Then, from the perspective of cemetery geomantic omen, what is the emphasis on burial? Come and have a look with me!
When the deceased dies and loses his home, he will look for the family elders and several people will go to the family cemetery together. Determine the burial place of the deceased according to the generation, age and male members of the family. If the deceased did not die suddenly, this work should have been completed when the deceased was critically ill, and the excavation of the grave was carried out after the death of the deceased. In the northern countryside, digging a grave is called digging a pit.
Most people who cheat are mistresses of the same family. There are also neighbors to help. Before digging a hole, the dutiful son should pay homage to the ancestral grave, burn some paper money, and then pay homage to the grave. The memorial ceremony is very simple. Just light a wick and kowtow a few times. The first three shovels should be dug by the dutiful son himself to show filial piety. The graves are all vertical. Similar to a coffin, it is also big-small. Both length and width are two or two feet larger than the coffin. Leave room for lowering the pivot. The depth of the tomb depends on the terrain, high slopes should be dug deep, and low-lying areas should be shallow. The depth is usually seven or eight feet, so there is four or five feet of soil on the pivot.
Many places have the custom of warming acupoints. After the grave is dug, burn a fire in the cave, commonly known as warm nest. People believe that the dead buried in warm caves can live in a warm and comfortable underworld. Some people pour some plant ash into their graves, which means that fireworks keep on and life is happy.
The funeral procession came to the cemetery, and the porter adjusted his direction and carried the bar bed to the grave. Aim the pivot at the grave, with the front facing north and the back facing south. The victim rushed northwest and southeast in the coffin. Sitting up facing the southeast symbolizes reincarnation and will once again set foot on the Yang world. The porter used two thick hemp ropes, one through the front bottom of the coffin. One rope passes through the back bottom, and the four rope ends are respectively wound on the two vertical rods of the rod bed, similar to pulleys.
The end of each rope is carried on the shoulder by a strong pole with two or three people to help. Immediately, the crossbar supporting the pivot was pulled out to form a suspension. After a little sliding, the coffin was placed at the bottom of the hole, and then the rope was pulled out. The coffin of the rich family is big and heavy, and for safety reasons, hemp rope is pierced in the middle of the pivot. According to the trade, the last two hemp ropes are called "buckle flowers", the second two are called "outer flowers" and the fourth one is called "eight flowers". If you slide down, this fulcrum is called "shaking flowers"
When the porter lets the coffin slide down, the relatives of the deceased will gather around the grave and perform the last cry in the funeral. At the same time, paper vehicles, paper horses, paper men and other paper funerary objects were burned. The door blower will also blow the last funeral at this time.
Before placing the coffin at the bottom of the tomb, it is necessary to correct the orientation so that the coffin can be placed in the tomb without bias or inclination as required. The grave is deep and the coffin is heavy, and sometimes it is difficult to put it in the right position. The common method is to adjust the position of Linghe River by shaking hemp rope. If this doesn't work, you must use a lever to enter the bottom of the tomb and use the earth help in the tomb pit to straighten the coffin. Generally, you don't need to move directly with your hands and feet. On the one hand, your face is deep in the grave, and your hands and feet are not easy to reach. On the other hand, I am afraid that I will pedal too hard and let people slide down the grave. A major accident will happen, and the parties will think it is unlucky.
Grave filling cannot be started at will. First, the eldest son of the deceased should grab a handful of soil and put it on the coffin, while other children and relatives should grab the tomb one after another. After the ceremony of "adding soil", people filled the grave with shovels. In some places, when the soil is not filled to the fulcrum, a small clay pot is put inside, and some food is put in the pot. The deceased put it on the left and the deceased put it on the right.
It is said that when the coffin is buried together in the future, the pot is controlled, which indicates that the coffin will be dug up. When the grave is finished, the dutiful son inserts his own banner in front of the grave. There are also such regulations in rural areas in the north. After the funeral, the relatives and family members of the deceased who attended the funeral should not go back to their homes, but go directly to their homes.