What are the taboos on funeral speech?

Funeral rites belong to the ferocity, and the objects and scope of the ferocity include disasters, riots, bandits, plagues, diseases, funerals, etc., all of which are sad and sad things. In the lexical sense, "fierce" is a ideographic word, the original meaning is that people fall into the pit and cannot come out, and the "Explanation of Words" explains it as evil. For the living people, it is not always a good thing for people to die, so in order for the dead people to be able to go on the road with peace of mind, so that the living people can live better, in the process of dealing with the dead, there will always be a lot of taboos and exquisiteness, there are emotional level expressions, there are cognitive level feelings, there are psychological level comfort, and there are physical level avoidance. Funeral taboos involve both morality, ethics, cognition and aesthetics at the individual level, as well as order, stability, stability and harmony at the social level. Therefore, in funeral activities, taboos are not optional teachings and preaching, but regulations and requirements that should be observed or even must be observed, and anyone involved in funeral activities should be treated with caution.

In terms of speech, funeral taboos have the following aspects:

1, do not say death

Words related to death and death. Death is a law of nature, but people try to avoid it, for the simple reason that death is a terrible disaster, and it is unlucky for people to contact or even hear about death. The Book of Rites - Qu Li says: "The Death of the Son of Heaven is known as the Collapse, the Princes are known as The Emperor, the Doctors are known as pawns, the Soldiers are not Lu, and the Shu people are known to die." "There is both a sense of hierarchy and a avoidance of dead words. Although the ordinary people of Pingtou do not care, but pay attention to some also seem solemn and filial piety, so in funeral activities, in colloquial language, people generally refer to death as passing, passing away, the next life, the next life, the death, the death, the immortal world, etc., or that they are old, gone, gone, gone, and so on, and there are also said to enjoy happiness, ascend to heaven, go over there, etc. In short, a principle, no matter what word is used, not to say the word dead and to let the other party understand that it is dead, it is right.

2. Don't talk nonsense

The so-called nonsense refers to saying some false and untrue words. In Old Chinese, "delusion" is interpreted as being unjust, and "birth", "false", and "yiye", and "Explanation of Words" is interpreted as chaos. Birth refers to the meaning of nonsense without basis and falsehood; falsehood refers to the meaning of nonsense without basis for fabrication and fraud; and recklessness refers to the meaning of useful nonsense and no quality. Or there is no shadow and no shadow catching the wind and shadows, or intentional or unintentional nonsense with false rumors, or useful and useless nonsense. The Buddhists have four precepts, namely the four basic provisions that regulate and restrain the behavior of their disciples, one is not to kill; the second is not to steal; the third is not to be lascivious; and the fourth is not to speak in vain. Killing, stealing, and lasciviousness are all evil things, and the juxtaposition of nonsense shows that their meaning is extraordinary. Words arise from the heart, words are delusional, words are impure, the mind is not quiet, how to establish a Buddha. False words are taboo in general, and they are also particularly taboo in funeral activities. Whether it is a mourner or a mourner, to participate in the funeral, it is necessary to have a righteous mind, to make the state of mind compatible with the atmosphere of the funeral, not to think randomly, not to talk randomly, not to comment randomly, not to look at it randomly, not to praise people's beauty, not to say that people are ugly, not to hold people's faces, and not to discuss people's forms. When speaking, lower your eyebrows as low as possible, speak softly and slowly, avoid shouting loudly, avoid surprise and surprise, avoid making noise if no one is around, avoid making noise and scolding, and avoid scolding and complaining.

3. Don't sing

Singing refers to singing (singing), chanting (song yin), banbai (Daobai), etc., generally refers to entertainment activities, including singing, chanting, chanting, humming melodic songs and rhythmic tunes. In funeral activities, all those involved in the funeral are not allowed to sing and chant, except for the deities, Buddhas, the mourning of the main personnel, and the mourning and mourning of the mourning personnel and the mourning personnel.

Funeral activities should not whistle, snap fingers, etc.

Do not play more and more cheerful songs, such as trumpet blowing, but also play the music of sorrow and the sound of avoidance.

4. Don't say goodbye

When the mourner leaves, the filial piety or the mourning dress person who is specially responsible for welcoming the guests shall be sent out of the spiritual hall or family boundary. The members of the main family should thank each other and say some words of gratitude and thanksgiving, and the mourners should say some words of mourning and change, but they cannot say goodbye to each other, nor can they say goodbye, goodbye, see you back, etc. Saying goodbye on such occasions is certainly unlucky, because goodbye means goodbye to the funeral and should be avoided.