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Ancient and Traditional Xi'an Funeral Customs

"Ten miles of customs nine different", especially funeral culture, each place has its own characteristics, and Xi'an's funeral customs are more elaborate, so do you know Xi'an's funeral customs? Do you know the specific connotation of Xi'an funeral customs? This issue of Xi'an culture will take you to understand the Xi'an funeral culture.

Local custom, after the death of a person to pass seven periods, each period of seven days, it is said to be for the dead super.

Funeral rituals and customs - burning seven

From the day of the death of the deceased, the funeral home will be held every seven days to burn paper offerings, *** seven times, commonly known as "burning seven". Generally "three seven", "five seven" is more important, friends and relatives should also send some paper, candles. There is also a "back to the death" (also known as "back to the disaster") ceremony. The old custom that the soul of the dead still exist, in the seventy-seven forty-nine days before the deceased's soul to go home once, with the time projected by the Taoist priests. At that time, the funeral home to the incense and candles, wine and food set up, on the ground to spread a layer of charcoal ash or grass ash, to test the footprints of the dead back.

With a bamboo pole, a foot apart, stick a piece of paper money, standing in the doorway steps or inserted in the house of the dead fall gas under the eaves, it is said that the spirit will see this into the house. With an earthen jar filled with a boiled egg placed in the corner of the house, as a bribe to the God of Calamity (commonly known as chicken feet God), so that the ghost of the deceased to stay at home for a while. At this time, the family hid far away, and after the specified time has passed, the first string of firecrackers will be thrown into the house, bursting before you can enter the house. On the 100th day and the anniversary of the death, paper is burned to commemorate the death. In the six months or a year after the death of a person, and then do a dojo for the deceased.

Shaanxi burn seven, hundred days of sacrifice, anniversary sacrifice

After the burial of the deceased, the filial son at home to set up a spiritual place, filial piety for three years, according to Mr. yin and yang wrote out the "period of a single" to carry out sacrificial activities. The "period single" is posted in front of the spiritual hall, the funeral home must be according to the list of things to do, not a little negligence. "Period single" to write on the "burn seven", "back to the disaster", "hundred period" and other days.

"Burning seven" is counted from the day of the death of the deceased, every seven days for a day of sacrifice, known as the "first seven", "two seven", "three seven", "three seven", "three seven", "three seven", "three seven". three seven", "four seven", "five seven", "six seven", "the last seven ", *** counting 49 days. Folklore says that people have three souls and seven souls, one year after the death of a soul, seven days to a soul, three years of souls, seven full of souls, so we have to pass the "seven period" and the third anniversary. There is another folk saying, it is said that the deceased from the death, in 49 days, every seven days, the King of Hell to interrogate the soul, so "seven period" also known as "over seven disaster". In the burning of seven, the mourners should hang white paper lanterns at the main entrance, indicating that the family has a heavy filial piety. The first seven at home to set up a spirit card, burning incense and candles, offering wine and food offerings, the next remaining six or seven to the graveyard of the paper money.

Generally to one, three, five and other single-seven Sacrifice Za more grand, friends and relatives to, filial son to cry; two, four, six and other double seven, friends and relatives do not come. The filial son only burns paper, do not cry, known as "empty seven". Especially "three seven" and "the last seven" is the most important, every time these two "seven" days, friends and relatives have to go to the grave to burn paper to pay tribute, the son of filial piety should also cry a big one. "On the last seven days, also known as the seven days of mourning, most of the mourners recite sutra and confess, and friends and relatives send money, incense, paper, wax, gold and silver buckets, etc. to pay their respects. "If the "Burning Seven" coincides with the seventh, seventeenth and twenty-seventh days of the summer calendar, it is called "Punching the Seven" or "Offending the Seven", and it is believed that the souls of the deceased will have disasters when they meet the seven days of the summer calendar, and will have difficulties when they meet the seven days of the summer calendar. The first is the "Ducks", which is a kind of "Ducks".