Rural cemetery burial method between the upper and lower generations

The elders are buried above the head of the younger generation, usually the head north foot south position. The overall family graveyard is pyramid-shaped, the tip of the tower to place the high ancestor of the ancestors {grandfather} and other generations, the following is the high ancestor of the ancestors of the son of a generation, the son of the foot is the grandchildren of a generation.

For example, northeast southwest to the mouth:

1, the most northeastern direction of the first grave is the eldest of the entire family, head northeast, feet southwest.

2, its feet buried its son, for example, it has three sons, the eldest son in its left front, the second son in its right foot square, the third son in its right front; that is, when the living person facing its grave, the living person's right hand side of its eldest son, the left hand side of its third son, the second son is in the center of the three graves of his son at an equal distance;

3, each generation are arranged according to this burial method. If one of the people in a certain generation has more children, the distance between the graves of the brothers of the previous generation of the children is enlarged according to the number of children, so that it is good to arrange for the party or parties with more children. The highest generation is like the apex of a triangle, and the further down and back the more heirs there are, like an endless triangle. A distance of about two meters between generations is sufficient.

Extended information:

Intermental rites:

Folk were originally mostly buried in the earth, due to the limited burial site, and thus cremation has gradually become the trend, the cremation process is essentially The cremation process basically follows the earth burial ceremony, such as choosing the proper time for cremation, registering with the crematorium beforehand, paying homage to the family before cremation, and then having the family members personally see the crematorium personnel sorting the bones into the urns after cremation, which is why the "cremation" is the same as the earth burial.

The son of the filial piety to hold the urn "into the tower", but also need to choose the hour, the first in front of the bone tower worship, because the tower is more octagonal, choose the right seat to the direction, in the chosen hour will be the urn (picking the bones of the bone canisters) to move into the tower position, worship that is the completion of the ceremony.