In China, five kinds of coffins bury five kinds of people. Why is there a red coffin?

The ancients were "dead as living things". The emperor would build a huge mausoleum for himself, which contained extremely luxurious treasures, while ordinary people would scrimp and save to prepare a coffin for themselves. China people pay attention to being buried in graves. People lie in coffins after death. Coffins are very particular. Different colors of coffins represent different meanings. Coffins come in black, red, yellow, white and gold.

Black coffin. At first, black coffins were used for people who committed suicide, died prematurely and died in war. Later, they became less particular. Black represents heaviness, solemnity and seriousness. People will be very sad when the old man dies. Black coffins are very suitable for funerals and the sad atmosphere of death, but strangely, fewer and fewer people use black coffins now.

Red coffins, the auspicious color of China people, are used for weddings and Spring Festival couplets. Isn't it a bad thing that people die? Why use a red coffin? In fact, the red coffin is suitable for the elderly who died over 80 years old. No one can get rid of the natural laws of birth, illness and death. A Natural Death is one of Five Blessingg's works. It is a funeral for the elderly to live to a certain age without pain. Children and grandchildren should not be sad. Instead, they should be happy for the old man and let him lie in the red coffin.

Yellow coffin, that is, wooden coffin, is the most widely used coffin. The poor died and had no money to paint the coffin, so they had to use the simplest yellow coffin. There is also a saying that if someone dies and there are old people at home, then yellow coffins must be used to protect the living old people.

White coffins, the coffins of foreign funerals are mostly white, but China people rarely choose white coffins, because in the traditional culture of China, white coffins are only suitable for women and men who died before marriage. As for those children who die young soon after birth, coffins are generally not needed. White coffins are basically not used now.

Golden coffin: It was first used in the palace, because elegant gold is the exclusive color of emperors. Later, emperors and generals with high status and great wealth could use gold coffins coated with gold powder. The cost of gold coffins is so high that ordinary people simply have no conditions to use them.

With the progress of the times, in order to save land resources, cremation has arisen, coffins have become urns, and fewer and fewer people use coffins. The most traditional burial basically exists only in the vast rural areas. So, friends, do you know what color the coffin is? Should burial be completely extinct? Welcome to leave a message in the comments section.