What is a funeral?

There are many traditional funeral ceremonies, and there is a special funeral ceremony called "wedding funeral", which means to hold the funeral as a happy event. What are the details of weddings and funerals, and what kind of funerals can be called "weddings and funerals"? The ferryman will take you to find out:

First, the origin of weddings and funerals

The expression of "funeral music" was first recorded in detail in the funeral category of Clearing Banknotes created by Xu Ke, editor of the Republic of China. The book says: "People have mourning, mourning without happiness. However, there are so-called mourners who are happy to have both the blessing of the deceased and the life of the deceased. "

It can be seen that the judgment standard of funeral is based on the good or ill luck of the deceased's life, and not all funerals of the elderly deceased can be called funerals.

Second, the definition of funeral

The judgment of the funeral mentioned above depends on the good or ill luck of the deceased, specifically, it is "three blessings", that is, "all blessings, all births and all deaths".

The "blessing" in the whole blessing does not refer to worldly pleasures such as fame and fortune, but to family harmony, prosperity of the deceased, filial piety of children and grandchildren and happiness of the whole family;

Full life means that the deceased is over 80 years old. This standard was quite strict in ancient times when the average life span was very short, so there were very few dead people who could really reach the full life span. Today, with the development of medical technology, people's average life expectancy has reached 76 years, so there are more and more elderly people who live long. The "full life" changes with the changes of the times, so it is generally believed that the dead over 70 can be called full life;

Generally speaking, total death means "a natural death", which means that the deceased did not die naturally because of major diseases or natural disasters, but had a decent and complete farewell.

A funeral that meets the above conditions of "three holidays" is a traditional wedding funeral.

Holding weddings and funerals for the deceased who died in three ways is not only to make the deceased leave the world gracefully, but also to protect the well-being of future generations. If you have any questions about funeral customs/white mourning, you can send a private message to the ferryman and someone will answer your questions.