When did the tradition of Pima Dai Xiao begin?

There is actually a legend about this system. It is said that in ancient times, human ancestors had tails, but when people were dying, their tails would turn yellow, and at this time his descendants would cut them off and eat them as meat. One day, an old man will cut off his tail and eat it at the age of 60, but he feels that he has raised children. It is very wrong for them to do so.

After taking him away, his children started looking for him in the mountains with sacks, because sacks can be used as seats and quilts. Until the seventh day, the old man was found in a cave. At this point, the old man's body has rotted and stinked. When the children saw such an old man, they were so sad that they couldn't bear to look him in the eye. They put sacks on their heads to prevent them from seeing the old man, and then they began to cry.

After that, people gradually began to get rid of the bad habit of eating old human flesh when the old man died. Instead, after the old man died, they began to bring sacks, pray for the old man and bury him. Of course, it's a legend, and it's Pima Dai Xiao, who came to explain the origin of this history. There is no real basis!

Historically, "Pima Dai Xiao" involved some provisions about mourning system in China traditional culture, and the initial five-clothing system appeared in the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, according to the blood relationship with the deceased, five different clothes were formulated to mourn the deceased.