Birth, old age, illness and death are the normal state of life, and everyone will have three most important occasions in his life, which is also the most grand occasion. Only on these three occasions will relatives and friends get together. One is life, the other is marriage and the other is death.
The so-called funeral is naturally the etiquette and custom of funeral.
After the death of a loved one, the family will hold a funeral to remember him; After the funeral, just
Burial is the last link of the funeral, and naturally there are many customs and etiquette. When the coffin is sent to the cemetery, it will be placed in the grave. When the coffin falls down, relatives will grab the soil next to the grave and scatter it on the coffin. This link is called "adding soil".
"Adding soil" should be done not only at the time of burial, but also in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year.
After adding soil, it is customary to put a bowl on the coffin. This bowl is called "rice bowl for clothes".
Before the deceased is buried, the folk custom of putting a "rice bowl" on the coffin is actually to move the grave for the deceased in the future, so when breaking ground, you must go into battle lightly. The ancients believed that graves were places where the dead could sleep. If you do something irregular in front of the grave of the deceased, it will disturb the deceased, let alone move the grave for the deceased.
Therefore, when moving the grave, the action must be light, so as not to disturb the ancestors and bring misfortune to everyone.