(34) Running for funeral

Funeral etiquette: As soon as he heard the bad news of the death of his father or mother, he did not say a word, but only answered the messenger with tears, and suffered as much as he could; Then he asked the messenger about the cause of his parents' death, and after listening to the messenger's account, he wept again and wept as much as he could. So he set out on the road. The daily journey is 100 miles, traveling during the day and staying and resting at night. Only when the funeral of his parents and the stars can still be seen in the sky, he gets up early and hurries, and only stops to rest at night when the sky is full of stars.

If for some reason you can't leave for the funeral right away, you can also leave after three days of service. On the way to mourning, I had to cry every time I crossed the border of a country, crying until I fully vented the sorrow in my heart. Avoid the bazaar when crying. I want to cry when I see my country's borders, and I will cry from then on.

When you arrive at the door of the house, you enter from the left side of the door, go up the hall from the west steps, go to the east side of the coffin, kneel facing the west, and weep bitterly until you mourn, and then you must take off your auspicious crown, tie your hair with hemp rope, and expose your left arm; Then he descended from the west steps, took his seat on the east side of the east steps, and wept bitterly facing the west, and at the same time stomped his feet; Then go to the landlord of the East Wing to get dressed, put on the hemp scripture, and tie the skein; Then he returned to the position of the master on the east side of the east step, thanked the guests, and stomped his feet and wept; Then send the guests to the funeral palace gate, and then return to the host's position on the east side of the east steps.

If any of the guests are late, the host should thank them, stomp their feet and weep, and send them out, just as they had just done. After sending off the guests, the master's brothers and cousins all walked out of the funeral palace door, stopped crying after going out, and then closed the door of the funeral palace, and the minister of praise told the master that it was time to go to the house. The next morning, when he wept, he still tied his hair with hemp rope, bare his left arm, and stomped his feet and wept. On the morning of the third day, when he wept, he still tied his hair with hemp rope, exposed his left arm, stomped his feet and wept, and on the fourth day, he put on the whole set of mourning clothes, but the number of gifts for the guests who came to mourn was still the same as on the first day.

If the mourner is not the host, then someone must thank and send out the guests who come to mourn. If the mourners are relatives below Qi Yuan, after the master arrives at the door, he enters from the left side of the door, stands in the courtyard, faces north, and weeps loudly, and stops mourning; Then he went to the east side of the eastern order to take off his auspicious crown, put on his exemption, tied a hemp belt, and then stood in the position where he should stand, exposing his left arm, and the master stomped his feet and wept bitterly, and he also stomped his feet and wept bitterly. On the morning of the second day and the third morning, when he wept, he dressed and behaved the same way as he did when he first arrived home on the first day. If a guest comes to mourn, the host will pay homage and send off the guest for him. The host and housewife stand in the position of crying for the arrival of the mourners, and do not change because of the arrival of the mourners.

When the son-in-law ran to his mother's funeral, he also arrived at the door of the house, entered from the left side of the door, ascended the hall from the west steps, walked to the east side of the coffin, knelt facing west, wept loudly, and stopped in mourning; Then he took off his auspicious crown, tied his hair with hemp rope, and exposed his left arm; Then he descended from the west steps, took his seat on the east side of the east steps, and wept bitterly facing the west, and stomped his feet at the same time; Then put it on and tie a hemp belt around your waist. The guests came to mourn, and the courtesy and send-off of the son-in-law were the same as those at the funeral of the father. But the next morning, when he wept, he no longer tied his hair with twine, but put it on.

The woman went up the side steps from the east side of the church, went to the east side of the coffin and knelt down, wept loudly, and stopped mourning, and then walked to her own mourning seat. Then go to the east order to remove the items wrapped in the hair, and the master takes turns to stomp his feet and cry bitterly.

If the mourners for their fathers do not arrive home during the funeral period, they must first go to the cemetery, kneel facing north, cry out in pain, and stop mourning. The person who presided over the funeral for him at home received him with his place on the left side of the tomb, and the woman on the right side of the tomb. The mourners stomp their feet in pain, stop in mourning, and tie their hair with hemp rope; Then he went to the east side of the tomb and took the place of the master, put on linen, tied a belt, and stomped his feet and wept bitterly; Then he went to the east side of the tomb and took the place of the master, put on linen, tied a belt, and stomped his feet and wept bitterly; Thanking the guests who came to pay their respects, he returned to his place and stomped his feet and wept bitterly.

At this time, the minister of praise announced the end of the matter of mourning the tomb. Then the mourners put on their hats, returned to the door, and entered on the left side of the door; Facing north, crying loudly, mourning to the end; Then he tied his hair with hemp rope, exposed his left arm, and stomped his feet and wept bitterly; Then take your seat on the east side of the east staircase, thank the guests, and stomp your feet and weep bitterly. The guests exited, and the host bowed to the door. Some guests are late in their condolences, and the host still bows and thanks, stomps and cries, and sends off guests, which is the same as at the beginning. At this time, the master's cousins and cousins all withdrew from the door of the funeral palace, and when they went out, they had to stop crying.

The next morning, when he wept, he tied his hair with hemp rope, and stamped his feet and wept bitterly. And so it was on the third morning when we wept. On the fourth day, the whole set of mourning clothes was put on. On the morning of the fifth day, while weeping, the hymn announced that the work to be done in the funeral house was over. If the mourner for his mother does not arrive home during the funeral period, he can only tie his hair with hemp rope once when he returns home from the cemetery, and the rest of the time he does so with a waiver, except for this, the rest of the ceremony is the same as for the funeral of his father.