one, and the notification can be made by telegram, telephone, obituary or in person. 3、Facelift：Wash the body of the deceased, comb the hair, put on cleaner clothes, and move him/her into the coffin. 4, obituary: the form of obituaries to friends and neighbors to inform. 5, the memorial service Memorial service is generally held in the funeral home set up in the hall. First of all, to set up the spirit of the hall: the spirit of the hall should be solemn, in the back wall should be tied "flower plate", generally in dark green as the background color, with a yellow flower pattern. The table in front of the flower plate, the table behind the center of the deceased statue, surrounded by yellow flowers, the table can be equipped with plain fresh flowers, the center of the spiritual seat. A black or blue banner will be hung in the center of the venue, with the words "xxxxx memorial service" written in black and white, and the couplets of the filial family will be hung on the plaque directly behind the statue, and the hanging scrolls sent by the guests can be hung on the walls on both sides of the funeral hall. Wreaths and baskets of flowers are placed on both sides of the doorway. A long table with chairs and tables can be placed on the left and right sides of the hall, and tea can be rotated for the mourners to take a rest. A long table is placed on each side of the door of the hall, one for receiving gifts and one for signing autographs. Memorial service is generally held in the original hearth, can also find another venue, the urn of the deceased should be placed in the middle of the hearth on the table, the remains have not been cremated, can be placed in the middle of the hearth. At the memorial service, relatives generally stand on the left, with the main relatives in the front row, and the mourners stand in the center, facing the statue or image. The presiding officer stands on the left side of the front row, half towards the family of the deceased and half towards the mourners. The ceremony of the memorial service is as follows: ① Greeting the relatives, friends and guests at the entrance of the venue, and giving them white flowers and black veils. The welcome is usually entrusted by the family and friends of the bereaved. ② Announce the beginning of the memorial service, playing the mourning music. ③ read the eulogy. ④ guests to make a speech or speech, read condolence messages, condolence letters. ⑤ The crowd goes around the body for a week and bids farewell to the body. ⑥Condolences to the relatives of the deceased. ⑦The memorial service ends. The mourners should pay attention to their dress and speech, not to wear red and green, heavy makeup, not in groups of three or five, whispering, not careless, looking around, and saluting should be sincere and natural movements. 6. Funeral clothing Nowadays, funeral advocates do not wear white and teach, only in the left arm with a black cloth, on which is written the word "filial piety", indicating the death of the old man, he is teaching, but also expresses the deceased's grief and remembrance. Generally speaking, after the death of a leading cadre in a party or government organization, when a memorial assembly is held, the comrades present will wear a black cloth on their left arm to express their condolences for the deceased, but they will not write the word "教". Lastly, it should be emphasized that cremation is now strongly advocated, so some of the traditional funeral rituals have changed

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