Scientifically speaking, when a person dies, there is nothing for the dead, and the remaining problems are all problems of the living. Perhaps because of the needs of the biological evolution process, coupled with the highly developed brain of human beings, there is nothing strange about the death of other animals, as if it is a real basic law of life, old age, illness and death, but the death of people is more complicated, not only has a variety of taboos, but also a variety of customs.
For the countryside, when it comes to dead people, basically they feel afraid, but there are also people in the countryside who continue to die, and these dead people also need to go through some procedures according to local customs before they are buried, for example, after the death of the elderly, there will be a practice of purifying the elderly and wearing birthday clothes, so rural people who are usually more afraid of the dead, why will they face death when there is real need? In fact, if we pay attention to observation, we will find that it is not true that those who purify the dead are not afraid, but have to do it.
The so-called purification actually refers to wiping the body of the deceased person and then wearing a birthday coat. There are some procedures for this process, and the practices are different in different places, but the final result is to wipe the body of the deceased person and put on the birthday coat.
If we pay attention to observation, we will find that in fact, the person who purifies the deceased generally includes three types of people.
One is their own relatives: in the countryside, the elderly pay attention to the end of the pension, it is best to die, the children are by their side, if it is such a way of death, even if the life of the elderly is not very good, many are more satisfied.
If your children are around, the process of purification is generally completed by your own children, if it is an elderly man, it is generally completed by the son, if it is an elderly woman, it is generally completed by the daughter, of course, nieces and nephews can also be assisted to complete, in our local area, this situation is more.
The second is individuals who are willing to do it: this situation is different from the elderly, which is not necessarily the elderly, but may be some young people without relatives or old people without descendants. Generally speaking, if the deceased person has no children, the nephew man and woman can also be replaced, and if the nephew and the man and woman are not, then it may be necessary to help the special purification person in the village.
The third is funeral service personnel: with the development of rural areas, many places now have crematoriums in rural areas, so urban funeral services are also done in rural areas, and when choosing services, helping deceased people to purify themselves is one of them.
In general, the people who purify the deceased are just a few categories.
As mentioned above, people have the habit of fearing the dead, so why are these people who purify the dead not afraid of the dead? In fact, we pay attention to the situation of these types of people, and it is not difficult to find answers from them.
(1) Relatives: For relatives, in fact, when an old man dies, he may have been ill for a long time, even a few days before his death, and there is no difference between death, and as a relative, although he is afraid of the dead, but there is also a difference, if it is his own relatives, he does not feel afraid, and when the real relatives die, the grief will cover up the fear in the heart, even if it is really afraid, in fact, the customs of the countryside, the best person to cleanse the relatives is not the person of the funeral service agency, It is not a person who purifies the body of the deceased, but a child, so in order not to be criticized, even if I am afraid, I will grit my teeth and complete it.
(2) Non-relatives: If it is a person who is not relatives, generally in the village will also know some people, even if they do not know, someone in the village has passed away, if there is no one to care, there will be some leading people in the village to deal with, but there may not be someone to purify the deceased, then this time need professional people to do this thing.
For this type of person, according to our local situation, it is generally divided into two categories, one is the elderly, the other is the young, for the elderly, not necessarily for money, perhaps for humanitarianism. In fact, as old people, we all know that they have experienced a lot of things, witnessed a lot of deaths, and for the dead, they will face it more calmly, so there is no feeling of fear.
And young people will do this kind of thing, most of them may be for money, we have also had this situation in the local area, for example, when the grave is relocated in the countryside, some graves are too long, the coffin has decayed, there are only bones inside, in fact, it is these bones that are migrated, and the people who pick up these bones are specialized people, when picking up, the master's family will tie a red sheet on the arm of the person who picked up the bones, we locally called hanging red, this sheet will also wrap a red envelope on it, after the matter is completed, The sheets and red envelopes were returned to the old man who picked up the bones.
For young people, if you go to dispose of the corpse, it is likely to be necessary to contribute, such as the need to hold up, carry away and the like, this kind of thing the elderly can not do, so only young people to complete, this situation is generally paid, and the price is very high, equivalent to the way of temporary bounty, if the local past someone has done this kind of thing, then the host family directly to find, if not, then temporarily give the price, someone will go to "take orders".
(3) Funeral institutions: If it is a funeral institution, this is simple, these people are strictly trained, and the fees are often relatively high, which is a completely profitable behavior, as long as the money is paid, it does not violate ethics and national laws and regulations, they can do it, and the service is very good, but also very professional.