The old man buried after seventy-seven forty-nine days, the filial son why do not cut hair, do not repair the face?

The customs of burial are: round grave,, burning seven, burning hundred days, burning anniversary, burning third anniversary.

1: Since ancient times, Chinese funeral customs have: three days from the day of the funeral of the original customs of the grave, that is: buried in the cemetery need to go to the cemetery, on the beams, set offerings, incense, step on the yard, burning paper and other programs. (If the urn is stored in the funeral parlor, only offerings, incense, and paper burning).

2: the date of death, every seven days to burn paper, burn seven times, seven halls, *** seven seven, forty-nine days, this is the burning of seven (also known as: do seven or commit seven). Today, people tend to do seven times changed to four times, namely: a seven (replaced by three days of the original grave), three seven, five seven, seven seven, (now only burn the odd number, burn the big seven). According to funeral customs, burn a seven, seven seven, to the deceased son-based, called: there is a head, there is a tail; three seven, to the deceased daughter-in-law-based; five seven, to the deceased daughter-based. (burn five pots of paper flowers). Burn seven (do seven) according to funeral customs.

There is also a special need to say is to commit seven. What is it? From the day of death to the lunar calendar, if the day of seven and the first seven, seventeen, twenty-seven these days coincide, it is called guilty of seven, for example, three seven and these days coincide, is guilty of three seven. It is said that: "the dead do not commit seven, the living have no food," meaning that the crime of seven in favor of the living, but the dead will therefore suffer suffering, so, in this case, the living need for the dead to eliminate disasters and save the lives of the dead, that is, the need to go to the grave for the dead drenching seven. Shanxi, for example, the specific practice is: with hemp paper cut paper people, the number is more than the life of the deceased three, tied to the grain pole, but also cut an umbrella, a ladder, a bridge. These paper people in a circle, tied to the grave, the center of the umbrella, ladder and bridge , and then water pouring with walnuts and jujube funnel to rain paper people, and devoutly read all kinds of reminders of the dead words, such as hiding from the rain, cross the bridge, thunder and so on.

From the day the deceased breathed his last, every seven days for a "seven", "seven seven" within the filial son does not cut his hair, do not repair the face, known as "prisoner seven". Each "seven" are required to go to the grave for the deceased to burn paper money, especially "three seven", "five seven", "seven seven" is the most important. The seven "sevens" are the most important. If more than one of the seven "sevens" coincides with a "seven" in the lunar calendar, it is called "committing sevens". "If not, the filial son has to ask for enough rice from one hundred families before "resuming the mountain", and use it to entertain his friends and relatives on the day of "resuming the mountain". The first thing you need to do is to ask your friends and relatives to come to the mountain to pay their respects.

3: burn a hundred days, burn anniversary, burn the significance of the third anniversary:

People die in the netherworld, *** there are ten king officials (the netherworld of the Prosecutor) and the four judges, whose duties are: will be the dead inquiry to what they did in life, good and good, bad and evil, to be interrogated, *** there are ten king officials, in charge of the ten halls, first of all, we must go through the first seven halls: first hall Qin Guangming King, the second Hall Chujiang Ming Wang, third Hall Song Emperor Ming Wang, and the third Hall Song Emperor Ming Wang, the third Hall Song Emperor Ming Wang, and the third Hall Song Emperor Ming Wang, and the third Hall Song Emperor Ming Wang, and the third Hall Song Emperor Ming Wang. The first seven halls are: the first hall of Qin Guang Ming Wang, the second hall of Chu Jiang Ming Wang, the third hall of Song Di Ming Wang, the fourth hall of Wu Guan Ming Wang, the fifth hall of Yan Luo emperor, the sixth hall of Biancheng Ming Wang, the seventh hall of Taishan Ming Wang, the children burned seven, hope that the parents in the netherworld can be peaceful and comfortable, over the king of the smooth. Do seven worship Ming Wang, check their lives | "good悪" deeds, forty-nine days after the transfer to the Court of the netherworld after four trials, every ten days for a period of ten days, the transfer of the trial once: a trial, (the first ten days, fifty-nine days) Cui's Judge; the second trial, (the second ten days, sixty-nine days) Li's Judge; the third trial, (the third ten days, seventy-nine days) Han's Judge; the third trial, (the third ten days, seventy-nine days) Han's Judge, (the third ten days, sixty-nine days) Li's Judge. Seventy-nine days) Han's Judge; four trial, (forty days, eighty-nine days) Yang's Judge; and then after a decade is ninety-nine days to burn a hundred days (called the short hundred days, the long anniversary), and then worship, the eighth temple Pingzheng Mingwang, burn one year to worship, the ninth temple urban Mingwang, burn three years to worship, after the wheel Mingwang, decide how to be reborn, transferred to the next life.