Lin Feng heard the sound of suona in the distance, and knew that someone was doing a funeral in the distance, and the sad tune and the sadness brought by the wind all implied that the person in the distance should be very sad, sad and angry.

In order to find out what was going on in the distance, Lin Feng used the Demon Wolf Technique to open the 'Demon Wolf Eye'.

Under the observation of the 'Demon Wolf's Eye', Lin Feng saw a simple wooden house in the distance, with a white flag hanging in front of the wooden house, and a person kneeling in front of the door blowing suona, this person's face was full of tears, and there was a big rooster tied by a red rope beside him.

Even though Lin Feng didn't know much, he could see that this was the legendary underworld marriage, not only in the last days, but also in the original world, but looking at this person's appearance, it seemed to be very reluctant, the underworld marriage was only for the dead, what was this person sad about?

Underworld marriage is the search for a spouse for the deceased. Some young boys and girls died for some reason after they got married. At that time, the old people believed that if they did not marry them, their ghosts would make trouble and disturb the family. Therefore, it is necessary to hold a funeral marriage ceremony for them, and finally bury them together, become husband and wife, and bury them together. lest there be a lonely grave in the fields of the men and women. There are also boys and girls who die before they are engaged. Out of love and missing their children, the old people think that they failed to choose a mate for them (her) during their lifetime, and they must marry them (her) after death and fulfill their responsibilities as parents.

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." However, this trend has never been eradicated, and some of it is even directly manifested in the rulers. For example, when Cao Cao's favorite son, Cao Chong, died at the age of thirteen, Cao Cao hired the deceased Miss Zhen as Cao Chong's wife and buried them together.

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.

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. But not all the number of underworld weddings is in order, and looking at the appearance of the person in front of you is not a normal underworld marriage, but this is the end of the world, and it is normal to be different.

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", "sea of wine", dragon and phoenix cakes, elbows, and fruits sent by the man to the woman are all real, but 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" **** "bride" photo or tablet is also as provided 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.

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.

The ceremony is usually held in the temple, and the auspicious wedding is generally held, and the family members of both sides hold the doll wearing traditional wedding dress, representing the groom and the bride together with the tablet to hold the underworld marriage ceremony, and then put the doll, tablet and the photo of the newlyweds on the offering table side by side, to show that the two sides are married. After that, rituals such as removing evil spirits and burning relics are performed. Finally, the husband and wife were buried together.

There is a big rooster next to the person in front of him, it seems that the man in the family is going to hold a secret marriage, but there is no coffin and family in the wooden house, is this wooden house only this man himself?

Lin Feng suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that this man is going to hold a secret marriage, and he is giving himself a funeral?" ”

At this time, Dong Wu and Lin Xiaobao had completely woken up, and they were really rescued by Lin Feng. (To be continued.) )