What are the precautions when choosing a funeral date?

After the body converges, the coffin will be sent to the burial place for burial. This is called mourning, also called "mourning", commonly known as "mourning". After the mortuary sacrifice, you can go out for funeral. In many ethnic groups, the date of funeral should be carefully chosen.

According to superstition, people who die on the first day should be buried on a soft day; If you die in Rouri, you must choose to be buried in Gangri, and Gangri and Rouri should cooperate well. Otherwise, it will be unlucky. According to superstition, whoever dies in odd months should be buried in even months; Even the dead should be buried in odd months. Odd and even months should also be coordinated. Otherwise, it will be unlucky. If it can't be buried in time, it can be buried first. In Henan, there is also the custom of burying the moon, which is related to surnames. It is said that Zhang, Wang and Li are all surnamed people, and it is forbidden to be buried together in the twelfth lunar month. The rest of the surnames are forbidden to be buried in March and September. If there is a funeral in the taboo month, it will be arranged for burial on March 37 and May 7, and it is necessary to avoid the taboo month. Special circumstances need to be buried in time, only with blue bricks, not buried underground. In Taiwan Province Province and some southern areas, people are used to being buried in July. According to folklore, July is a ghost month, and July 15th is a ghost festival. In that month, ghosts from the underworld will come to the world to beg. In order to avoid ghosts, I avoided this month's funeral.

In the old society, the custom of avoiding "heavy mourning" was widely circulated among the people. According to the local custom in Zhejiang province, "heavy mourning" refers to the date of birth of the deceased, which is the same as the time of death of the deceased. Commonly known as "no bright moon". In this case, special funerals are usually held in the third and fifth watch and carried to the suburbs. You can't cry without hemp. You have to wait seven days before you call your relatives and friends, and then you can make up for the funeral. However, in Taiwan Province Province, "heavy mourning" refers to some kind of funeral anniversary. As the saying goes, when one day he was buried, he made a heavy loss, that is, he lost his loved ones and died again. The local mourning days are: 1 month 1 day, February 2, March 5, April 3, May 4, June 1 day, July 4 ... 1 February1day, and so on. If you have to be buried on the day of heavy mourning because of special things, you must take some rituals. Spelling, generally in the first month, March, June, September and December, is a "six Geng day punishment"; February book "Six Dead Celestials"; April book "Six People in Heaven Prison"; July book "Liu Jia Tianfu"; August book "Liu Yide" and so on. However, the rules of writing words every month are not very strict, and there are also phenomena of writing words in series. But in general, it is only an analogy of such words.

Ethnic minorities have something in common with the Han nationality in the belief of choosing a day for funeral. The Koreans, Hezhe and Manchu in Northeast China all choose to have a funeral on a single day, but not on two days. It is said that a two-day funeral means that two people will die. "Lemo people" should not work at sunrise and rest at sunset, nor should they mourn at sunrise, otherwise it would be unlucky. Jingpo people in Yunnan believe that the animals that will enter the cave in the zodiac are the most auspicious when choosing the funeral date. It is best to belong to the dragon, snake and mouse for three days, and avoid funerals on rest days. The Dong people in Guizhou are most afraid of "going to Japan". The Miao people in Wujiao Township of Taijiang County are most afraid of "committing double-date crimes". In some ethnic areas of Guangxi, the date of "heavy mourning" is taboo. If Bai people have a heavy funeral, they must hang a red silk horse in nave, or hang a chicken upside down on the coffin, make a small coffin with bamboo shoots, send the small coffin with dead chicken out of the hole dug on the threshold, and then bury it on the road to break it. As for the Ba people in Milin County, Tibet, the date of the funeral is decided by the ceremony of the wizard killing the chicken to see the divination, and the direction of the lines on the chicken liver indicates good or bad luck. In addition, in some ethnic areas close to the Han nationality, the date is determined by the divination ceremony of Mr. Yin and Yang.

There are also some ethnic groups and regions that choose not only dates but also times. When someone dies in the Yi family, they usually stay at home for a short time, mostly buried in the morning and afternoon. Die in the afternoon and bury in the morning. But there is no funeral at noon. It is generally believed that going out at noon will lead to disaster and misfortune. Miao people (black Miao people) in Yunnan usually go to the funeral in the morning. Miao Hua and Bai Miao hold funerals in the afternoon and dusk. Just a few days ago, the Miao people (Bai Miao) in Guizhou Province lost their lives. Hezhe people in Heilongjiang province in northeast China usually hold funerals at noon. The funeral time of Yao people in Guangdong and other places is mostly at noon or afternoon, which is considered to be the most auspicious moment. The funeral ceremony is very simple. Sometimes you just need to look through the imperial calendar or ask "Mr. Yin Yang". However, the contents and aspects involved in this ceremony are extremely extensive. If you are not careful, you may feel guilty. Be careful.