Why should the funeral in the countryside be staged in a big way?

It's because of the funeral. In fact, we live in the countryside, and it is not uncommon for "weddings and funerals", if some old people at home die.

people in the village will comfort their families with "weddings and funerals", saying that the old people have enjoyed enough and lived for a long time. At this age, they left peacefully without suffering, which is not a funeral, but a "wedding and funeral".

Although some seemingly "festive" ceremonies will make people unaccustomed when people handle "weddings and funerals", this so-called "festive" actually hides the sadness of family members and the respect and mourning for the deceased.

Extended information:

People in China believe that people go to the underworld after death and continue their lives there. Therefore, not only should the elderly be filial before their death, but after their death, they still have to burn some mingbi and offer some tobacco, alcohol and food for their deceased parents and other deceased relatives on Qingming Festival, Ghost Festival and Spring Festival every year. At the same time, I also told them some recent things at home, hoping that they could bless themselves in another world and solve some problems smoothly.

This is actually a psychological inertia, because when the old people are alive, their children have to listen to their opinions and sometimes do what they ask. Therefore, after the death of the elderly, some things will still be habitually told to them.