In "Mourning Clothes", it says: What is tin? I use a tin to wash the handy linen. Tin is 15 liters of cloth that is half removed, not beaten, only washed hemp silk, woven into cloth and then washed, making it convenient, it is called tin. a married woman is her parents, and her daughter-in-law is her in-laws; The hairpin of the funeral has a hairpin head, which is inserted into the mourning bun. After crying, the woman folded the hairpin off the hairpin and tied her hair with a silk silk.

In "Mourning Clothes", it is said that the hairpin has a hairpin, and the hairpin of the funeral has a hairpin. The hairpin for funeral is made of ctenophora (zhì) wood. The hairpin head that is broken off is the hairpin head that is broken off the hairpin of auspiciousness. The hairpin for auspicious things is made of elephant bones. Why is it said that the woman broke off the hairpin and not the woman? It is to keep the filial piety of her daughter and not forget the kindness of her parents.

The concubine of the king shall mourn for the wife of the king, and the eldest son of the king, the hairpin of the mourning shall have a hairpin and tie his hair with cloth.

All the lower garments of mourning clothes are sewn outward. The bottom of the mourning dress is sewn inward. There are 3 pleats (jiǎn) on each side for decoration, and if the hem is sewn, the bottom is sewn inward, and the upper decay is sewn outward. The back is 1 inch wider than the collar. The collar is 4 inches wide and comes out of the upper and lower shoulders. decay, 6 inches long, 4 inches wide. The part below the waistband of the jacket is 1 foot long. The placket that covers the hem of the garment is 2 feet 5 inches long. The sleeves are sewn to the hem, the sleeves are 2 feet 2 inches wide from the shoulders to the armpits, and the cuffs are 1 foot 2 inches long.

The length of the cloth is 3 liters or 3 and a half liters, and the length of the mourning crown is 6 liters. I make the cloth of the light mourning dress after the change with the cloth of the mourning crown of the mourning clothes, and the cloth of the mourning crown of the light mourning crown is 7 liters. 4 liters of cloth and 7 liters of mourning crown. I changed the cloth of the mourning crown of Qi decay to the cloth of the light mourning mulberry dress, and the cloth of the mourning crown of the light mourning crown was 8 liters. 繐 (suì) requires 4 and a half liters of cloth for decay and 8 liters of cloth for mourning crowns. 8 liters or 9 liters of cloth are required for large functions, and 10 liters or 11 liters of cloth are required for small functions.

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Mourning clothes are clothing worn to mourn the deceased. Ancient Chinese mourning clothes have been used in the Zhou Dynasty since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the color is white, and there is a five-service system, that is, according to the weight of the mourning clothes, the thickness of the workmanship, and the length of the cycle, it is divided into 5 categories: chopping decay, Qi decay, great gong, small gong, and hemp. Among them, the most decrepit is used for heavy mourning, made of the thickest raw linen, not connected to the side seams, draped on the chest during the funeral, and the woman also adds a mourning bun with twine to tie her hair.

Chinese feudal society is a society composed of patrilineal families, with the patriarch as the most important. His range of relatives includes the male descendants from Gaozu down and their spouses, that is, the nine generations from Gaozu to great-great-grandson, commonly known as the Nine Clans of the Honzong. Relatives within this scope, including immediate and collateral relatives, are serviced relatives and mourned after the death of the relatives. Those who are close to each other are heavy, and those who are negligent are light, and they decrease in turn.

"The Book of Rites" says: From the father upwards, the farther the blood relationship, the thinner the family affection, and the lighter the mourning clothes; From the son downwards, the farther the blood relationship, the thinner the family affection, and the lighter the mourning clothes; Among the collateral relatives, the farther away from their own blood relationship, the thinner the family affection, and the lighter the mourning clothes. In this way, the loss is reduced from generation to generation, generation by generation, and generation by generation, and the family relationship is over. The statement in the Book of Rites is the same as the above meaning. According to the mourning period and the thickness of the mourning clothes, the clothing system is divided into 5 classes, which is the so-called five clothes.

Chopping decay is the heaviest mourning dress among the five suits. It is made of the coarsest raw linen cloth, and the broken part is exposed and not edged, and the top of the mourning dress is called decay, so it is called chopping decay. He expressed his grief without embellishment, and served for 3 years. In ancient times, princes were the sons of heaven, ministers were kings, men and unmarried daughters were fathers, great-grandchildren were grandfathers, and wives and concubines were husbands. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, sons and unmarried daughters were mothers, great-grandchildren were grandmothers, and daughters-in-law were mothers-in-law. When a woman is dressed for a dead end, she must tie up her hair with raw hemp and comb it into a mourning bun. The actual service period is about two years, and most of them are 25 months. (According to the ancient Chinese patriarchal system, if the eldest son of the eldest family dies before his parents, then the eldest grandson of the eldest house must be the mourner of his father when the funeral is held after the death of his grandfather and grandmother, and the eldest grandson of the eldest family is called the great-bearing grandson.) ）

Qi decay is a mourning dress that is inferior to the decay, made of burlap, and the broken edges are seized. The service period is divided into 3 years, 1 year, 5 months, and 3 months. After serving Qi Qi for 1 year, using a mourning rod is called the rod period, and without a mourning rod, it is called the non-rod period. In the Zhou Dynasty, the father served Qi decay for 3 years after his father's death. In the Tang Dynasty, parents were all in decline for 3 years when their father died; The daughter-in-law has also served her mother-in-law for 3 years. In the Qing Dynasty, all husbands were wives, men were concubines, uncles and parents, brothers and engaged but unmarried sisters, married daughters were parents, and grandchildren were grandparents. The great-grandchildren are great-grandparents, and they are in full force for 5 months. The great-grandchildren are great-grandparents, and they are in decline for 3 months.

The great gong, which is inferior to the mourning clothes of Qi Yuan, is made of coarse linen cloth and lasts for 9 months. In the Qing Dynasty, all cousins, unmarried cousins, married aunts and sisters, and married daughters were uncles and brothers.

Xiao Gong, which is a mourning dress inferior to Da Gong, is made of slightly coarse linen cloth and lasts for 5 months. In the Qing Dynasty, all those who were uncles and grandparents, uncles and parents, unmarried grandmothers and cousins, married cousins, brothers' wives, brothers and great-grandfathers, unmarried sisters, maternal grandparents, maternal uncles, maternal aunts, etc., all served small merits.

Linen is the second mourning dress of Xiaogong, the lightest of the five clothes. It is made of finer and cooked linen, and the workmanship is also finer than that of small work. In the Qing Dynasty, all men were grandparents, grandparents, parents, and brothers of their clan, as well as parents, cousins, and aunts of grandchildren, nephews, sons-in-law, and wives. The service period is 3 months, in addition to the five clothes, and the relatives of the five ancestors are exempt from relatives, which is the so-called vegetarian service.