In another few days, the old concept once again impacted Chen Zhihai's concept of accepting the new society, coupled with the oppression of the village people and the fear of his girlfriend, which further impacted this dilemma teenager. He was unwilling to give up his beloved, nor did he want to have a greater conflict with the villagers, and in the end, under various mental pressures, he ended his life and committed suicide at home.

And the suicide note he left behind is more like a curse, he only feels that he was born at the wrong time, how could he be born in this village, he hates the ignorance of the people in the village, he longs for free love, and looks forward to a better life in the outside society. is even more guilty and loving for the girl, and I also hope that my brother can go out to see, and if he can't come back, don't come back. Finally, it is cursed that this feudal and superstitious village can disappear......

The family showed the suicide note to the patriarch and the village chief, and the old thinking of everyone foolishly thought that the dead Chen Zhihai would bring disaster to the village, so they decided to fulfill Chen Zhihai's last wish in order to appease his resentment.

One of them is to fulfill his dream of love and marriage with this girl. This girl must not agree, everyone is dead, what do you want?

But this is a superstitious feudal village, and they don't care so much, let alone how ridiculous it seems to modern people. But after all, this place is called Chenjia Village, and they are afraid of the dead Chen Zhihai, and they are afraid that this village will be retaliated by his resentment. So he persuaded him with good words and kept putting pressure on this girl.

How could the girl agree. Later, the villagers began to threaten her again, saying that if she did not agree, they would not let her go, and even if she escaped, she would not be able to get out of the mountain on her own. Under the coercion and temptation of many days, the girl had to agree to this in order to escape. So the village chief chose a so-called auspicious day of the zodiac, and the whole village was ready to marry the dead Chen Zhihai and this girl. It is also known to the outside world as a secret marriage.

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Hearing this, Chuan Mi felt that this matter was unheard of, and it was simply unbelievable. What age is it now, and there are still people who are superstitious about these ridiculous things.

Fifth Mu Lin sneered, "Maybe you don't know about yin marriage, their so-called thing called ghost marriage is simply super ignorant in contemporary society." Maybe you don't know this very well, right? ”

Chuan Mi walked behind and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The fifth Mulin introduced:

Ghost marriages existed before the Han Dynasty. Because secret marriage consumes manpower and material resources in society and is meaningless, it has been banned. "Zhou Li" cloud: "It is forbidden to move the burial and marry the dead." ”

In the Song Dynasty, secret marriages were the most prevalent. According to Kang Yuzhi's "Yesterday's Dream Record", where an unmarried man or woman dies, his parents must ask a "ghost matchmaker" to say goodbye, and then carry out divination.

"Yuan History: The Biography of the Daughters" contains: "If the children die without a wife, they may ask for the bones of the deceased women to be buried together." "The History of the Ming Dynasty: The Biography of the Daughters" also contains: Yang's death and the martyrdom of his fiancée; Liu Bochun died, and his hired daughters were the same, and they were all buried together.

In the Qing Dynasty, this custom of women's burial was still very popular with the strengthening of the concept of chastity. It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that feudal etiquette and religion gradually disappeared under the impact of Western spiritual civilization.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing, Tianjin and other places still had the remnants of the custom of ghost marriage, and there were still some families holding the "happy event" of the marriage of the dead and the dead, which was called "building a bone corpse", and the male and female in-laws were called "bone and corpse relatives". In the early years, the wedding ceremony of this kind of "wedding" was mostly held at night, and sometimes, when people were sleeping peacefully, they were suddenly woken up by the drums in the streets and alleys, and it turned out to be "a corpse". Carrying a paper sedan chair, it is played by a single drum, a single trumpet, and a single suona. Some do not use this form, they still use eight sedan chairs, all the deacons with golden lamps, and they only marry a photo of a woman. After the thirties, there was also a "civilized marriage" ceremony, with a Western band in the lead, and four people in the back carried a funeral booth, hanging a "bride" photo.

In fact, not only China, but also many foreign countries have superstitious beliefs about these things, such as North Korea, India, Thailand, etc., all have more or less similar rituals to this one. A certain American magazine also believes that this is Asian witchcraft and claims to be one of the top ten evil arts in the world.

There has never been a precedent for the secret marriage ceremony. Although the secret marriage is regarded as a happy event, it is inevitable that the etiquette of red and white things is mixed and intertwined. Much depends on what the parties claim. Therefore, the form of the funeral ceremony varies greatly. A typical funeral ceremony is described in detail below for reference. However, not all marriage ceremonies are handled in this way.

Generally speaking, the underworld marriage should also be introduced through the matchmaker, and the two parties will go through the portal post and get married at the life hall to obtain the dragon and phoenix post.

The release is mostly one-time, so it doesn't matter whether it is big or small. Half of the gifts sent by the man to the woman are real silk rulers, gold and silver treasures; Half of it was a piece of papier-mâché leather, cotton, a clip, and a single garment, and two pairs of brocade boxes, which contained earrings, bracelets, rings, hairpins and other jewelry. On the night of the fixation, it was burned in front of the woman's house or on the grave.

During the communication, the "goose cage", "wine sea", dragon and phoenix cakes, elbows, and happy fruits sent by the man to the woman are all real, only the clothes and jewelry are papier-mâché utensils.

The dowry sent by the woman is generally paper work, and after it is sent to the man, it is only displayed in front of the photo or tablet of the "groom" for half a day, and some are only carried around the man's courtyard for a week, that is, led by drum music, and sent to the nearby square for incineration.

The ceremonies listed above are not necessarily held in secret marriages, but the marriage ceremony is indispensable. It is a high day to build a greenhouse, feast relatives and friends, and light the sedan chair in front of the door. The wedding room is dedicated to the "hundredth" gods. A low table is set up on the kang opposite for the "groom" photo or tablet, and several plates of apples and dragon and phoenix wedding cakes are set up in front. And there is a big red flower, decorated with a ribbon on the book: "groom" words.

The woman's "boudoir" is offered a photo or tablet of the "bride", as before, and there is a big red flower, decorated with a ribbon, and the words "bride" are written.

After the sedan chair arrives at the woman, the "bride" photo or tablet is taken down by the wife, and the wife takes it over and releases the sedan chair. At this time, the father and mother of the "bride" will inevitably cry loudly and chase them out of the house. It's not a happy atmosphere at all.

After the sedan chair returns to the man, the wife still takes out the photo or tablet of the "bride" and puts it on the offering table on the kang of the wedding room, which is juxtaposed with the "groom". And tie up the two photos with a red head rope (take the meaning of the red line drawn by the old moon), and reuse the red and yellow colored silk.

Only when the wife of the marriage gives the whole god "100 percent" incense and kowtows, even if the husband and wife worship heaven and earth. Then the teahouse will bring "a cup of wine", "dumplings for children and grandchildren", and "longevity noodles" for the "newlyweds" in front of the photo or tablet.

If the "newlyweds" have younger siblings or younger siblings, brothers-in-law, etc., they will be called out and kowtow to the photo or tablet. The two in-laws congratulated each other.

After the above ceremonies are held, choose a good day for the "auspicious day of the zodiac" to break the ground and bury, and the woman can rise up. According to the time designated by Mr. Yin and Yang, after the coffin was lifted, he immediately poured a bucket of water in the pit and threw down two apples. At the same time, raise the red paper money high. (The same is true for initiation ceremonies that are not underworld marriages).

The man digs a hole on the side of the grave, exposes the groove of the "groom" coffin, buries the "bride" in this hole, and buries the "husband and wife" together.

After the burial, that is, in front of the grave, the wine and fruit are displayed, the red paper money is incinerated, and the marriage sacrifice is held. The father, mother and other family members of the man and woman (i.e., the two in-laws) weep and say "great joy".

Since then, men and women have been treated as in-laws.

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After hearing so much, Chuan Mi gradually gained a deeper understanding of this absurd thing.

The Fifth Mulin continued, "But...... This yin marriage refers to the wedding of the dead and the dead, but Chen Zhihai is the dead and the living. This is just too much. ”

Chuan Mi was reminded by the fifth wood forest, and also said in shock, "Yes, how much damage this will cause to that girl, presumably she will have a shadow for the rest of her life." ”

The fifth Mulin said, "Don't be stupid...... They didn't want to let this girl go at all......"

"What?! Could it be that the girl was killed by them? It's against the law. ”

The fifth Mulin said, "Of course there is no death." After the ceremony was completed, the people of Chenjia Village planned to kill the girl and then bury her with Chen Zhihai. But the wedding day is the so-called auspicious day of the zodiac, and the murder needs to be another day. ”

Chuan Mi showed an incredible expression, "Huh...... It's really terrible, and you have to choose a day to kill people. ”

Fifth Mu Lin said, "They also know that killing people is not good, and no one dares to do it, so for the so-called Chen Zhihai's resentment, they chose a day to be buried." planned to bury the girl and Chen Zhihai together on the day of the burial. ”

Chuan Mi said with concern, "Buried alive? Oh my God, didn't you say that the girl wasn't dead? ”

Fifth Mulin said, "Of course not. On the second day after the wedding, Chen Zhihe quietly rescued the girl and took her away from Chenjia Village. After that, Chen Zhihe never went back, and after years of hard work, he was finally admitted to the University of Buenos. ”

By this time, they had already arrived in the square, and Chuan Mi was leaning against the wall for fear of being discovered. The fifth Mulin saw a handful of them and pulled her back, and said, "Forgot what I told you?" ”

Chuan Mi worried, "But they will find out." ”

The fifth Mu Lin said, "This is Chen Zhihe's dream, and his consciousness knows that we can come here." However, most of dreaming is subconscious and uncontrollable. As long as you don't act aggressively, you won't be rejected by his dreams, and you'll be fine. ”

After saying that, the fifth wood forest walked out, and Chuan Mi listened to the words of the fifth wood forest at the moment, and could only believe him, so he also followed.

Originally, there were quite a lot of people in the square, but now there are no more. Why are all these people gone all at once?