What's the funeral like?

Funeral etiquette is a very important part of China's traditional culture, and each link of it has specific significance and procedures. The following are some major funeral etiquette links:

Mortuary ceremony: the deceased was moved to the coffin bed in the main room and spent the last moment of his life under the protection of his loved ones. This is called "mourning".

Funeral ceremony: Funeral ceremony can be said to be the first ceremony after death. It tells relatives, friends and villagers the news of someone's death through signals.

Soul-evocation ceremony: the soul of a guest who died in a foreign country can't find the way home. Only when his family "evokes his soul" can he hear the voice of expecting him and he can follow it.

Early death and early burial: before dying, the children are in intensive care and listen to the will. When you die, shave your head, wash your feet and change clothes, commonly known as "dressing up." Avoid fur, wool and so on. Avoid black when wrapping clothes. At the funeral, hay is placed under the coffin and pillows are placed on the mattress. There are seven copper coins on the mattress, commonly known as "cushion money". The red line is a pair of feet, which means don't let the soul leave.

Obituary and farewell: The coffin is placed in the center of the mourning hall, and curtains, tables, incense burners and "corpse lamps" are hung in front of the coffin all night. Then, the son sent a funeral report, distributed filial piety cloth, informed him of the date of seeing him off, and sent him a quotation. Seeing me off, on this day, my relatives and friends came to see me off. Distant relatives wear mourning clothes on their heads and feet, and their children wear coarse white cloth with raw edges, wrapped with hemp rope around their waist and holding willow branches, commonly known as "mourning sticks." Men wear paper hemp crowns and women wear linen headscarves.

Introduction: It is the main part of the funeral, usually held after three or seven days. Drum music leads, followed by paper fire, including Jinshan, Yinshan, virgins, paper houses and so on. The coffin was carried into the grave for burial.

Sacrifice: sacrifice after burial, and go to the grave three days after burial, which is called the third time; Going to the grave every seven days is a sacrifice, which is too seven; July 7 is called seven; A hundred days on the grave is a hundred days; The second birthday is called the anniversary, the third anniversary is called the anniversary, and the three-year mourning period expires.

The above information is for reference only, and customs may be different in different regions.