Yongshou Funeral

For those who grew up in the yellow soil of Yongshou, attending "red and white funerals" is the most important event in one's life. A red event is a joyous occasion no matter what, but a white event is a funeral where people part with each other in life and death, and it is a bit confusing to be called a "red and white wedding". If you have attended the funeral of an old man in his eighties, full of children and grandchildren, family and filial piety, and four generations of the same family, there may be an understanding of the old, so that the funeral can truly interpret the "red and white wedding" in the meaning of "happy". The traditional eternal life funeral the first unforgettable and unforgettable ceremony is "into the coffin", that is, the living and the deceased to see the last side, usually relatives and friends will be present, the cold remains of the deceased were carefully put into the casket, which is the world's most grieving moments, the scene is often a grief and heart-breaking cry, relatives and friends! Relatives and friends are forced to hold back their grief and at the same time prevent the deceased's closest relatives or companions from fainting due to excessive grief. The deceased is then laid peacefully in the coffin, and everyone present kowtows and bows to the coffin in tribute to the pricelessness and preciousness of life. At the same time, paper money is lit for the deceased to warm the desolate road to the other world, the grieving people hold back their tears and grief, comfort each other and slowly get up, part of the people put into the construction of the earth tomb, part of the people will be prepared for a few days on the official funeral of the relatives and friends of the feast and line, booking of the funeral instruments and band. In the late afternoon of the day before the official burial of the deceased, the sound of the locking nag resonates through the wilderness of the yellow earth, followed by a group of juniors wearing white mourning clothes, which is the "welcoming of the spirit" ceremony of the traditional funeral in Yongshou. They are led by the respected family members who carry horse lanterns in their hands, and pay homage one by one at the graves of the deceased buried in their own families, informing them in the other world that a new soul in the family will go with them, and then lighting fireworks and joss sticks at each grave to respectfully pay tribute to them. Returning to the funeral site and arranging for the deceased, the funeral proceeds to the solemn and heavy "welcoming" ceremony. The order of the "welcoming" ceremony is a very crucial ritual, which determines the closeness between the deceased and the senders of love. The family members of the female deceased must be given priority and sufficient respect, and the family members of the male deceased must also be given priority and respect. The essence of this traditional culture is a very accurate interpretation of the original source of the deceased's life. The deceased's juniors "welcome" the deceased in the sound of the suona and thank the guests along the way, and after the guests bow in front of the deceased's memorial table, they will finish their dinner at the funeral site and prepare for the next stage of the funeral. The "rice offering", "tea offering" and "clothes giving" ceremonies, which is an important funeral ceremony that interprets the Chinese "filial piety culture", are performed by the seniors kneeling on the ground with the "tributes" prepared for the deceased on their heads. "Tribute"; the mind recalls the words and deeds of the deceased; most of the elders on the land of Yongshou, a life of thrift and frugality, some people have never eaten a good meal before they were born so hastily bid farewell to the world. If the children were unfilial to the deceased or poor care, the deceased will be even more miserable, at this time, kneeling on the ground to walk the younger generation is undoubtedly very remorseful, had to try their best to send the deceased the last good meal; even if the children were filial piety and respect to the elders, think of the deceased who gave birth to his or her own will never again eat a mouthful of hot food hot meals, the heart will be incomparably grieved. The "offering tea" link is completed by the grandchildren of the deceased and the head of the red cloth tied by the grandson as the main character, such as the deceased over eighty years old, the funeral at this time is a good interpretation of the meaning of the "red and white wedding", the people of the land of Yongshou believe that the deceased has been The people in Yongshou land believe that the deceased has accomplished his or her mission and can go to the other world to enjoy his or her happiness. Therefore, these grandchildren wearing red cloths and stooping down to walk will be pushed and jostled by many people to add to the bustling atmosphere of the funeral. The latter part of the "offering clothes" is usually done by the deceased's children, grandchildren and daughters-in-law, and the clothes are carefully made of paper. The bond between people and the continuation of life are linked together at the moment the deceased's children, grandchildren and daughters-in-law enter their own house. Elders weaving clothes, in this ceremony at the funeral of the deceased, children and grandchildren in-laws will also suddenly lose a life together, eat a pot of rice with the elders and grief, such as if they were alive and kind elders and get along with the long time together has produced a strong affinity, the difference between life and death into the light of the paper clothes to continue to warm the loved ones of the distant past. If these children and grandchildren daughter-in-laws and the deceased were entangled in the life of the "tug of war, still messy" in the family routine of the short entangled with each other, this ceremony is one of the most sorrowful and remorseful and the deceased and the process of reconciliation; grievances and hatred in the world are actually a long time of deep misunderstanding between people, in these daughters-in-law to marry the deceased raised by the favorite When these daughters-in-law marry their favorite son or grandson who was raised by them in their lifetime, they get into an emotional tangle with the deceased at the same time; at the moment of losing the deceased, along with the fireworks that are lit to dissolve the tangle in their hearts, these daughters-in-law think back to the trance that they were in during the deceased's lifetime, and walk around the world in a state of confusion and confusion, and send them off with the following message: "You must live happily and clearly over there. ...... " With a cry of grief, these daughters-in-law are even more difficult in their hearts: "Life is just a few decades, to be able to become a family, we are so entangled for life, in the end, what do we want?" The traditional Yongshou funeral will enter the mourning and remembrance ceremony for the deceased, in the past Qinqiang "down the Hedong" "in the" Sacrifice of the spirit "of the segment is a mandatory track, also known as" thirty-six cries, this track interpretation is a generation of emperor Zhao Kuangyin's life is tortured, helpless, and The emotional fragments of resentment, "thirty-six cries" cried out the human in the world of bitterness and uncertainty; ancient emperors are still so, the common people are even more not an exception; and then these qinqiang band in the interpretation of three different plays for the deceased, the traditional funeral of eternal life of this link is over; over the years, in this link and added the children memorializing the The eulogy of the deceased, a sad voice of the townspeople recalled the deceased's appearance in life, words and deeds, so that the listener can not help but follow the tears, touched, and profoundly affected the friends and relatives who attended the wedding, neighbors and townspeople to cherish life. However, over the years, there are some deceased funeral in this part of the invitation to the "professional mourners" instead of children to remember their deceased elders, these "wailing people" shocked and sad interpretation of a thousand lines, interpretation, quickly from the main family to get a fee, and then the family to get the money, and the family to get the money. After the performance, they quickly get paid by the host family and rush to the next funeral, an inappropriate link that often makes the funeral of the deceased seem absurd. But the funeral will soon move on to the next part, where all the family and friends pay tribute to the deceased. Also in accordance with the "welcome love" order of the deceased to pay tribute, in the sad sound of suona, the funeral director read out the order of tribute to the deceased, the tribute to the deceased to walk to the front of the seat, look forward to the remains, holding incense and candles lit, kneeling on the ground to pour a cup of white wine sprinkled on the soil, rise to make a bow, three times kowtow to the deceased to give thanks to the grace of the deceased, the sacrifice is thus In a solemn atmosphere. Funeral basically has entered the early hours of the morning, all carried out after the completion of the deceased, together with the lighting of banknotes for the deceased, leaving the closest relatives of the younger generation to guard the deceased in front of the spirit of the deceased, in order to accompany them to walk through the last night in the family. ? On the second day of the funeral, according to the pre-scheduled time, a stable person in the family goes to the deceased's grave in advance to "sweep the grave" for the deceased, and then those who attend the funeral start the "funeral" in the family home, placing the deceased's casket from the family home to the door, and then lighting the banknote fireworks for the deceased to send off. Fireworks for the deceased to send off, all friends and relatives to pay tribute to the salute, the deceased's casket will be pulled to the cemetery along with a cry of the car to be buried, on the way to the neighboring townspeople in front of their homes to light a fire, to see the casket away from the deceased, sadly tears. When the hearse procession meets the crossroads, the elders of the filial sons and grandsons of the deceased, who are leading the procession, will light up the paper pots, and smash them on the road with force, so that the souls of the deceased will bid farewell to the living, and go away in the other world. Neighbors and townspeople also followed the casket together to the cemetery for the funeral burial ceremony, everyone carefully put the casket into the cemetery, while the deceased's preferred objects, together with the casket next to the burial, and will be the deceased in the other world need to arrange the living supplies in place, and then arranged for the late generation of the elders of the casket for the deceased for the last time carefully cleaned up the check is completed, to be sealed by craftsmen tomb intact after The sound of the suona, which has resounded through the fields of the Huangtuodi for a lifetime, pierces through the wilderness once again, penetrating into the heart of every living person who participates in the funeral. A field of grief once again, the dust in the grave, the deceased's casket also turned into dust in the field began to guard the birth of their crops, feed them; all into the ground for peace, Yongshou people's funeral at noon, the deceased's elders with paper money, wreaths for the "round tomb". The graves piled up in the field, carefully piled up, in the field again lit bills, wreaths, accompanied by the wind flying up the sky full of fireworks, dust, the deceased's words and deeds echoed in the field, echoed in the minds of the living, the funeral is also considered to be the end. The funeral is over. Traditional culture, the Chinese people's life is "virtue, speech, merit" life, Yongshou people are no exception, hard work and labor for a lifetime, in many people decades of time to inherit and interpret the essence of culture, Yongshou people's funeral of the deceased accompanied by constantly lit fireworks and resounding sound of suona, has been alive in the living constantly in the Remembered everywhere .....