What are the funeral customs?

Funeral customs include round grave, seven-day burning, hundred-day burning, anniversary burning, and third anniversary burning.

1. Round grave

Since ancient times, Chinese funeral customs have included the custom of leaving the grave untouched three days from the day of the funeral. That is, those buried in the cemetery need to go to the cemetery to lay beams, place offerings, and burn incense. , trample on the yard, burn paper and other programs. (If the urn is stored in the funeral parlor, only offerings, incense and paper are placed.)

2. Burn seven times

From the day of death, paper is burned every seven days. Burn it seven times and pass through seven halls. Seven seven, forty-nine days. For burning seven. People today often change the number seven to four, namely: one seven, three seven, five seven, seven seven.

According to funeral customs, seventy-seven and seventy-seven burn mainly the son of the deceased, which is called "head and tail"; thirty-seven, burn the deceased's daughter-in-law as the main burner; fifth-seven, burn the deceased's daughter as the main burner. . (Burn five pots of paper flowers). According to funeral customs, burn seven (do seven).

3. Burning for a hundred days, burning for the anniversary, and burning for the third anniversary

100 days after the death of the deceased, the filial son should go to the grave to burn the paper and money, or bring the soul of the deceased home to pay homage. . This is also a small sacrifice, also known as "Hundred Days".

Anniversaries are divided into anniversary, second anniversary and third anniversary. The first and second anniversaries are both small sacrifices, and the third anniversary is the most grand. Generally, big events are held, a sacrificial tent is set up, drummers, yin and yang groups are invited to perform rituals, chant sutras, present paper works, wreaths, etc.

Extended information:

During the funeral, everyone holding the rope towing the hearse sang an elegy together. The lyrics of the elegy written by Tian Heng's disciples in the Han Dynasty include two chapters: "Xie Lu" and "Hao Li". At that time, Tian Heng committed suicide. The guests mourned him and started singing sadly. The meaning of the lyrics is that people are like dew on the wormwood, which is easy to dry out and perish. It is also believed that after death, the soul returns to the wormwood south of Mount Tai. So there are these two chapters.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Funeral Customs

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