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Chapter 33

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    Today's "receiving three" is also the day of the big funeral[1].

    Since her mother passed away, Qing Wan has led her younger siblings to watch for her mother day and night.  The eldest brother Yu Mufan and a few cousins ??knelt in front of the coffin, while Qing Wan hugged her younger brother Yu Muyu and her sisters and guarded behind the coffin.

    Among the seven sisters, only one was born to Qing Wan's mother.  The second and third sisters were the mother's dowry maids, born to Aunt Xue.  The two younger sisters were in their cardamom years. As soon as the eldest sister Qing Wan got married, the second and third sisters moved into the daughter's building.  The 14-year-old second sister also has long hair, waiting to be married.  The Zhen family in the outer room has the eldest son Yu Mufan, the fourth sister Yingying, and the younger sister Xinyin for the Yu family.  The children in the outer room don't go home very often, and it was only because Mrs. Bai passed away that Mrs. Zhen let Mu Fan bring his younger sister back to Yu's house to keep filial piety for his aunt.

    [1] "Mourning for the Dead - Part 1" by Mei Yaochen. Poem

    Mr. Yin Yang calculated the burial time for his mother to be Si time.

    ? Before the big burial into the coffin, the eldest son must be accompanied by the relatives of the previous generation, weeping while walking to the waterfront, throwing money in the water, and bottled water downstream, which is called "buying water".  The water of return is used as the last offering to the mother to repay the kindness of nurturing.  But Bai's biological son is still young, so this procedure was replaced by Mu Fan.

    When encoffining, the eldest son holds the head and the second son holds the feet. If there are many children, the rest of the sons hold the waist. Four to six relatives and friends or weightlifters [coffin bearers] are invited to wrap the mother's waist with silk scarves, feet first.  Back out of the house.  The sun is shaded with a white cloth outside the house.  When entering the coffin, the mother's feet should be advanced into the coffin, and then slowly put the mother's body into the coffin.

    All of the above are entrusted to the nephew of the clan.

    When the bereaved family "puts the corpse in the coffin", it is the best time to show the filial piety of the children, and it is also the best occasion to formalize the filial piety of relatives.  Therefore, the family members all need to beat their chests and feet and cry.

    Qing Wan naturally burst into tears.

    Her heart-wrenching cry was not performed for the "bearers", but from the heart - the departure of her mother not only made her a "motherless" child, but also made her  Since then, I have lost my freedom.  Because, the mother's last words not only locked Qingwan's heart, but also tied her daughter's feet.

    Seeing that Qingwan passed out from crying, the two aunts hurried over to help her, and persuaded: "Girl, your filial piety can be seen by women. Good boy, don't cry, let your mother go away with peace of mind!"

    After being encoffined, the coffin is moved into the mourning hall, but it is not busy sealing the coffin, but the coffin lid is slanted on the body of the coffin, because there is also the custom of "eye coffin".  The so-called eye mortuary is to wait for the natal family to see the last side of the deceased.  The coffin can only be built at night or at the time chosen by Mr. Yin and Yang after the natal family inspects the clothing and bedding, and if there is no objection and is satisfied.

    Except for a younger sister who is far away in Sichuan, Bai's natal family has no other relatives.  Because her brother-in-law Liu Yun was demoted, it was impossible for her to return to Beijing for the funeral.  Therefore, the chief mourner decided to "cover the coffin".

    Before closing the coffin, the children have to crawl around the coffin for a week, which is called "coffin climbing".  The rest of the people need to stay away from the coffin, because it is taboo to leave people's shadows in the coffin when it is built.

    When covering the coffin, four specially made "shou nails" are used, and the carpenter wedges the nails in with an axe.  Because the mother passed away, two nails should be nailed on the right side, one nail on the left side, and the last nail is peach-shaped, called the "main nail", which is wedged into the front side of the coffin lid according to the male left and female right.  Every time a nail is nailed, the children must say an auspicious word.

    In the evening, you must "connect three".  It shows that after three days of death, the soul of the dead will go to the underworld, or be welcomed by the golden boy and jade girl of the gods.

    The Yu family prepared a "paper bundle" of first-class carriages and horses, which was about the same size as the real thing.  The inside of the car is lined with cotton curtains in winter, and screened arbor in summer. It is driven by a big chrysanthemum-green shaft horse with wheels that can be pulled. It is called a floor-drawn cart.  There is a horse in front of the cart, the officials are riding on the horse, and there is a mule behind.  The copper work on the car is made of gold and silver paper, and the workmanship is fine.  In addition, there are four pink pier boxes with floral designs painted on them.

    When the time comes, a big drum, a pair of gong stands, and a pair of horns will be placed outside the gate of Yu's house, which are called door blowers.

    After the incineration of paper-pasted chariots and horses, the "upside-down meal", "spirit-inducing lamp" [also known as "upside-down lamp"], and "funeral basin" [burning paper basin] are all placed in front of the coffin for those who come to mourn  For kowtow.

    According to the custom in old Beijing, close relatives often go to the funeral home to express their condolences after they learn of the death, and other relatives and friends usually go to express their condolences at the third hour.  And they have to wear stone green coats, men wear red tassels on their hats, and women cannot wear jewelry.

    When relatives and friends come to express their condolences, the children and grandchildren will cry to welcome them.  As soon as the guests step through the door, the door drum will announce.  The drummers beat the drums and honked the horns, indicating that it was a male guest; if they beat the drums and played music, they knew that it was a female guest.

    closebsp; Other sacrifices other than Qiqi

    In addition to burning for seven days, there is also a hundred days of burning, and three anniversaries.

    The calculation method of the hundred days is, counting from the day of death, add ten days to the three months of the lunar calendar, no matter how big or small the moon is, that is, the actual number of days is not used, that is, if the person dies on the eighth day of May, the hundred days will be the tenth day of the eighth month.  eight days.  The hundred-day festival is less than Wuqi, but greater than the other seven, and children, relatives and neighbors generally have to participate.

    As for the 100 days and the first anniversary, it is the time for the relatives and juniors of the deceased to sacrifice and remember.  Anniversary refers to the day of death as the date of death, and the date of death every year is the anniversary.  The first anniversary is more important, the second anniversary is generally not important, and the third anniversary is the most important.

    On the third anniversary, it is the same as May 7th, and paper is tied to the horse, but the white horse is replaced by a bay red horse. After the third anniversary is burned, it means that the filial piety period is over, and there is no need to burn paper for sacrifices in the future. Only the spring and autumn festivals can be carried to the grave  Sacrifice it.  On the third anniversary, children or other close relatives and juniors will have to make sacrifices and kowtow in turn just like May Seventh.  For the third anniversary sacrifice, there must be jujube cakes (two old people have passed away, use 10; if only one old person has passed away, use 5).  Now, if both parents die, usually when the third anniversary of the last deceased is passed, a monument is erected for the ancestors.

    During the three-year anniversary, in addition to burning seven sacrifices, every birthday of the deceased, the birthday will be burned for the deceased, and the children will participate in the ceremony, worship at the grave, and the sacrifice is birthday noodles.

    When the third anniversary is reached, it is the biggest commemoration event for the deceased, and there is a folk custom of having a banquet for the deceased on the "third anniversary".  On this day, all old friends, relatives, and neighbors will be present.  And this node corresponds to the last hall "Ten Temples of the Wheel-Running King", which is also the time for the deceased to reincarnate in the underworld.  ? (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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