In the countryside, every place will have a team of Taoist priests who do rituals, and when one of them dies, they are responsible for chanting the scriptures to surpass the soul. The scriptures are not Buddhist scriptures, they belong to Taoism, but they are only used to transcend the soul.

Whenever someone dies. At that time, this was to look at the economic ability of the funeral family, and the wealthy ones would study for a few more days, and the difficult ones would be exceeded in one day, in fact, the effect was almost the same. After all, more than 90% of the souls of the dead can be taken away, and those who are not excessive also have their own yin to guide the way, and those who can stay and not leave must have obsessions, or no excess, or they are negligent.

There is no need for people to look at funerals in a different way, and they will feel scared when they think that if someone dies, there will be a soul left.

If that's the case, then the world is in chaos. What I mean by this is that the probability of a soul staying in the yang world is very low.

So we have to look at some things correctly, and don't listen to the wind or the rain. Don't let someone close to you pass away and just think cranky and scare yourself. Having such thoughts is not only disrespectful to yourself, but also disrespectful to those who have passed away. For those who have died, we should mourn and praise them, and we should look at them with a sense of reverence. A person who does not do evil in life will not be disobedient to good after death, there is nothing to be afraid of. It is those who do evil and have a troubled conscience.

It was an incident that happened during the summer vacation of my freshman year, and it was one of the few things that I received an invitation from a Taoist priest and dealt with it.

It stands to reason that everyone is their own family, but the scope of accusations is different. They are responsible for counting the days and reciting the scriptures for excess. Responsible for presiding over the funeral, responsible for letting the deceased go on the road with peace of mind, and we are responsible for allowing those spirits who are unwilling to go on the road or lost to let go of their obsessions and enter reincarnation.

In the countryside, in addition to the Taoist priests, there is also a profession that is responsible for chanting mantras at night, and we are called night songs.

It is to express the incantation by singing it to increase the superordinate effect, and it is to give the person who guards the spirit a companionship and a kind of psychological comfort all night, and a singing is an all-nighter. There is also a kind of meaning of singing praises of virtue. I don't know if it works. However, the existence of every profession naturally has a reason, and it is worthy of our respect.

And this time, a master who sang a night song found out, and then told the Taoist priest of the scientific rites, and the oldest master in the Taoist team found my master.

At that time, I had just gone home for the summer vacation and stayed at home with my parents for two days, and then on the afternoon of the day when I went up the mountain, Master said that he wanted to go out and take me with him.

Of course, my excitement does not mean that I am happy, because after all, it is a happy event, and of course my mood is heavy. Whether you know it or not, the disappearance of a life is accompanied by many stories, many contributions, and many emotions and historical traces that are difficult to erase, all of which should be respected, because this is a necessary process in life, which is painful and sacred at the same time!

When we arrived at the victim's house, it was already night. The walls of the hall are covered with various paintings of bodhisattvas and Taoist immortals.

I think that Taoist priesthood is the most direct way to integrate Taoism and Buddhism.

The layout of the hall in the countryside is basically the same, the hall is the gate, you can see the ancestral shrine when you enter the door, there is generally a table of eight immortals in front of the shrine, which is usually used for eating, and now the owner is doing a funeral at home, so there will be two tables of eight immortals. Arrange it vertically, fill it with a two-compartment rice measuring container, light candles and incense on it, insert it in the rice, and then the table is filled with various cardboard paintings of Bodhisattvas and Taoists, and put them on it. There are also some meat, glutinous rice, wine and other tributes.

When the Taoist priests of the ritual are exceeded, they will stand on two tables of the Eight Immortals, and one person will recite the Sutra of Transcendence, and one person will take turns to come one by one, which also reduces the difficulty of their work. Generally, the coffin will be placed on the right hand side of the door against the wall, and then the coffin lid will be left uncovered. From the time of the death of the coffin to the period of time in the earth, you can mourn and pay respects to the deceased, and an oil lamp will be placed under the foot of the coffin. There is a person in charge, the purpose is to continue to add oil before entering the soil to keep the lamp unextinguished, and it is also called a permanent lamp in the industry.

These things are not the secrets of the Taoist priests, they are all things that everyone can see. So it's not a bad rule, it's some customs, it's good for everyone to understand it, and in the near future, maybe these cultures that have been passed down will slowly disappear until they are forgotten。。。。。。。

When Master and I arrived at the victim's house, it was about 7. At around 8 o'clock, many villagers in the village gathered in the open space in front of the victim's house to drink tea and chat, which was regarded as seeing them off, but the mood was not as heavy as imagined, and some talked and laughed. This is not disrespectful to the deceased, but the expression of the send-off is different, and it is also mourning. It's also a no-brainer.

We went and went directly to the person in charge of the ritual team, a thin and tall old man who looked very energetic, and an acquaintance of the master, who said that he was over seventy years old.

In addition to him, there are 5 people in this ritual team, and the rest of the people in it are the apprentices he brought out, as well as the apprentices of the apprentices, because there are fewer and fewer people who are learning this line of work, so even when he is older, most of his Dharma will still be personally involved, if he is transferred to the city, he will have retired at this age to enjoy the blessings, but he did not, and many seniors in this line are also like this. It's really respectful.

The person in charge is surnamed Xiao, and he is an old-timer among the Taoist priests. It looks a bit fairy-like, the only thing that's a bit of a pity is that the ears are a little bad, and you have to shout to talk to him!

The master's surname is Xiao, and since he is an acquaintance with the master, he didn't have too many polite words after meeting. directly pulled the master and the old uncle who sang the night song into one of the bedrooms of the master's house, and then closed the door. Avoiding the lively sound outside, he began to talk about this time. Of course, as Master's personal follower, I naturally followed in.

Since Master Xiao hadn't seen me, he looked at me for a moment. The master hurriedly said, This is my apprentice.

Master Xiao nodded and smiled at me. The eyes seem to say: What a handsome apprentice, hello.

Of course, it didn't mean that my master's name was "so handsome", and I also respectfully greeted his old man.

They each found a stool to do, and Master Xiao spoke first: "This time things are different from the past. The soul did not quietly accept the transcendence, because the chicken foot god appeared several times in a row. This is not normal. And he also saw something. "

When Master Xiao said he was referring to the old uncle who sang night songs, I can't remember what his last name was, so let's replace it with the old uncle.

Then my master asked the old uncle what he saw. The old uncle said that he didn't really see anything, but when he was singing the night song last night, something happened, and the things on the table would fall to the ground inexplicably, and the cloth paintings would flutter for no reason, as if someone was rummaging for something, and there was no wind in the house. So it feels like something might be wrong. I asked you to take a look.

Master nodded. I asked Master Xiao again: What do you think went wrong?

Although Master Xiao only makes scientific instruments, he has been in the industry for decades. Naturally, there are many things to encounter, and there is also some judgment ability.

Master Xiao said: It may be that the black cat has a soul, he said that he asked the victim's family, there was a black cat in the family before, and after the deceased entered the museum, the black cat crawled on the coffin, and then the cat went out. It's been two or three days, and I haven't come back. I don't know where I went.

Master nodded and said, it's not impossible. But when it comes to the child, I'll look for it first, and then draw conclusions.

Then they also spoke for a while about the cause of death of the deceased and the situation of the family. I didn't listen to any of this carefully... It seems like I was playing with my phone while they were talking about this, texting with Xiaofang.

When Xiaofang and I finished sending a text message, it was actually just a few words: Xiaofang, are you home?

Returned.

When I'm free, I'll go play with you.

All right.

So when is it available?

I don't know yet.

Oh, I've got something, bye-bye.

Good.

When I was thinking about whether the way I was making a girl was wrong, they had already begun to end the topic of the deceased's cause of death and the situation of the family, only to hear the master say, you guys should be busy first. I'm out for a walk. Then he swept my energetic hairstyle with his hand and motioned for me to go out. I followed the master out behind, and the master walked around a table of eight immortals, walked to the coffin, looked at the body of the deceased, and circled the coffin twice.

I also observed the body with reverence, the deceased was a thirty-four woman, because three days had passed, the corpse had turned pale, and immediately took a few antiseptic injections, but there was still a slight smell wafting out, and she changed into a white undershirt and a black shroud. Lying quietly in the coffin.

It's just because of the timing. The facial muscles are a little shrunk, the eyeballs are protruding, the eye sockets and cheeks are slightly sunken, and she looks already thin, and she is still a little hideous. But at this point, I'm not afraid of that anymore. There is no fear, only regret and respect. There is also a deep mourning.

After seeing the body, the master actually walked out and chatted with the fellows outside. I was bored, so I chatted with a person of the same age in the scientific ritual team.

He is the apprentice grandson of Master Xiao. I haven't been in the industry for a long time, and now I'm doing chores for the time being. He couldn't beat gongs and drums and chant mantras, so he was idle when his masters and uncles were excessive. That friend is also surnamed Xiao. At first glance, he is quite handsome, compared to me, he is just handsome and not obvious, unconventional. Even a little extreme, I handed him a cigarette and started talking.

I asked him how he got into this business, and young people nowadays rarely stay at home to learn this.

He said it was nothing, and he ate with a mouthful of food.

I said, do you like doing these things?

He said that sometimes it was quite annoying. But I don't like to go out to work either, so I can't help it.

This may be the trend of this industry, but it is also sad. I don't know how long it will take. Our line of trade will slowly disappear. Withdrawing from the stage of modern civilized society, maybe never, maybe soon...

When it was close to the hour, all the chatters dispersed, and since it would take two days to be buried, Master Xiao and his team also went home, and even the owner of the house only left two people who kept vigil.

After communicating with the victim's family, the master asked the old uncle to go back as well, because he had to do things at night, so he didn't need to sing night songs. Then Master told the two family members who were keeping vigil to go outside to rest on the chaise longue first, with their backs to the door and not to look inside. Leave the lobby space to us first.

When they went out, Master closed the door of the hall, turned his head and squatted down under the coffin to blow out the lantern, I looked at Master suspiciously, Master said that the door was closed for the convenience of teaching you, for fear that they would think that we had a bad attitude. I still looked at him suspiciously, and the master said that the reason for blowing out the everlasting lamp was because I was going to summon the five rampants to help find the soul, and the soul was no longer here. I don't know where I went. That's why the old uncle saw the movement of spilling things and rummaging around. In fact, it was Yin Cha looking for the soul, and he blew the ever-bright lamp, and Yin Cha would not come in to disturb it for the time being.

Only then did I put away my skeptical eyes, and it looked like I had suddenly realized. I said, Master, why can't I summon the five rampants now?

He said you're not good enough right now. After the master finished speaking, he began to set up a mantra to illuminate the water bowl and find the specific direction of the soul. I have to say that Jiang is still old and spicy, and watching the master's skillful techniques is like watching a performance. Wonderful, without a trace of mud and hesitation, all links are done in one go.

In less than three minutes, the specific location of the soul was found, and then the five rampants were sacrificed. Tell me to open the door.

A gust of wind brought me, and I knew that Wu Rampant had gone out to look for souls, and there was more than one. Then Master and I kept looking at the situation inside the water bowl, and in less than two minutes, it was revealed that Wu Rampant had returned to the vicinity of the mourning hall.

Master casts a spell. Then I saw a black cat running in and jumping directly on top of the coffin and sitting down without moving, and then Master told me to close the door.

After closing the door, I stared at the cat, and the cat stared at the Master, and his gaze was very unkind, but he couldn't move. I knew it was frozen, Master put away the Five Rampant Circle, I thought he was going to communicate with the cat with the soul, but it didn't.

Master continued the movements of his hands. I couldn't stop chanting some incantations that I was not familiar with, and then the cat barked three times, stood up, and jumped into the coffin.

When I tried to go over to look, Master stopped me, and I retreated. I saw the cat walk back and forth three times above the corpse, and then it jumped out, jumped out of the coffin, jumped on top of a window and ran out.

I subconsciously wanted to chase after me, but then Master stopped me again and said stop chasing, the soul is back. I couldn't help but look around, but I couldn't see any soul.

I asked where Master was.

Master said, "I'll say it again, if it weren't for the soul shouting or the soul not taking the initiative to let you see him, you wouldn't have yin and yang eyes. You can't see the entity.

I nodded ashamedly, this master seems to have taught me, but I forgot it when I met it, and I felt that I was still not sure enough. Not calm enough. Then the master began to pack up his things, and he looked like he was finishing his work.

I said, Master, is this the solution?

Master said yes, then spread a layer of incense ash in front of the place where the coffin was placed, lit the lantern again, and asked me to call in the two families of the hosts who were keeping vigil outside.

When they came in, they said to them, "You should rest outside at night, close the windows, don't close the doors, and come in tomorrow morning after the rooster crows, and if there are chicken paw prints on it, the matter will be settled."

Later, on the way back, Master told me that the woman's death from a genetic disease was expected, so she didn't have any obsession. The soul running out is not intentional. It is because after entering the coffin, the black cat passes by and takes away the soul, and the cat is an extremely yin animal, especially the black cat. If the black cat passes by the newly deceased person, it will give the soul the illusion that it is the place where it should go, so it is easy for the cat to take the soul away. The incense ash is used to leave traces of yin, and the yin cha will bring the soul to the head of the coffin, so I sprinkled incense ash in that position, and when the yin cha comes, it will come and take the soul into the ghost path, and after a while, it will fall into reincarnation.

This matter is over, and after Master said this, I completely understood。。。。。

That's the end of it, it's all right. The purpose of saying this is just to let everyone know about some of the culture of funeral in the countryside, and there are some things that should be paid attention to, which can be regarded as an alternative inheritance.