Why do ancient people go to funerals after death, and people who choose to carry coffins should be cautious?

China is a country that attaches great importance to what remains. Especially in ancient times, due to the influence of local Taoism, many people believed that people would not die after death. This is especially true for ancient emperors, who were very concerned about what was behind them. It took more than ten years to build many imperial tombs, and some people were buried after death, or there were countless funerary objects, which showed that the ancients paid great attention to what was behind them.

The ancient emperors' houses were like this, and so were ordinary poor people. Although the graves of ordinary people are not as good as the underground palaces of emperors, many people are still willing to prepare a good coffin for them after death. This is also the importance of things after death.

For ordinary people, they choose people who carry coffins carefully after death, which involves a very important custom. Before we talk about this custom, let's talk about a famous story of carrying coffins in history.

This story has something to do with Emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Jiaqing went to the summer resort when he was in his sixties. To his surprise, he died suddenly in the summer resort. For the death of Emperor Jiaqing, there is a saying that Jiaqing was killed by lightning, but the history books did not explain it. The history books say that Jiaqing died of illness.

No matter how he died, the funeral still needs to be handled. He is the emperor, of course, he can't be buried near the summer resort, but the summer resort is not generally close to Beijing. At this time, the first thing to do is to find a coffin and send the emperor back to Beijing.

Then, a record-breaking thing happened in history. In order to transport Emperor Jiaqing's coffin back to Beijing, according to historical records, more than 8,000 people carried it for Jiaqing alone. These 8000 people are not all carrying coffins, but carrying coffins like relay races.

Why is this? This comes to the topic we are talking about today. Because coffins can't touch the ground Even after the death of ordinary people, if you are careful, you will find that coffins hardly touch the ground from making to burial. This is a very important custom of the ancients. According to this custom, the coffin landing means taking root. Placing the coffin on the ground casually will make the deceased uneasy and not good for their families. So there is this saying.