Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, and one of the branches is the colloquialism. Colloquialisms can be understood as easy-to-understand, concise words. Many of the sayings that have been handed down to this day have been passed down by word of mouth by generation after generation of people, and they are often taken from people's daily production and life, and in turn, they have also played a certain guiding role in people's daily production and life.
Of course, the colloquialism is almost all-encompassing, and the fields involved are extremely extensive. Some of these sayings are related to funeral rites, such as the saying today: "When the snow presses the grave, there will be nobles, and when the rain strikes the spirits, the descendants will be poor".
First, when the snow presses the grave, it will produce nobles
As we all know, the mainland is a country of etiquette, and people attach great importance to funeral rites from ancient times to the present. Regarding death as life, the dead as great, and the importance attached to funeral rites also reflect the ancients' mourning for the deceased and respect for life.
As for the "snow pressed grave", it is actually not difficult to understand, it refers to the fact that when the deceased was buried, it fell heavily snowy with goose feathers, and heavy snow covered the grave.
The core of the whole saying, the key word, is snow.
Snow in the eyes of the ancients, has many beautiful meanings, first of all, the color of snow is white, spotless, it represents holiness, secondly, snow is water vapor, and eventually can also be transformed into water, it represents transformation, in the ancient concept of life and death, can also be seen as reincarnation.
Finally, snow is a natural phenomenon, snow for ancient agricultural production, is good, the so-called Snow Mega Year, snow also means to give birth to new life, indicating a good harvest, "snow grave" is also considered to protect the future generations of Yinze.
In addition, under the Confucian concept of "Mandate of Heaven", snow in the eyes of the ancients, is spiritual, it can be said to be a kind of "heavenly induction", the most typical example, is the idiom "June flying snow", if the deceased in the burial period, the sky drifted goose feather snow, the eyes of the ancients, but also represents the heavens sensed, fell snow, to send mourning.
For various reasons, "snow pressed graves" is considered to be a good omen, although it may not necessarily lead to "noble people", but it is ultimately a good omen.
Second, when the rain strikes the spirit, the descendants will be poor
The second half of the proverbial sentence: "When the rain hits the spirit, the descendants will be poor", the key word is rain. It refers to the time when the deceased was buried, the heavens poured down, some people will say, this is not also the induction of heaven and man, God is crying? As the saying goes, it cannot be understood so simply.
Some people interpret it from the perspective of gossip, thinking that rain is a hurdle, and the kan has the meaning of difficulty and sinking water, relatively speaking, it belongs to the fierce elephant, so it is not good to "hit the spirit when the rain".
Of course, such an explanation is too one-sided, superstitious and too heavy to be believed.
From the perspective of reality and reality, it is possible to draw different answers, and the deceased was buried with torrential rain, which will have some bad effects. First of all, heavy rain in the sky, for the funeral, caused a certain impact, and may even miss the auspicious time of burial, the ancients attach great importance to the hour, if you miss the hour, it is considered bad. Secondly, if it rains heavily, the mountain road is muddy, and for the living, it may slip and fall, or even landslides, which is not conducive. Finally, heavy rain will inevitably lead to rainwater pouring into the coffin, and water will be stored inside the grave, which will accelerate the corrosion of the coffin.
All in all, compared to the "snow pressing the grave", "hitting the spirit in the rain" is considered to be bad, and it is not an auspicious omen in comparison.
summary:
Sayings are specific products of different eras, with certain era imprints and thinking restrictions, so the sayings are not necessarily all right, for example, this saying, whether it is "snow pressing the grave" or "hitting the spirit in the rain", will not lead to wealth and poverty for future generations. The dead are gone, the dust is dust, the earth is returned to the earth, and rests in peace. The living are alive, still have to face life, face life squarely, cherish time, and be strong. Future generations need to rely on their own hard work in order to live a good life, and cannot blindly rely on the protection of their ancestors.
As the saying goes, take its essence and remove its dross. Of course, the core spirit of this saying is still desirable, it expresses the ancients' mourning for the deceased, their thinking on life and death. What do you think about that? Comments are welcome.