Intergenerational burial methods in rural cemeteries

The elders are buried at the top of the younger generation, usually with their heads facing north and their feet facing south. The whole family cemetery is pyramid-shaped, with great-great-grandfather (grandfather) and other generations at the top, great-great-grandfather's sons below, and grandchildren at their feet.

For example, to the northeast and southwest:

1, the first grave in the northeast is the oldest in the whole family, with the northeast head and southwest foot.

2. Bury your son under your feet. For example, he has three sons, the eldest son is in front of his left, the second son is under his right foot, and the third son is in front of his right. That is, when a living person faces his grave, his eldest son is on his right hand side, his third son is on his left hand side, and his second son is in the middle. His three graves are equidistant.

3. Every generation is arranged according to this burial method. If one of the children of a certain generation has more children, the distance between the graves of the brothers of the previous generation will be expanded according to the number of children, so that one or more of them can be arranged. The highest generation is like the apex of a triangle. The further down, the more children there are, like an endless triangle. The distance between two generations is about two meters.

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Burial ceremony:

At first, most people were buried in the earth, and cremation gradually became a trend because of the limited burial places. The cremation process is basically carried out according to the burial ceremony. For example, if you choose the right cremation, register at the crematorium in advance and honor your family before cremation. After cremation, the family members saw the crematorium staff pick the bones into the urn, so "cremation" is equivalent to burial.

The dutiful son "enters the tower" with the urn, and also chooses a time to worship in front of the pagoda. Because the tower is mostly in the shape of gossip, and the orientation is properly selected, the urn (bone urn) will be moved into the tower at the selected time, and the ceremony will be completed after the worship.