The ancient system of mourning required that no one should marry within three years after the death of a relative, and no red couplets should be pasted during the Spring Festival. So what's the taboo about the death of a relative in Spring Festival? Let's get to know.
Don't go out to celebrate new year, especially friends, if it's OK with your relatives
The taboo of funeral and burial: the funeral of the good dead and the murderous shall not be confused; widows, pregnant women and puerperas shall not be allowed to participate in the funeral; remarried couples shall be buried differently. Funeral taboo: coffin going out: generally, you have to choose a more auspicious day for funeral, avoid two-day burial. Coffin on the road: the filial son is dressed in mourning clothes, holding a mourning stick and a soul flag, guiding the coffin and the funeral team
Mother died, three years, the Spring Festival can not paste red couplets, can not wear red clothes. The ancient system of mourning requires that one should not get married within three years after the death of one's relative, stick red couplets or wear red clothes during the Spring Festival, because red represents celebration. To express the mourning and missing of the dead. According to the traditional custom, three years after a baby is born
After the death of the old man, the filial son should keep filial piety for three years. "The Analects of Confucius & middot; Yanghuo": kill me and ask: 'three years of mourning, it has been a long time. If a gentleman doesn't do the rites for three years, the rites will be broken; if he doesn't do the pleasures for three years, the pleasures will fall. The old Valley is not there, the new one is rising, and the time has come for the old one to change from the old one to the new one. 'Confucius said:' rice is the best food, and brocade is the best clothing. Is it safe for you? 'he said:' an. "If you are safe, you will do it! The residence of a gentleman
No red candles for white candles, no red couplets
You can't stick red couplets for three years. You can't go to relatives' houses for new year's Eve,
Setting off firecrackers and affixing couplets are the expression of happy events. Of course, you can't set off firecrackers and affixing couplets when you die. But if the old man in the family dies, it's called "happy mourning", which means setting off firecrackers and affixing couplets. There's also that the bereaved family doesn't pay homage to the new year
Confucius said: 'filial piety begins with a matter of kinship and ends with a matter of monarchy. Filial piety, which plays a very important role in Chinese traditional culture, is regarded as the foundation of virtue. When the old man dies, his children will wear their hats. The filial piety man should wear a linen straw hat; the filial piety daughter (including the daughter-in-law) should wear coarse linen; the other relatives should wear a white cloth around their waist (some of them are covered with black yarn). Bereaved or ask a Taoist to chant sutras and incantations.
In this way, you don't belong to filial piety, your father belongs to filial piety, there is nothing to pay special attention to, but you don't go to the grave to worship in the menstrual period and milk supplement period. Generally speaking, after 49 days, you can go home for 49 days. Don't run around for 49 days. If you are low-key and peaceful, you can.
During the morgue, he was moved to the spiritual bed in the main room, where he spent the last moment of his life under the protection of his relatives. This is called "mourning". Mourning ceremony mourning can be said to be the first ceremony after the death of a person. It uses the way of signaling to tell relatives, friends and villagers about the news of someone's death. Detailed soul summoning and sending ceremony: the soul of a guest who died in another country cannot be found