Why do bodies lie on old door panels in most cases after death?

In the past, when an old man died in a rural home, people would remove the door panel at the entrance of their own hall to hold the old man's body, and then put the door panel up with a bench to make a simple coffin bed. If you look closely, you will find that the door panel removed by people must be the door panel of the entrance door, and because of the gender of the deceased, it is necessary to distinguish between the left and right sides. Someone will ask, why not use something else? Why do you have to use door panels?

This involves some local customs. We all know that the older people are, the more taboo they are to say the word "death". Therefore, if the old man dies suddenly, the children will be anxious because they are not ready. After the old man died, the first thing to do was to bury him. The body can't be put on the kang like this! But when the old man is alive, what should I do if the coffin is not ready because of taboos? I can't do it now, so what should I do? We can only use something else to carry the old man's body from the kang to the hall first. There is nothing suitable at home, so we can only use door panels. Who made the door panel convenient and suitable? In the war years, in the countryside, the older generation called the door panel a dead beat.

There is a folk tradition that, first of all, door panels are actually used to make spiritual beds, because in tradition, old people cannot be allowed to die in bed. In those days when the old man was dying, his family would move him under the bed. Why not under the bed? The reason is that the folk saying is that souls who die in bed will be locked up and cannot be reincarnated, but in fact it means that future generations are unfilial.

These are generally rural areas and are rarely seen in cities now. In the past, when people moved down from the bed, they could not let the old man lie directly on the ground, but spread straw on the ground and put mats on it. After the old man died, he needed to lay a coffin bed, but the bed board could not be used. In fact, some old door panels are eligible, and using door panels as temporary bed boards is the only one that meets the requirements, so this custom has spread among the people.

Rich people in ancient times did not lack these things. Although they said that they should be removed from the bed when they died, the ancients who had the right and money could spend money to buy a good board as a coffin bed. The old man is on the coffin bed, and the length and width of the old template are only suitable for the old door panel, which is the most suitable for the coffin bed. After all, ordinary people don't have the conditions to buy wooden boards as coffin beds.

There is also a saying that there used to be a doorman's breath on the door panel, and the dead old man's body was placed on the spiritual bed made of the door panel, which can be blessed by the doorman, so that all kinds of unclean ghosts are not easy to get close to the body. This is a way to protect the body and avoid mistakes in the funeral process. These are some sayings circulated by the ancients, but they are actually just an idea.

The small folding is actually carried out on the coffin bed, which is also very serious and important. Wake is a kind of filial piety, so that the deceased can lie on the door panel, because the door panel is not necessarily a complete panel, but at least the door panel is a whole. This means that family harmony will not become loose because of some things, which is reflected in some practices.

Moreover, the ancients believed that there was a soul. After death, the soul doesn't wander far around the body, so when the funeral is behind, it is necessary to open the door and use the door panel as the spiritual bed. That is to say, when the funeral is held, the deceased is contaminated with the breath of waiting for the door god, so that the monster can make way on the way to the funeral, so that they can go to the burial place and enter the underworld for rapid rebirth. This statement is actually the embodiment of some traditional concepts, of course, the embodiment of funeral culture, and there is no scientific basis.

In the past, medical care was underdeveloped, and now common fevers, colds and diarrhea can kill people. There is no psychological preparation at home and the hardware facilities are not complete. The most important thing is longevity wood and coffin. In the past, there were almost no power tools, and it took time to build a coffin entirely by chisels and saws. You can't stop on the kang or bed after death. (Accurately speaking, you should get dressed before you die, and then stop at the beat, which is the same as stopping the door panel. It is called going to the grave. The door panel is undoubtedly the best choice, and it will not deform the body, which is convenient to carry into the coffin, and it also means opening the door and going out.

People here say that we can't let the dead carry the heatable adobe sleeping platform on the adobe sleeping platform, so we use the door panel and put it on the door panel for three days. The next day, the funeral can be carried directly from the kang to the coffin.

Funeral has always been one of the traditional customs in China. After death, people are treated differently in different places, but the same thing is to die for 3 to 7 days. In some places, their anus is blocked, in some places, the face of the deceased is covered with a piece of cloth, and of course, there is a place where the body lies on the door panel. Why?

I saw my grandmother die with my own eyes. I was studying abroad at that time. My mother said that my grandmother was in poor health and asked me to come back as soon as possible to see her for the last time. When I was young, my grandmother almost raised me. When I heard the news, I immediately bought a ticket and drove home.

I'm sorry I came home late. My grandmother passed away the day before. The grandmother I met was lying in the public hall at home. The place where she slept was a door panel at home. My mother told me that people have been going in and out of this public hall since my grandmother died last night.

She said that my uncle and cousin would stay here for three days at night. In the meantime, the door of the hall can't be closed. As for the reason, my mother couldn't say for sure, saying it was a custom. I am also curious about this, so I asked some elders in the village to know that it is reasonable to wake up three days after death, and sleeping on the door panel is also very particular.

When people get old, their physical fitness declines. Sick people have poor physical resistance. Some people are old, weak and sick, and are most afraid of two kinds of extreme weather, one is extremely cold and the other is extremely hot. Therefore, we can often find such a phenomenon. In the cold winter, old people often die one after another, but in the hot summer, many old people can't stand the high temperature of more than 30 degrees and nearly 40 degrees, especially in ancient times when there was no air conditioning, and the old people could do nothing about the heat.

In the cold and hot summer, many people die. After death, a long table will be prepared at home or in the ancestral temple, and the body will be placed on it for seven days, and the door cannot be closed. Some people take down the door because they can't find it, put it at home or in the ancestral hall, and carry the body to the door.

There is another legend here. In rural areas, some people say that it takes 7749 days for people to reincarnate after death. The first seven days are the most important, which is what we often say. It is also said that on the seventh day, the angel's soul will return to earth to have a look, take a look at his body and take a look at his descendants.

So after death, the door can't be closed, let the soul go home and have a look. Of course, the children and grandchildren will have a banquet to see if they have food and drink, so that the deceased can leave with confidence.

In order to let the soul of the deceased go home on the seventh day, the door of the deceased's house was always open, and some descendants were afraid of forgetting, so they simply removed the door panel as a bed board. There are also descendants who can't find a bed at home because of the sudden death of the deceased, and simply take down the door panel as a bed.

We know that after death, the body will begin to change within two hours. During these two hours, the deceased must take off his clothes and put on the shroud. People are dead, so it's best not to let them stay in bed or on the kang, so you must find another bed to lie on at once.

If you don't have time to prepare the bed at home, you'd better remove the door panel, because in ancient times, most of the door panels at home were made of wood, thick, flat and hard, which was easy to remove. Lying on the door panel, even if the body becomes stiff, it will not be seriously deformed.

This is not only convenient for future generations to put the shroud on the deceased, but also can prevent the body from being deformed during the mortuary and being difficult to put into the coffin in the future. So it is a good choice to put the body on the door panel.

It is also easy to lift the dead and put them in the coffin when you leave the coffin.

There is a scientific and historical basis for people to stay in the morgue for a few days after death and their families wake up.

According to legend, in ancient times there was a doctor named Bian Que who liked to travel around the world. Once when he came to a country, he found local people kneeling in front of a temple to pray. Bian Que was very curious, so he came forward to ask, only to learn that it was the prince of their country who died suddenly.

Bian Que told him that he was a doctor and could go and have a look. So the soldier introduced him to the king, and Bian Que told the king that he could bring the prince back to life. The king was skeptical, so he sent Bian Que to see the prince.

When Bian Que saw the prince, he was lying in the harem. Bian Que came forward to diagnose and found that the prince was only in suspended animation because of the body. So Bian Que brought the prince back to life with acupuncture and survived.

At that time, everyone called Bian Que an imperial doctor. Bian Que simply said: I don't have the ability to bring back the dead, but I just make people who are not dead healthy. It is in this way that the folk have the custom of being buried seven days after death.

The mortuary is opened for ventilation, and also to prevent small animals such as mice from crawling over the corpse, and to prevent the biological current from causing the horrible fake corpse phenomenon of the deceased. When the door is removed as a bed board and the door is open, the children and grandchildren must be at the wake.

During the wake, relatives should also observe the changes of the body to see if there is any liquid flowing out under the door panel. If there is blood, they should observe the blood to determine whether the deceased is really dead.

Some customs contain a kind of idealism, and half of them contain superstitious thoughts, which are widely circulated among the people. However, careful study has some truth, which reflects the respect of relatives for the deceased. The ancients often said that waiting for death is like waiting, which means that after a person dies, his relatives will pack his luggage for him in the form of a living person, so he needs to get dressed, take money to cross the river and buy money for the road, thinking that his soul will go home to see his relatives.

In ancient times, a person died. According to the folk saying, this person had to travel far, so tearing down the door meant going out.

Secondly, in rural areas, when people die, they must see the red before they can go to the funeral. Seeing red means seeing the sun coming out. Therefore, if you remove the door panel, you can see more sky. If the sun doesn't come out, it is considered unlucky.

So it is a custom to lie on the door panel after death. It is precisely because of this that there is another saying about the door panel, which is called dead beat.

Nowadays, these funeral customs have become a part of social customs and culture. Although the society is progressing now, these customs of lying on wooden boards have become a special survival culture.

Why do bodies lie on old door panels in most cases after death? Let's start with a scientific statement.

Because after death, the body is stiff.

Put it on the door panel or you can prevent it from going out of shape.

And it is convenient to carry.

It doesn't have to be a door panel, as long as it is hard.

If it's superstition, it's much more exquisite.

Putting it on the door panel after death is tantamount to tearing down the door. So the door won't close.

In this way, yin and yin can attract souls.

According to legend, you can't enter ordinary people at will.

Therefore, it is very convenient to take off the door panel.

This is also a kind of respect for the poor, so that they can treat the dead well.

According to the old people, seven days is the night of the soul.

Those who have passed away should go home and visit their families.

The reason for not closing the door is also to let the soul into the house.

At this last look, heaven and man separated from each other.

There was a wake.

However, in today's cities, it is basically rare.

There should be wakes in many rural areas.

In cities, relatives are usually together now. Mourn for the dead relatives.

Now they don't put it on the door panels of the city.

It's all handled by the undertaker Straight to the funeral home, frozen.

On the day of the funeral, just carry it out and burn it.

It is not as troublesome as it used to be.

In fact, regardless of various customs and exquisite, it is a memory of ancestors.

People are really dead from the moment they stop breathing.

This man's life is completely over here.

Whether brilliant or ordinary, whether good or bad, all came to an end in an instant.

There are also things that relatives and friends can do.

Is to give him a ride after he dies.

Because this is really the last time.

It is said that all good things must come to an end.

If we break up this time, there is really no chance to be together again.

The future can only be seen in photos, videos and memories.

Therefore, life is actually very short.

Money can't be taken away even if it dies.

Living a good life is the most important thing.