Funerals in the south are so scary. In the vast rural areas of our country, there are various customs and habits. The more backward and remote areas, the longer these customs spread, mainly in the diversification of funeral, and some terrible customs still exist today. Let's share the funeral in the south, which is quite scary.

Funerals in the south are so scary. 1 tree burial

Tibetans have many funeral customs, including [celestial burial], water burial, earth burial and tree burial. Tree burial is a rare burial method in Tibet. It was specially buried for babies who died less than a year after birth. I hope they can thrive like trees after reincarnation.

Re-burial/re-burial

The second kind of burial is to bury the dead once or put them in one place, and then bury them after the body decays. The cemetery for the first burial is generally random, which can be on the edge of the field or on the barren slope of Maoshan Mountain. The cemetery of the second burial is very particular about "Feng Shui". This ancient burial custom began in ancient times and has continued to this day. This custom still exists in Hakka and Zhuang areas in southern China.

Kisyao

There are hundreds of cliff tombs in Yunxian County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province. Locals call it "Death Kiln", "Death Kiln", also known as "Death Kiln", "Death Cave" and "Old Man Cave". It refers to digging a one-person-sized cave on the mountain wall to shelter the elderly who have lost their ability to work and let them die. There are such "dead kilns" in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan and other places.

Ghost marriage

Ghost marriage, also called (shadow marriage), is to find a spouse for the deceased. There is a folk saying that if you don't marry an unmarried person, your family will be haunted and uneasy. This peculiar custom still exists in rural areas of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Henan, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. For these backward areas, it is not a small expenditure, which generally needs more than 654.38+ 10,000. Therefore, some people try their best to make money by matching people with yin marriages.

Funerals in the south are so scary. Start with the news.

How to inform relatives and friends of the death of a family member is called "informing my son" or "reporting funeral" in our village. They are usually their sons and nephews, grandsons, grandsons, etc. Usually holding a white flag and wearing a hat.

Second, Peng Ling.

When the old man at home dies, a wide "spirit shed" should be set up in the yard. The coffin is parked in the main house, and the "Peng Ling" is a place to pay homage to the souls of the dead. After death, plant a long pole in the yard and hang a swan made of paper on it as a sign of the funeral at home. Stick white stripes on the left and right sides of the gate, press male left and female right, put a "paper pile" on one side of the gate, and put an "old basin" for burning paper in front of the coffin. According to the blood relationship in the family, the whole family wears mourning.

Third, mourning

On the day of the funeral, the family members of the deceased received solatium from relatives and friends, which is called Kaidiao, also known as "human feelings". Both sons and daughters should invite the trumpeter team. The purpose of hiring a drummer is to make the dead soul alive and not lonely, especially to pave the way for a grand funeral ceremony.

Fourth, pull filial piety.

There is a red and white Council in the countryside, and someone will help you run. In our countryside, the names are "kei" and "great prime minister", who has the final say. When there are people who come to attend the funeral, the "busy guest" will make and distribute mourning clothes, shoes and mourning clothes according to the relationship between undertaker and the deceased. The color is mainly white, and there will be buttons on the dutiful son according to the distance, which are navy blue and white respectively. Because "filial piety" is torn off with a whole piece of cloth, it is called "tearing filial piety" Women generally wear "filial piety", which is also a square white cloth.

Five, send soup

Sending soup is also called "splashing soup". After death, people are usually buried for three days, but choose even days. After you die, you should give a "soup filling" immediately, and only your family can participate. At noon the day before burial, the soup is called "Tongtou soup", and all family members should attend.

Sixth, grab the bowl

If the deceased is old and full of children and grandchildren, the mourners will take away several bowls after the banquet, which means begging for a long life.

VII. Delivery Process

In our rural area, it means to give a ride. On the big day of mourning, according to the tradition in the countryside, people will go to another world after death, which requires a lot of money. Now it has evolved into the meaning of seeing off old friends for the last trip and expressing their farewell feelings! The dutiful son threw the basin away, parked the paper sedan chair of his old friend at the intersection, and the people within the "five clothes" knelt down on both sides. Female family members usually keep the backrest of a paper sedan chair. Relatives and friends who came to pay their respects are worshipping in turn and saying goodbye to their old friends! At this time, ancient music sounded and firecrackers exploded!

Eight, buried

After the guests say goodbye, the funeral procession will go to Zulin to hold a "burial" ceremony. The dutiful son slowly put the urn in the pre-dug grave, and all the dutiful sons came forward to cover it with earth. The funeral is finished!

Nine, circular tomb

On the third day after burial, relatives of the deceased went to the new grave to add soil, burn paper and pay homage. In the eyes of rural people, the more graves and rounder shapes, the more filial the families of the deceased.

In rural areas, miles are different, but in my opinion, the custom of "mourning" has changed the least! There are also many funeral customs in rural areas, such as when to "take clothes" and how to "sacrifice graves", and so on. Now that the economy and society are developing, many young people don't know! Perhaps this is the so-called "old people don't talk about the past, and future generations will lose music"!

Funerals in the south are so scary. China's mysterious hanging coffin burial

Travel is not only slow, but also a state of travel; China's culture is profound and profound, which many foreigners can't understand and imitate. Among many cultures in China, funeral culture may be more oriental and mysterious than the west. As a result, some scenic spots about the rich history of funeral culture left by our country are scared to death by foreigners. Today, Mr. Guo Fu takes you to explore China's scariest strange landscape about funeral culture.

During the development of China from ancient times to the present, the southern minorities are different from the Han nationality and have their own unique culture. Among the ancient ethnic minorities, the most peculiar funeral culture is the hanging coffin burial in the south; Baiyue, Ganyue, Liao and Gelao nationalities in southern China all have the custom of hanging coffins.

But so far, only the local hanging coffin burial in southern Sichuan and the boat hanging coffin burial in Fujian Province are well preserved and listed as key protected units in National Cultural Heritage Administration. To the surprise of the whole world, the hanging coffin burial of Bo people in southern Sichuan is really a spectacle that outsiders dare not approach.

I believe many people have also known what hanging coffin burial is; Hanging coffins, in layman's terms, means that people are not buried in the soil or cremated after death, but put the coffin of the deceased on a cliff. The height is generally about 50 meters from the ground, and some can even reach nearly 100 meters.

The cliff with hanging coffins is so high that even the apes can't get up. However, local people who have the custom of hanging coffins put heavy coffins as high as the park, and these coffins all rise towards the sun. As for how to do it, nobody knows.

The specific location of hanging coffins is Yibin City in southern Sichuan, where three counties have hanging coffins and are now key cultural relics protection units; Among them, the most interesting hanging coffins in this place are in two villages in a town in Gongxian County, Yibin. The number of hanging coffins in these two villages is not only amazing, but also all hanging coffins are the most completely preserved places in the country. As long as you have enough courage, these two places should be the most interesting places.

Looking at these hanging coffins really makes people's backs chill. These coffins are hung on the cliff, and there will be some colorful murals on the cliff. As for the content of the mural, no one can understand it, which is very mysterious. Today, the purpose of hanging coffins in the local area is still very few people can make it clear; There are also funerary objects in this hanging coffin. The number of funerary objects is more or less, and there are many kinds, including ceramics, wood and bamboo, iron, hemp fabrics, etc., among which hemp fabrics are the most, with a small amount of silk fabrics.

Now many people will want to come here to see such a magical funeral way and explore the ultimate significance of such a funeral. However, the people buried in this way no longer exist, and everything becomes a mystery. It's just that it will be a little gloomy here, and even foreigners are afraid to read it. The foreigner who came here for the first time was an American missionary and almost lost his life in the process of exploration.

As the locals say, foreigners will feel scared when they come. Dare you go to such a horrible place?