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What is the ordinary funeral process?

Ordinary funeral main process:

1, small coffin: for the body purification and grooming, put on the life jacket.

2, the funeral: formal notification of friends and relatives near and far the time of death, the situation and funeral arrangements. Often there is a strict situation and order prescribed.

3, mourning: friends and relatives carrying gifts, gifts, couplets, wreaths, etc. from out of town to attend the funeral.

4, stopping the spirit: also known as the temporary house, the body will be parked in the hearth for a number of days, waiting for friends and relatives to come to the funeral; at the same time help to determine the death rather than coma fake death.

5. Wake: During the period of mourning, friends and relatives who have been present, especially the deceased's juniors, take turns guarding the deceased at the funeral hall and accepting condolences from mourners.

6, the coffin: in front of the family, the deceased will be moved into a mattress-lined coffin, covered with a quilt, nailed to seal the coffin

7, funeral and burial: the coffin to the cemetery for burial.

8, burning seven: after burial, friends and relatives visit the cemetery every seven days and burn paper money, a *** go seven times *** forty-nine days.

Funeral notes

1, as the so-called "first death is great", to participate in the funeral, everything should be the deceased as the great, no matter what the relationship with the deceased, should be solemn and respectful. Not to the deceased, talk about right and wrong. In order to avoid the ancestors to pick the gift, the death of the head.

2, to participate in the funeral, such as accidentally touch off, touch the funeral offerings, should be timely and the funeral home to contact, repentance, sincere apology, try to restore the original. Can not be ignored, so as to avoid the light impact on the bad luck, the heavy bad luck constantly.

3, to participate in the funeral, especially in the final body farewell, the body of the light, the aura of weakness, timid friends, or do not look good, this is the best way to avoid.

4, to participate in the funeral, the mourning family with filial piety, such as accidentally lost, broken mourning cloth, mourning cards, green veil, can not be replaced, and not deliberately lost broken.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Funeral