Happiness is an old superstitious custom in China. When someone in the family is seriously ill, actions such as organizing happy events (such as getting married) are used to drive away evil spirits and hope to turn the crisis into safety.
Word: Chongxi
Pinyin: chōng xǐ
Definition: A superstitious custom in which a family member who is critically ill performs happy events to drive away the illness.
The so-called "happy event" is a feudal superstitious behavior in China. Its content is to let a patient who has been ill for a long time marry someone else and use this "happy event" to "wash away" bad luck. , in order to achieve the effect of treating diseases. Sometimes, children can also be married to celebrate their sick parents.
However, in modern civilized society, this superstitious behavior has long been abandoned by people, and it is no longer used to treat diseases and eliminate disasters. However, as a Chinese vocabulary, it usually appears in literary and artistic works.
Extended information
Related superstitious customs: ghost marriage
Word: ghost marriage
Pinyin: míng hūn
Interpretation: To marry a dead man and woman.
Ghost marriage is to find a spouse for a dead person. Some boys and girls, after getting engaged, both died for some reason before they could get married. At that time, the old people believed that if they did not get married for them, their ghosts would cause trouble and make the family uneasy.
Therefore, a ghost marriage ceremony must be held for them (her), and finally they are buried together to become husband and wife, and their bones are buried together. This also prevents lonely graves from appearing in the tombs of the male and female families.
In the old days, people were generally superstitious about the so-called "feng shui" of cemeteries, believing that the presence of a lonely grave would affect the prosperity of future generations of the family. At that time, some "Feng Shui masters" (called "Kanyu" in ancient times) tried their best to encourage such ghost marriages in order to make more money. Ghost marriages often occur among nobles or wealthy families, while poor families generally do not engage in such activities.
Reference materials
Baidu Encyclopedia-Ghost Marriage