Chinese culture is broad and profound, with a long history, and has become a broad and profound Chinese folk culture in the precipitation of China's 5,000-year-long history, especially funeral Xi customs, and the process is more cumbersome than imagined.
Every link in the funeral Xi must strictly abide by specific etiquette, the first is the funeral ceremony, and the expression of the meaning of death "enjoy the year" and "year-round", the two words are only one word apart, but the meaning of the expression is thousands of miles wrong, and the wrong use will make people laugh.
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In chapter 119 of "Dream of Red Mansions", one of the four famous novels, there is a description of Shi Taijun's death in the underworld, and Jia's mother is written in the palace, which is described as follows: "I heard a slight sound in Jia's mother's throat, and her face changed to a smile, and she actually went to die at the age of eighty-three. ”
And in "The Use of Mozi Festival", it is written that the death is like this, "The long one lasts all year round, and the fast one lasts for several months." ”
Another of the four famous novels, "Water Margin", has a description of the whole year, in the fifty-first round, timely rain Song Jiang euphemistically persuaded Lei Heng to go up the mountain to join the gang, Lei Heng excused himself, the old mother is old, can not recognize each other, and after the younger brother sends his mother to the end of the year, he will come to the same place. ”
As can be seen from these books, it also represents the meaning of death, but their family members use "enjoy the old age" and "the end of the year" respectively to express this meaning, what is this about?
First of all, we must know that the same expression of the meaning of death, but there is a world of difference, for example, in terms of age, people who die at each age have different meanings.
If a child dies suddenly due to some reason, the ancients usually called it "premature death", which literally means that things are stopped halfway, and this word also expresses the grief and emotion of the family.
Adolescence, that is, the age of 18 years old, is the best stage of life, but also a very dangerous stage, if young people of this age suddenly leave the world, it is called a short fold, also known as the year, as the name suggests, the short word also represents a very short time, people have not grown up, it can also be said that they are still a little short from adults, and they have not yet got the life they want, and they have left the world.
When you reach adulthood, death is a very heavy topic, and it is not easy to grow up, but when you die at this time, your family will be heartbroken, and even others will be very sorry when you hear it, and the person who dies suddenly at this stage is called "passing away" or "passing away".
In old age, death is more common, the physical function of the elderly, or the energy is not as good as that of the young, coupled with the natural law of birth, old age, sickness and death, this stage of death is often called "death" or can be "departed", from the other side emphasizes the end of life and farewell.
In ancient times, the death of the elderly was also called "longevity", which refers to the age of longevity, but the age of longevity was a little different from the current one.
As the old saying goes, "life is rare for seventy years", that is to say, the life expectancy of ancient people is roughly to live to about fifty or sixty years old to pass away, and to live to seventy years old is very rare, this is called "longevity", looking at the present, the living conditions are good, the medical level is also developed, people's life expectancy has also increased a lot, there are many people who live to 80 years old, and many old people have reached 100 years old.
However, it can be seen that our ancient people were very careful about the age division of the deceased, although the year and the year of the year both represent the meaning of the death of the older person, but there is a big difference in status.
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There is such a plot in the TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan", when the big fat orange was in the air, Zhen Huan, who was standing on the side, shouted loudly: "The emperor has died." ”
And when Yixiu of the Wulanala clan died, the eunuch Xiao Yunzi came to report and said: "Jingren Palace Niangniang died." ”
The death here has the same meaning as the emperor's collapse, both of which refer to the meaning of death, the difference is that the two are in different positions, which is the difference, as an ordinary person in the palace, death can only be called a pawn.
The ancients had a different status of human beings, it can be said that there is a difference between three, six, nine, etc., and even death, which can be seen from "enjoying the old age" and "the whole year".
Seeing the word "enjoy" can't help but make people think of happiness, the meaning of enjoyment, and thus think that this person was very happy in life, or that this person should be older, so that he can enjoy the happiness of life.
Xiangnian represents the age of the deceased is slightly older, generally referring to about 50 years old, as recorded in the "Sima Wen Gong Shendao Tablet" "And the public is sick, in September Bingchen of the first year of Yuanyou, at the age of sixty-eight." ”
Enjoying the age generally refers to the death of a person of a certain social status, with the meaning of reverence, there is no such a sentence: "Woo hoo mourning, Fu Wei is still eating" so it seems that the deceased also enjoyed the happiness of the world, or that is to say that the family brought him happiness, after all, there is no descendant, the sacrifice will not be so rich, and it can be regarded as enjoying life, which is called enjoying the year.
On the other hand, he is also a respected person, or has a certain social status, and future generations have the meaning of worshipping him.
Look at the year-round is different, the word "end" is a bit of an expression of the end, the meaning of the end, just like life, everyone has to go to the end, to the end, from the literal meaning, the meaning of the year-round expression is more extensive, the age of the end of life, so as to be practical and the deceased of various ages, the range is relatively wide.
The original meaning of the whole year is the whole year, a whole year, and by extension, the meaning is all year round, which should be used for the deceased above the age of the deceased's death.
After Gorbachev's death, the media said that he was 90 years old, which is to state a thing, and there is no emotion in the context.
Hong Kong actor Liao Qizhi died of illness, and the media released an obituary message, all the wording was "66 years old." This sentence states the end of his life, states the state of his life, is relatively neutral, and does not carry any praise or disparagement.
Look again, when the same actor and veteran actor Xia Ping passed away, the media said that he was 81 years old, which shows that the meaning of "enjoying the year" and "all year round" is completely different.
In addition to the fact that the year is a neutral word, there are also some neutral words that also represent death, such as the year of death, the year of death.
Whether it is age, or from the perspective of emotional color, as well as the contributions made during life, the meanings of "enjoying the year" and "year-round" are completely different, but no matter what age the death is, what is left is deep nostalgia and endless feelings for life.
So that we cherish every day of our lives, no illness and no disaster is the only blessing, care for everyone around us, although we can not prevent the arrival of life, can only live happily and healthily in our lifetime, is the greatest respect for life.