There is "happy mourning" in funeral culture, so what exactly is joyful mourning?

In ancient times, when average life expectancy was low, old people who died after the age of 80 expressed joyful mourning. Now they may be a hundred years old. In short, the older and older you are, the more you meet the criteria of happiness and mourning.

People call the death of children in childhood as mourning, and Confucius said that at thirty, he stood upright, at forty he was not confused, at fifty his ears were obedient, at sixty he knew destiny, and at seventy he was seventy old. When you reach eighty, you are truly a long-lived person, so even if you die at this time, it is a happy event.

When the funeral is held, there is no need to cry endlessly, but to smile and play and play. Because in ancient Chinese legends, most people who are qualified to celebrate mourning are extremely kind-hearted people. They did too many good deeds during their lifetime, and then they died without any pain. Such people usually have many children and grandchildren and are carefree.

Since ancient times, various etiquettes in our country have been extremely complicated, and funerals are no exception. Funerals are different from traditional funerals. The mourners can take off their clothes normally after the deceased is buried. Dutiful sons and daughters can have normal haircuts and get married normally within a hundred days, without any taboos. The mourning cloth is also quite different. Ordinary funerals can only wear white mourning cloth, but weddings and funerals can wear red. Among the many people who bear filial piety, the filial piety cloth of the grandchildren is the most important. On the basis of the red filial piety cloth of the grandchildren, a yellow filial piety cloth is added.

Because it is a time of mourning, many people will take some fruit offerings home, because it is said that eating the fruits offered for mourning can prolong life and eliminate disasters. The mourning cloth can also be stolen. It is said that if the mourning cloth is taken home and made into clothes for children under 12 years old, it can protect the children's health and growth. The standard for joyful mourning is actually very high. It requires a person to live to be over eighty years old and die normally, and to have descendants. If not, it is not enough to be joyful and mournful.