What are the funeral customs?

Funeral customs include round graves, burning for seven days, burning for a hundred days, burning for the anniversary, burning for the third anniversary and so on.

1, circular tomb

Since ancient times, the funeral custom in China has had the custom of going to the original grave three days after the funeral, that is, people buried in the cemetery need to go to the cemetery to beam, place offerings, burn incense, step on the yard, burn paper and other procedures. The urn is stored in the funeral home, where only offerings, incense and burning paper are placed.

2, burn seven

From the date of death, people burn paper once every seven days, seven times, seven classes, and forty-nine days, which is called burning seven. Today, people often change from seven to four, namely: 17, 37, 57, 77.

According to the funeral custom, it was burned on July 17, 1977, mainly by the son of the deceased, and it was called: a head and a tail; Sanqi, mainly the daughter-in-law of the deceased; Five or seven, mainly the daughters of the deceased. (Burn five pots of paper flowers). According to the funeral custom, burn seven (do seven).

3, burn one hundred days, burn anniversary, burn the third anniversary.

100 After the death of the deceased, the dutiful son will go to the grave to burn paper money, or invite the deceased to go home to pay homage. This is also a small sacrifice, also called "Hundred Days Sacrifice".

The anniversary is divided into the first, second and third anniversaries. The first and second anniversary are small sacrifices, and the third anniversary is the most grand. It's usually a big deal. Set up a sacrificial shed, invite drum music and Yin and Yang teams to recite scriptures, and offer paper products and wreaths.

Extended data:

At the funeral, all the people holding the ropes of the hearse sang an elegy together. The elegy written by Tian Heng's disciples in Han Dynasty includes two chapters: Autumn Record and Hao Li. At that time, Tian Heng committed suicide, and the public mourned and began to lament. The lyrics mean that people are like dew on grass leaves, which are easy to dry up and perish. They think that people are dead and their souls return to Artemisia argyi at the southern foot of Mount Tai. So there are these two chapters.

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