Birth, old age, illness and death are what everyone must experience, and people's lives go from falling to the ground to gradually getting old, and eventually to death, which is an irresistible natural law.
Chinese history has a rich funerary culture, the ancients attach great importance to the matter after death, so there are many rules about funerals, but with the development of history, many rules are now gradually invisible.
When the old man dies, the children immediately begin to prepare for various funerals, in fact, when the old man is dying, these things have already begun to prepare.
After the funeral coffin, a funeral is over, the simple explanation of the funeral is to put the coffin into the tomb, which means that from now on, the deceased will never be seen again, on the day of the funeral, relatives and friends and neighbors will gather at the home of the deceased to send him the last journey, in the process of funeral, there are many rules.
Before the coffin was lifted, the eldest son of the deceased fell to his knees, holding the clay pot that burned paper money, wept bitterly, and then smashed the basin on the ground, and then the funeral ceremony could begin.
Regarding the process of funeral, the customs of various places are different, there is a road in front of the funeral procession, along the way to plant a "road flag", with five-colored paper or white paper paste of small pennants, in some places is directly used paper money, the meaning is to guide the soul of the deceased.
Paper money is thrown along the way to show that the ghosts along the way are bought, and the funeral procession must stop for a while to carry out road sacrifices as long as they reach a crowded place or a major intersection.
It is worth mentioning that in the funeral procession, how to stand is also exquisite, standing in which position of the coffin is fixed, but do not make a mistake.
According to normal thinking, the queue to walk must be orderly, but when the funeral comes out, only the male filial piety can walk in front of the coffin, and the female filial piety must walk behind the coffin, followed by relatives and friends.
The male filial piety walks in the forefront of the main mourning filial piety, that is, the filial piety of the Phi Ma Dai filial piety holding a soul-summoning banner, and at the same time, he must also be supported by several peers to prevent him from falling too much because of sadness.
If the person who supports him is the cousin of the aunt's family, and the father is the cousin of the uncle's family to support, these have certain rules.
If the eldest son died early, it was the eldest grandson who took the place, and if not, it was the second son, and so on, and he was followed by the other children and grandchildren of the deceased, nephews and grandchildren, and then the descendants and sons-in-law of the foreign relatives.
Behind the coffin, in the front is the eldest daughter-in-law, followed by the eldest daughter, and the left and right sides also have relatives to support, these orders are roughly the same as the front.
The last thing to follow is to send off relatives and friends, in fact, carefully observe this position, to put it bluntly, it is related to the ancient order of inheritance.
On the way out of the funeral, the coffin must not fall to the ground, even when stopped, you must use a wooden stool to put the coffin on it, absolutely can not be directly placed on the ground.
After arriving at the cemetery, the relatives and friends who are generally sent off will first stop at a distance, only the family and close relatives will bury it, and then hold a series of ceremonies after burial, everyone will pay tribute, the funeral will be considered the end, and the deceased will rest there forever. Of course, with the popularity of cremation, such scenes are now relatively rare.