Section 3 Funeral Ceremony

That night, the courtyard of the Qin family was even more lively. Watching the lively crowds almost the entire alleyway is crowded.

In the alley not far from the gate of the Qin family, dozens of cars are neatly parked in the shape of "one". These cars are blocking the already narrow lanes. Only a small passage was left for pedestrians. Next to these cars, a dozen little urchins are playing with the cars and laughing beside them.

Due to the narrow lanes, the Qin family originally planned to show movies in the lanes, but they were forced to move to the street outside the lanes. At this time, the streets were already crowded with people watching movies. They've blocked the whole street. When all the passing cars got here, they had to turn around again and take a detour.

After passing through the crowded streets and entering the laneway, he came to the gate of Qin Yufan's house. I saw that in the center of the gate of the Qin family, there was a paper flower cut out of hemp paper. On the walls on either side of the gate are a black and white couplet. The upper part of the elegiac couplet reads: Go first before the ambition is prepared, and the lower couplet reads: The children and grandchildren who hate the children and grandchildren are full of tears. The banner reads: Forever.

On both sides of the gate, less than a meter away from the gate, hang two "dragon lanterns" made of cloth. Inside the dragon lantern is a string of colorful lanterns, which are shining one after another.

On the left and right sides of the gate of the Qin family, dozens of wreaths of different sizes were placed on each side. At the top of the list is a large wreath. It is a wreath collectively laid by Qin's father's unit during his lifetime. Behind the large wreath lay dozens of wreaths that were slightly smaller than it. They are wreaths laid by Liu Jianguo, the general manager of Qin Yufan's unit, and several other leaders. Behind these wreaths are also wreaths offered by the two sisters Qin Yufan and Chen Yongfu. On the right side of the gate are some wreaths laid by relatives of the Qin family and relatives of Qin's father in his hometown in Henan.

In addition, behind these wreaths are also wreaths presented by some of Qin's father's former friends and friends, as well as some wreaths offered by relatives of the Qin family.

On either side of these wreaths hangs a note made of white paper, on which are written simple couplets and the names and units of the dedicators. Around these wreaths, there were several crowds of people watching the excitement. One by one, they were judging the wreaths.

After entering the gate of the Qin family, I saw a lively scene. I saw that the entire Qin family's courtyard was full of people watching the excitement. In the center of the crowd, there were more than a dozen entertainers. One by one, they were shaking their heads and tearing their voices and singing "sit in the stall". Among them, there are not only the Qin dialect that we Shaanxi people love to listen to, but also the Henan Henan opera that Henan people like to listen to.

These crowds of people watching the excitement almost filled the entire courtyard of the Qin family. Some of them, because they couldn't see the play inside, stood on chairs and tables and watched the play.

After passing through the lively crowd, I came to the door of the upper room of the Qin family, and on the right side of the door of the upper room of the Qin family, there was the place where the mourning hall of Qin's father was parked.

In the innermost part of Qin's father's mourning hall, Qin's father's coffin was parked, and a quilt was placed on top of the coffin. On the lid of the coffin, near the front of the coffin, there is an oil lamp. The faint flame on the oil lamp was swaying gently in the breeze.

The two ends of the coffin were covered with wheat straw, and on the wheat straw, Qin Yufan and Qin Yunan sisters were wearing heavy filial piety, and one knelt on the wheat straw to guard the "spirit" for their father. There were also several women kneeling beside the two of them, and they were also crying Father Qin. The whole mourning shed was full of weeping.

Outside Qin's father's coffin, there was a cloth curtain. Outside the curtain is Qin's father's "mourning hall". The mourning hall enshrines the spiritual seat of Qin's father. In the center of the mourning hall is a black and white portrait of Qin's father, which is more than a foot long. On the portrait, Qin's father had a smile on his face, and he looked particularly amiable. The frame is surrounded by "black gauze".

In front of the statue, there is a "tribute" to Qin's father. There were a lot of things in the "tribute", and only a few were also arrested.

On both sides of the "tribute", there are two delicate small "incense burners" on the left and right, and there are more than a dozen incense sticks in each of the "incense burners". Green smoke is rising from the "incense". The entire incense burner is surrounded by green smoke, giving people a mysterious atmosphere. It's like entering a fairyland.

At the far end of the table, there was a large candle on the left and right, and the flame on the candle was gently swaying in the breeze. Around the "mourning hall", there is a circle of colored lanterns. It is shining brightly and shining.

In front of the "mourning hall", Chen Yongfu and some of the main relatives of the Qin family were forming a circle to offer "tribute" to Qin's father. On the opposite side of the "mourning hall", a group of drummers are shaking their heads and blowing music. Next to them, a middle-aged man with a video camera, was filming all these phenomena in the room.

Not far from the "mourning hall", there are several tables side by side. There were several people around the table, and they were playing "mahjong". Beside a few of them, there were several people watching the excitement. While looking at the cards, they were doing "counselors" to the people who played the cards.

Next to the other tables, some people were drinking tea and smoking cigarettes. Some people are talking "gossip" one after another, and some are still sitting there in twos and threes, blowing nonsense.

All in all, the atmosphere in the entire Qin family's compound was both lively and a little chaotic.

The cries, laughter, the sound of the band, and the noise of the guests in the entire courtyard set off the entire Qin family compound to be very lively.

It was not until after midnight that the lively atmosphere in the courtyard and outside gradually quieted down, and after seeing that it was already midnight, everyone began to pack up their things and wait for the funeral to proceed the next morning.