What are the funeral customs in Shuyang County, Suqian?

Generally, a small piece of white cloth is torn off and put on the head in the shape of a hat to show the memory and love for the deceased. But children usually wear a long strip of white cloth on their heads and drag it on the ground all the time. In addition, different generations have different shapes and colors. There will be some differences in different towns and villages in Shuyang County.

When people in Shuyang express their death, they will say "gone", "old man" and "gone", indicating that they are taboo about the word "death" and avoid mentioning unlucky words. But today's young people don't believe those superstitions. Many people just say "death".

Blow suona

Many areas have the custom of playing suona. From childhood to now, there is a custom of playing suona at funerals in Shuyang. However, since the 1990s, the funeral customs in Shuyang are quite different from before.

The biggest difference is that the night before the funeral, "Suona Art Troupe" (as it is called today, formerly called "Trumpeter") will hold a grand performance. The program is really colorful, including singing, dancing, rap and so on. Mentioning this "rap" is similar to the Northeast Errenzhuan, and its content is vulgar and difficult to be elegant. But this just caters to the tastes of some local people, and the scene is still quite lively.