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What does the first seven mean?

The first seven is a funeral custom. It is customary to think that "the first seven" refers to the seventh day after a person dies.

There are many customs and habits in our country with a long history, which have been handed down from our ancestors. The first seven is one of them, so let me tell you the specific meaning of the first seven. Details 1

The first seven is a funeral custom. It is customary to think that "the first seven" refers to the seventh day after a person dies. It is generally believed that the soul of the deceased will return home in the "first seven days", and the family should prepare a meal for the soul of the deceased before it returns, and then it must be avoided. The best way is to sleep. If you can't sleep, you should also hide in bed. If the soul of the deceased sees his family, it will make him miss it, and it will affect his reincarnation. 2

It has also been said that when you go home on the first seven days, your family should burn a ladder-shaped thing at home and let your soul follow this ladder to the sky. From the Biography of Northern History Hu Guozhen: "Although Guozhen was old, he was elegant in Buddhism", and "from the beginning to July 7th, the imperial edict set up a thousand monks' fasting"; Sun Linghui's Biography of the Northern Qi Dynasty: "Since the death of Chuo (Nanyang King), Linghui has always invited monks to set a fast for Chuo every seven days and one hundred days." 3

There is a folk custom of "keeping seven days". Since the death of the deceased, his family members have to hold a sacrifice every seven days until the 49th day, commonly known as "breaking seven days". Among them, the "first seven" and "six seven" (or "five seven") are the most grand. On the night of the "first seven days", the deceased were sacrificed, close relatives and friends stayed up all night, ate "first seven wonton" at midnight, and sent people to other people's fields to "steal vegetables" in order to be cursed by the thief's family. It is said that the more fierce the curse, the faster the wealth will be. However, people who have been stolen will be aware of the secret of "burning the first seven heads" nearby and keep silent. This folk custom still exists. 4

On the fifth or sixth seventh anniversary of the death of the deceased, the family members invited monks or Taoist priests to cross over, which was called "June 7th", and invited relatives and friends to attend the sacrifice. On the night before June 7th, the married daughter of the deceased bought three sacrifices and fruits to offer sacrifices, which was called "burning six or seven soup rice". This sacrificial table has been set until the afternoon of the anniversary of June 7th. After the "Seven Break", the funeral ended.