Why do people burn all their clothes after death?

In the past, in the countryside, why did you burn people's clothes? This is the same as burning paper money. Folklores believe that only burnt things can be taken away or obtained by the dead, otherwise they cannot be taken away or obtained. So should all the clothes of the deceased be burned? In different times, some traditional customs will change, for example, there are some differences between rural areas and the past.

Nowadays, people, especially young people, are jealous of these clothes, so they either burn them or throw them away. Only some elderly people and some traditional customs will not be burned completely, but a few will be left as souvenirs. What was the traditional concept of rural areas in the past? In the countryside, it was not normal to burn all the clothes of the deceased, but it was normal to leave some. Why do you say that?

1, the clothes of the deceased are three abnormal situations. In the past, under normal circumstances, relatives of the elderly had to leave some clothes, which was also an idea. More importantly, these things are still needed when they are alive, and there is no need to waste them. Although people have some taboos about the relics of the deceased, their relatives are not taboo. Besides, there are some folk sayings that these relics are only good for relatives and have no harm, so there is no reason to be taboo. However, the following cases are exceptions. One is the clothing of a deceased minor. In the past, such people were called "debt collectors" of parents.

Folk believe that this kind of person is reincarnated here to collect debts because his or her parents owed him or her debts in their previous lives. He (she) should go back when the debt is collected. So he (she) can't keep what he (she) used before he (she) died, and he (she) has to burn it all. This is of course a superstitious statement, which is not credible. The fact is that the death of a minor is a very sad thing for parents. If you don't leave any relics, I'm afraid it will make people sad after seeing them. This is also called out of sight, out of mind. Get out of the sad environment as soon as possible and start a new life.

The second is the clothes of people who die suddenly. Sudden death, that is, accidental death, that is, a person sentenced to death. People think that the death of such people is very unwilling. Therefore, such people can't keep their clothes, and try to get rid of what can be handled. This is actually out of a psychological effect, thinking that the death of such a person is very unlucky and taboo.

Third, there is no clothing for future generations. A childless person is one who has no children. In the past, China's rural areas paid attention to the continuation of incense, which was a symbol for future generations to sacrifice their ancestors. Without it, it is called broken incense, also called broken incense. That is, after death, there is no sacrifice for future generations. According to folk superstition, sacrifice means that future generations send "money and things" to their ancestors. No offspring, of course, no one will send "money" after death. Therefore, people believe that such poor people should burn all the clothes they can "take away" before they die.