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260 The custom of ringing nails

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    Although I was embarrassed by my father's correction, I am gratified that my father's life has become more colorful since then.  Many times, my father would listen to Peking Opera while closing his eyes and resting his mind.  Compared with before, my father's mental outlook is obviously much better.  However, listening to Peking Opera is very different from reading books after all.  Therefore, after a period of time, my father's enthusiasm for listening to Peking Opera began to gradually decrease.  But in any case, at the last stage, listening to Peking Opera was still a rare spiritual enjoyment in my father's life.

    Thinking of this, when everyone was busy with my father's liquor, I looked around for the small speaker that played mp3.  When the small speaker was placed in the coffin, I couldn't help showing a knowing smile.  Because, I know, if my father is still conscious, then a small speaker that can satisfy his spiritual needs is definitely welcome.

    If it weren't for the fact that my father quit smoking, then there must be a few more good cigarettes stuffed in the coffin.  After all the things that the father loved during his lifetime were placed in an orderly manner, the "entry into the museum" was truly completed.  The next thing to do is "snap the nail".  The so-called "sounding nails" is to use special nails to nail the coffin lid to the coffin. Because the huge iron nails will make a loud noise when hammered with an axe, people here call this process "sounding nails".  nail".

    There is a saying in China that "closing the coffin is the final conclusion". From this, it is not difficult to see that in traditional Chinese culture, "building the coffin" is a very important event in a person's life.  Therefore, in our case, "ringing the nails" is definitely more formal than "putting into the coffin".  First of all, compared with the arbitrary time of "putting into the coffin", the time of "sounding the nail" is specific and must not be changed casually.  Before that, we had already asked the yin and yang (teacher) to watch the special "ringing nails" time according to the father's birthday.

    By the time the "putting into the coffin" was completed, it was almost time to "ring the nails".  Therefore, everyone headed by Xiaozi retreated outside the gate in order, and then knelt down facing the direction of the wooden coffin.

    "Sound nails" must be a skilled carpenter who knows how to do it.  Under normal circumstances, the host family will try their best to hire a carpenter master who is trustworthy enough.  Of course, our family does not need to be so troublesome, because when my father was alive, he had entrusted all these matters to his classmate carpenter.

    In fact, my father's carpenter classmate had been waiting by the side early. After seeing that the "putting into the coffin" was completed, he began to prepare.  Take out the ax and the big iron nails for the coffin, and wrap a small piece of red cloth around the handle of the axe.

    Under the command of the carpenter, everyone worked together to put the coffin lid on the wooden coffin.  This time must be grasped accurately, neither in advance nor behind.  Before picking up the axe, the carpenter roared loudly: "The evasion of a certain zodiac sign!"

    What the carpenter reminded is not only us and our family and friends, but also the crowd gathered outside to watch.  Although it was still early at that time, middle-aged and elderly people in rural areas generally did not have the habit of getting up late.  In addition, in their minds, "sounding nails" is a very important and sacred event. Therefore, out of curiosity and a mentality of following the crowd, my door was already surrounded by people when I was preparing for the coffin.  Three floors and three floors.

    After hearing the carpenter's reminder, a small number of people in the audience left unwillingly.  I didn't pay attention to whether there were any relatives and friends in our family that needed to be avoided, but what impressed me was that my brother-in-law happened to be the one that needed to be avoided.  After hearing the words, the brother-in-law immediately stood up, before he had time to slap the dust on his knees, he quickly took off his filial piety, and then hurriedly found a place to hide.

    The theory of "avoidance" actually coincides with the idealistic dialectical philosophy of mutual generation and mutual restraint in Chinese culture.  Even now, there are still some parents here who use the zodiac sign as a very important criterion when checking the objects for their children.  If the zodiac signs are in conflict, there are thousands of refusals.  It's just that the current parents may not be able to be the masters of their children.  What needs to be "avoided" here are actually some people whose zodiac signs conflict with the father.  It is said that it is precisely because of the opposition that if these people do not avoid it, they will definitely have a splitting headache when they hear the loud noise of the "sounding nail", and in severe cases, they will have bad luck again and again.  Whether it is true or not, anyway, in rural areas, few people would take the risk of encountering bad luck and resolutely refuse to avoid it.

    Just when the brother-in-law was looking for a hiding place, someone in the crowd said: "A filial son has no taboos, and there is no need to avoid it."

    After hearing this, the brother-in-law immediately withdrew his legs.  However, the brother-in-law was a little confused about whether what the man said was true, so he froze on the spot for a while.  I don't know if I should continue to find a place to hide, or put on a white coat and kneel in front of the wooden coffin again?

    When the brother-in-law was in a dilemma, the people around him started to quarrel.  Most of them are persuading brother-in-law to continue.I salute, but there are also a few people who hold opposing opinions. They think that brother-in-law is an outsider and cannot be classified as a filial son, so they need to avoid it.

    The brother-in-law at that time must have been entangled in his heart.  However, time waits for no one, and the brother-in-law must come up with a decision before the "ringing nails" start.  Gritting his teeth, the brother-in-law still made up his mind to put on the white coat (filial piety) again.  In the eyes of my brother-in-law, my father-in-law is equivalent to my father, and at such a critical moment, I have absolutely no reason to avoid it.  At that moment, the "splitting headache" and the "bad luck" were all thrown out of the sky by the brother-in-law.

    "Kneel down!" Amidst the loud and clear voice, everyone realized that they had bowed down too early.  I don't know if anyone will regret it, but I know that I definitely don't regret it.  It's his own biological father inside, and it's nothing to kneel down for a moment.

    Then, the carpenter began to spit out a series of blessings like a cannonball.  Then came the real "snaking nails".  The sound of "jingling" lasted for a long time.  During the whole process of "sounding the nails", the kneeling people can only keep kneeling and must not stand up, otherwise it will show great disrespect to the deceased.  Perhaps it was precisely because of the expectation that, early on, everyone put a thick layer of straw on the place where they knelt down.  In this way, it effectively alleviates the squeezing force of the hard concrete floor facing his knees.  Letting myself be able to kneel down more comfortably is definitely the main reason why everyone does this.  Of course, it is not ruled out that some people find something to put under their knees because they are afraid that the filth on the ground will contaminate themselves.

    After the "sounding nails" are completed, in some places, the last nail with the red cloth on the coffin will be placed on the door of the deceased's room when he was alive.  Fortunately, we don't have such a custom here, so as soon as the "ringing nails" is over, relatives and friends who have worked hard all night are looking for a place to rest.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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