Chapter 40: The Cliff Hanging Coffin
The fat man and I followed He Lao's side and followed behind the coffin together.
In the entire funeral procession, there was only one woman.
It was the woman who wore linen and filial piety, holding his handsome child in her hands.
What surprised me even more was that in the entire funeral procession, there was no one who spoke.
All of them, with dark faces, followed the coffin without saying a word.
I really don't know that much about the customs here, so I can only wait until after the burial to ask He Lao.
We followed the road in the middle of the town, making a few turns.
Finally, we embarked on a rugged and steep section.
Just as I was walking to a fork in the mountain road, He Lao grabbed my arm.
Stretched out my hand to signal, I didn't speak, I glanced at the fat man, and followed He Lao over.
After sparing a jungle, we came to the other side of the mountain.
The sound of running water sounded, and as we stepped out of the dense woods, we were shocked by the scene in front of us.
"I'll go!"
The fat man spat out the fragrance directly, looking at the whole cliff in amazement.
Although I heard something from He Lao's words yesterday, about the burial customs of their locals.
But I was still shocked by the coffin that greeted my eyes.
There are many burial methods in our country, and different regions, different regions, accept different traditional beliefs, and their burial methods are also different.
The most common way to be buried is Jizo!
Jizo is commonly known as earth burial, that is, after death, people are buried in a place with good feng shui to protect the prosperity of the family and the blessings of their descendants.
But in addition, there are also sky burials in Tibet and sea burials in coastal areas.
There are also Taoist burials, as well as some Theravada cremations.
These are just some of the more extensive burial methods in the traditional sense.
There is also an extremely strange and bizarre burial method, which is called: hanging coffin burial!
Just like the scene in front of me, there were many small holes in the cliff wall in front of me.
Placed in the open air above, coffins are one by one, and the styles of coffins are of various wood species.
I have heard some about the origin of the hanging coffin burial from my grandfather, and I have also got a corresponding confirmation from the mouth of He Lao yesterday!
When it comes to hanging coffin burials, I have to mention that the gods of the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Kongming!
When Zhuge Liang went out of Sichuan in the south, he passed by a servant's territory.
Because the people are fierce, they are very hostile to foreign troops like Zhuge Liang.
As a result, it caused great trouble for the army, and as a result, Izukawa's plans were repeatedly thwarted by the servants.
At that time, Zhuge Liang could never fight with the servants.
Because the strength of the servants is not weak, if they fight, the result can only be "1,000 enemy wounded and 800 self-inflicted", which is completely a loss-making business.
So, Zhuge Liang began to think of a clever plan......
Zhuge Liang found that the funeral concept of the servants is very important, especially for the feng shui of the tomb.
In addition, at that time, the land was in drought for many years, and the servants always offered sacrifices and begged for rain in front of the ancestral tombs.
Therefore, according to the changes in seasons and climate, Zhuge Liang speculated that there would be violent weather activities soon.
He ordered his subordinates to inform the servants that the reason why the land was dry for many years was because the feng shui in many cemeteries was not good.
As long as all the tombs are moved to the nearby cliffs, the wind and rain will be smooth, and the harvest will be abundant year after year.
Unexpectedly, some servants believed it and put down their weapons and went home to move their graves.
No longer obstructed Zhuge Liang from going out of Sichuan, and soon after the cliff burial in the land, there was no longer a drought, and since then, the wind and rain have been smooth every year.
When He Lao told me last night that the old farmer had fallen off a cliff because of his coffin, I should have thought of this.
As I was looking at it, He Lao on the side pointed to a location on the cliff and said, "Master, that place is where my brother stumbled and fell, so we are going to place his coffin in that place as well." ”
I looked in the direction of his finger and saw a half-broken stick in the upper left corner of the cliff.
You can still see some colors on it, using the local customs of their servants, where is the soul of the old farmer.
Where to bury the old farmer's lost soul can be recovered, so that he can enter the afterlife safely!
I don't agree with these ideas that I am, but the customs of each place must be followed.
Then he nodded and said: "If you put the cliff in front of you flat, where does it belong to the kan position, the kan position belongs to the Xuanwu position in the north, and the front mountain is solid, and it is as stable as Mount Tai." ”
"The kan is located on the five elements, and it belongs to the yang water, and the water flow here is rushing!"
"The two waters overlap, the water is dangerous, the advance is solid, the retreat is also dangerous, and the dilemma is the dilemma."
He Lao on the side frowned after hearing this, and asked for a long time: "Sir, do you mean that it is not good there?" ”
Hearing this, I smiled, looked at the fat man and said: "He is the eight-faced Buddha, the grandson of the old man Wu, this kind of mobilization of feng shui, he is still relatively good at mobilizing feng shui!" ”
When the fat man saw that I had introduced him, he immediately straightened his waist, stretched out his hand and pointed to the water flow on the ground: "This water is living water, although it is difficult to mobilize, but the fat man, I can make a move!" ”
"To change that location, just ...... here"
Saying that, the fat man stretched out his hand and pointed at the crooked neck tree on another mountain diagonally opposite: "Place a copper mirror here, but it must be fixed, don't fall off, the back of the copper mirror is aimed at the coffin of the old farmer, and the so-called feng shui situation is naturally not a problem!" ”
He Lao looked at me and said with a little disbelief: "Please also Mr. Fat, to solve your doubts?" ”
The fat man snorted coldly, glanced at the latter and said, "Since you want to know so much, I'll tell you!" You look down on the fat man me! ”
After the fat man finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the water flow on the ground: "The kan position is water, and it must be overcome with soil, although the crooked neck tree grows on the mountain, but where there are trees, there must be soil." ”
"Putting this aside, the mountain is due south, the south is away from the fire, the north is water, and the water and fire are incompatible, but the water must overcome the fire!"
"The reason why I let the bronze mirror be hung is because the copper mirror is made of metal and is gold."
"That water overcomes fire, naturally it is fire overcomes gold, and Jin Kemu, the crooked neck tree is wood, so I don't need to say more, right?"
"Finally, Mu Ke water, so as to achieve mutual restraint of the five elements, thus forming a cycle of yin and yang and five elements."
"As long as this cycle is not broken, then there will be no problems with the feng shui situation of the old farmers, do you understand?"
After the fat man finished speaking, I gave him a thumbs up, and the latter triumphantly took out his cigarette and smoked it.
He Lao on the side was dumbfounded when he heard this, and after a while, his face was overjoyed, and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, good!" ”
"There are two gentlemen here, and the settlement of my ancestors has ......!"
When the fat man heard this, he turned his head to look at me and said, "What placement?" Could it be that this is not a peaceful matter? ”
I shrugged my shoulders and said, "I'll talk about this later, they're ......!" ”