Exquisite funeral
(1) The "thickness" of this reburial has two meanings. 1 is a rich burial, that is to say, there are many exquisite costumes and utensils buried with him. The second is about the construction of tombs. This thickness refers to the burial and construction of high graves.
(2) During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the systematization and completeness of funeral ceremonies prevailed among the people, and the funeral customs always influenced the thoughts of China people. The customs of fasting, geomantic omen and burial on July 7th were completed in the Zhou Dynasty. Some scholars pointed out the reason, thick burial and thin burial alternately. Popular.
During this period, funeral etiquette gradually became institutionalized, graded and legalized, and ceremony became one of the "Five Rites" in ancient times. Become complete and mature. Aristocratic Burials in Sui and Tang Dynasties During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the origin level of traditional funeral customs in China was often related to the identity of the tomb owner, and Confucian funeral etiquette gradually formed.
Simple burial
(1) Burials are simple and frugal. Xunzi Zheng Lun: "Tombs are too thin. The coffin is three inches thick and has three collars. " Han Wang Chong's On the Balance of Thin Burial: "The sage's business saves money on thin burial." Shen Ming Defu's "Wild Tales, Rebellion and Burial": "If Wang is poor, he is not expected to be buried in a thick way ... Shi Yan, the eunuch of Nanjing who manages Wanshou Cave, suffers from the lack of big bricks or gives a speech, and the ancient tomb near Yunyun is very large. If you tear it down, as a supplement, it will be a disaster for you and be buried thinly. "
(2) Mozi put forward the idea of "saving money by thin burial". Legalist Han Feizi also advocated that the deceased "wear winter clothes in winter, summer clothes, three inches coffin and two days of funeral"; Wang Chong, a philosopher in the Eastern Han Dynasty, also criticized the heavy burial, saying that "when you die, you don't care about your life, and your wealth will do everything for you, and your family will send friends." He believes that "thin burial saves money" and puts forward that "thin burial is ok".