What does condolences mean?

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Condolence means paying homage to the deceased and condolences to his family. Specifically, it means that after receiving the obituary notice, relatives and friends pay condolences and express condolences to the deceased's family. The deceased's family should cry over the corpse in the room, kneel down to express gratitude to those who come to express condolences, and greet and send them off as gifts.

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Condolences are from "Shuo Yuan·Xiu Wen". : "The guests all express their condolences." "A Warning to the World: A Gui Member Confessed for Being Abroad": "Zhi De did not want to be an official, but returned to politics. After hearing about the charity, his family became poor, and he couldn't bear it. I specially came to express my condolences. "Pu Songling of the Qing Dynasty" "Liaozhaizhiyi·Jin Monk": "Xianhua, the scholar-official couple, came to express their condolences and put a hat on the road." Chapter 2 of Hong Shen's "Film and Drama Performance": " It happened that his master passed away, and he went to his home to express his condolences."

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Consecration ceremony: Come. The mourners must kneel down to the deceased amidst the sounds of mourning and music. It is commonly known as "the first to die is the greatest", so except for the elders who do not kneel down, even the ordinary people have to kneel down. In some places, condolences are called "worship sacrifices". Generally, relatives and friends send incense, candles, firecrackers, paper money, and cloth as sacrificial gifts. In addition to incense and paper, relatives of the son-in-law and natal family must prepare pig heads and geese as sacrificial gifts. When those who came to express their condolences arrived, some of them even cried and sang about the friendly relationship they had with the deceased during their lifetime, and told the deceased how to bless him and so on. The cooked pig's head and the goose's head are made into one piece. When the time comes, one set is worshiped in front of the soul, and then worshiped in order from the senior to the junior. All the descendants of the deceased knelt before the soul, worshiped and cried bitterly.

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In today's cities, condolence ceremonies have been greatly simplified, mainly farewells to the body and holding memorial services. The people who came to express their condolences were dressed in plain clothes, wearing white flowers and black gauze. Amidst the gentle sounds of mourning music, they bowed to the body one by one in condolences, and then walked around the body to pay homage to the remains.

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