What are Tou 737 and 57?

The first seven days are the funeral customs of the Chinese people. According to the time of death of the deceased, plus the time calculated by the heavenly stems and earthly branches, it is generally considered to be the seventh day after the death of the person. After that, there is a sacrifice every seven days. By analogy, "March 7" is the twenty-first day after the death, "May 7" is the thirty-fifth day after the death, and "Seven Seven" is the forty-nine days after the death. This is the end.

On the first seven days, the son burns paper money, burns incense, prepares livestock dishes and drinks as a drink offering

On the third seven days, the daughter burns paper money and burns incense

On the fifth seventh day, the married granddaughter burns paper money and burns incense

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the son will burn paper money, burn incense, prepare livestock, dishes and drink offerings

Burn incense and offer sacrifices after daytime

1: Since ancient times, Chinese funeral customs include: from the day of the funeral The custom of the three-day original grave is that those who are buried in the cemetery need to go to the cemetery to place the beams, place offerings, burn incense, step on the yard, and burn paper. .

2: From the day of death, paper should be burned every seven days, burning seven times, passing through the seven halls, for seventy-seven, forty-nine days, this is called burning seven (also called: doing Seven). At present, the number seven is often changed to four times, namely: one seven (replaced by the three-day original grave), three seven, five seven, seven seven, (now only the odd number is burned, and the big seven is burned). 17, 77, the deceased's son is the main one, called: There is a head and a tail; 37, the deceased's daughter-in-law is the main one; 57, the deceased's daughter is the main one (burn five pots of paper flowers). /p>

How to count the first seven hours?

The superstitious saying is that after seven children, it is time to go and see your relatives. This is the meal prepared to avoid missing the world and become a wandering soul. It cannot be said that those things should be placed in front of the portrait during the seventh supper.

Touqi is a Chinese funeral custom. It is customary to believe that "Touqi" refers to people. It is generally believed that the soul of the deceased will return home on the seventh day after death. The family should prepare a meal for the soul of the deceased before the soul returns. After that, the soul must avoid it. The best way is to sleep. You should also hide in bed; if the soul of the deceased is allowed to see his family members, it will make him miss him, which will affect his reincarnation. The shape of things allows the soul to follow this "ladder" to heaven.