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After death, there are customs at home, such as sending the dead, dressing, saving money, stopping the bed, tripping over ropes, watching the funeral, burning paper money, reporting the funeral, and beating graves.
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Farewell: the children at home should serve around the clock and send messages to the children outside to urge them to come back soon. After receiving such telegrams and letters, the children are eager to return. They run around day and night, longing for their hometown, crying and trying to meet their relatives. If they don't see each other for a while, not only will the elderly not be disappointed, but even their children will regret it for life and be accused of unfilial. Children guarding their parents' death are called "death". At this time, in front of everyone, the old man talked about some things behind him, such as who should be the "shopkeeper", the inheritance of career, the disposal of property, the exchange of accounts and debts, and teaching future generations to be a man. , also known as "Tuojia". Children should answer the old man's last words one by one, so that the old man can rest assured that he will not change his mind even after death. If the descendants and relatives of the deceased watched him die, the people thought it was a rare "good death". The old man is dying, and his children and grandchildren are still busy with their work, which is bound to be criticized by everyone and scolded by relatives and neighbors.
Dressing: When the deceased is dying, relatives will shave his head (male), comb his hair (female), wash his hands and have a facelift. You must wear a shroud (commonly known as "old clothes") before you die. First, it is not easy to wear after death; Second, it is said that people wear clothes after death, that is to say, when they arrive in the underworld, they are naked and have no clothes. Shrouds are mostly prepared early. According to the local custom, the shroud should be sewn in the leap month of leap year, which means "merit and moist" for future generations. Shroud sleeves should be long enough to cover the tips of hands, and short sleeves should not be exposed. Otherwise, the descendants of the younger generation will reach for food naked. From the number of shroud pieces, it means wearing a single one to avoid double killing; Wear plain cloth on shroud cloth and avoid twill cloth, for fear that there will be an "evil" word and the younger generation will engage in crooked ways.
Take a bite of money: when a person dies, he must put the prepared "bite of money" into the population at once. And "taking a bite of money" is also called "fixing the mouth". It is a copper coin or other metal coin. After wearing it on the mouth of the deceased, tie the other part of the red line to the shroud belt to prevent it from slipping into the abdomen and waiting for filling.
Stop the bed: when the patient changes into the shroud, he should move it from the bedroom to the main room of the hall. As a formal place where the dying man died, relatives are waiting for him to leave peacefully. This is what people often say "die a natural death".
Tripping rope: Before the corpse is buried, a rope loop is put on the ankle, commonly known as "tripping rope". Legend has it that during the "mortuary", if there is lightning or a cat jumps over the body, the deceased will suddenly stand up and hold on to something or someone, which is called "never miss", which is very scary. So trip with hemp rope and untie the coffin when it is full.
Mourning chicken: the corpse is parked on the corpse bed, and a white cock is tied to the foot of the bed, which is called "mourning chicken". The Mourning Chicken will be tied to the funeral. It is said that it can prevent cats, mice and insects from biting corpses. "Look at the funeral chicken" can only be sold in the market, and you can't kill if you lose your family. It is generally believed that chickens are mourned for the elderly and it is unlucky to kill them.
Burning paper money: According to legend, Cai Lun invented papermaking, which caused a sensation all over the world and gained fame and fortune. Cai Lun's sister-in-law was jealous and forced Cai Lun's brother Cai Mo to learn papermaking. Cai Mo did a paper behind his brother's back and didn't get the point. The paper was dark and thick, and no one came to buy it. It was piled up all over the room. Sister-in-law Cai Lun felt deeply guilty and died suddenly. In a rage, Cai Mo burned paper in front of his wife's coffin and heard her shout in the coffin: "Open the door, open the door! When people opened the coffin, Cai Mo's wife sat up and muttered, "The dead have money, and the underworld uses paper for business." If my husband doesn't burn paper, who will let me come back? "Later, everyone said that I was dead, and the children sent me to the palace of hell. Hell made me suffer. On the way, the husband burned paper to give money, and the children scrambled for it. They got the money and saved me from hell. In this way, the news that the paper made by Cai Mo can be used as money in the underworld quickly spread, and the original mountain of paper was snapped up. Cai Mo knew that it was his wife who deliberately pretended to be dead in order to sell paper, and there was no deep responsibility. As a result, the custom of burning paper for funeral has been handed down. Today, people still burn rough paper with deep color, commonly known as "bucket bottom paper" and "ascending bottom paper".
Mourning: After the body of the deceased stops bed, the teacher of Yin and Yang will be asked to estimate the time of "coming out of the disaster" according to the time of the deceased's death, and the specific dates of the guests' hanging, funeral burial, "over seven", centenary, first anniversary, second anniversary and third anniversary, and list these dates on white paper and stick them on the wall, and the funeral ceremony will be carried out as scheduled. At the same time, the leaders of the "father and son" were invited to discuss how to organize the funeral, the "manager" was invited, the "guests" were called, the chef was booked, the blow-blowers were arranged, and the funeral was organized. The general manager makes overall arrangements and directs actions, and the victim only pays the goods as a dutiful son.
Grave robbery: people should be buried as soon as possible after they die. Therefore, playing with the tomb is the first important thing in the funeral. The local people have always believed in "Feng Shui" and "Pulse Qi" in particular, and believed that if the ancestors lived in "Feng Shui Treasure Land", the children and grandchildren of the younger generation would be promoted to a higher position and maintain prosperity. The rich say "the pulse in the grave is good", and the poor say "there is nothing in the grave". The fate of future generations is attributed to the geomantic omen in the graves of predecessors. Therefore, people are very cautious and serious about the choice of tomb sites.