After the death of the elderly, there will be those complicated and staggering funeral rites in every place. Although ordinary people know what is going on, they can't figure out the process and the way of it. What to do at what time, what words to say and what road to take, are all very particular, and for this reason, there is a group of people who point to the people who make a living by handling other people's affairs. Now those people are white master of ceremonies, and in old days they were called deacons.

Before the liberation, there were many funeral rites and funeral rites in Henan. In the small funeral, the deceased is breathless, the relatives are sad and painful, the deceased is bathed and changed, and the mortuary bed is mortuary. Most of the clothes have been prepared before death, and they are said to be sent to old clothes, shrouds, shoes and hats are indispensable, and three new ones inside and outside.

The deceased had money in his mouth, and he removed the foil from his side as money to buy the road. The mourning bed is set up in the main hall with its head facing the main entrance. Funeral. After the small funeral, he reported the funeral to relatives and friends, and the filial son went out to kowtow to others. After the funeral, relatives and friends came to mourn. When the children heard the news, they immediately returned home. Burial, also known as the big burial, that is, the burial into the coffin.

Open the hanging. The coffin is placed in the main hall, the spiritual fence is erected, and the filial sons and filial women wear linen and filial piety to guard the spirit. Relatives and friends came to mourn, bow and weep. Wealthy families also invited Taoist priests to make dojos and monks to chant scriptures in order to transcend the dead. Choose a cemetery and set acupuncture points. The cemetery is generally selected in the ancestral tomb, and the acupuncture points are subject to the guidance of Mr. Feng Shui, with high heads and low feet. In the western mountainous area of Hebi, there is a custom of "rather call the front of the tomb noisy, not the road behind the grave".

The funeral is generally seven days after death, and there are also three days, and even three days or even three or five days. Qi Ling's eldest son or eldest grandson left the house and fell into the old pot, which means the transfer of property. The coffin has eight lifts and sixteen lifts. When the spirit is out, the filial piety of the man and the woman are dressed in linen and filial piety, the man holds the mourning rod next to the spirit, and the woman follows the spirit, and the five clothes are arranged according to the distance and proximity. The coffin is put in place, and the soil is filled by the filial son first, and then filled by others. If the woman dies and her husband is alive, she cannot enter the cave, but the coffin is mounded with bricks, and when the husband dies, he enters the cave together. Mourning, also known as offering sacrifices and keeping filial piety.

Three days after the burial, the filial son goes to the grave to offer sacrifices, and then every seven festivals, there are seven, twenty-seven, three-seven, five-seven, seven-seven also called seven and one hundred days. Filial sons don't have haircuts or entertainment, and filial daughters don't wear red and green. The first anniversary of filial piety, the second anniversary of the small sacrifice, the third anniversary of the big sacrifice, at this time to remove the service. During the mourning period, the Spring Festival does not post red couplets. In the first year, the white link, the second year of the yellow link, and the third year of the green link.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party and the government advocated changing customs and customs, and the old customs were improved.

That night, after the grave team members finished eating at the Heshun Sheep Soup Restaurant, the sky turned up the belly of the fish, and a thin yellow edge slowly rose from the horizon, watching the dawn approach. The shopkeeper of the sheep soup restaurant generally has to get up at this time to prepare for a day's business, but the group of people in the grave team have been eating until dawn before leaving, the shopkeeper is tired and sleepy, but there is no way, can only stare for a while, and then open the door to welcome customers.

But Lao Wu got a job from the shopkeeper who would come to pay for it that day, what? Carrying the coffin for the funeral of others, this is a few brothers who are the best at manual work. After returning to the dormitory, there was nothing to do, and everyone planned to sleep first, but Lao Wu said: "Don't sleep yet, I'll tell you something." “

Hu Dabao just took a cold shower in the courtyard, and was about to go into the house to sleep with his pants on, but he was blocked by Lao Wu at the door, and if he wanted to say something, he was not happy to say: "Don't get in the way!" I'm dying, what are you talking about! ”

Lao Wu glanced at him, turned around to find a place to sit, and then looked at the faces of his brothers and said, "We can say that we have no work to do recently, I think"

"Isn't it good to have no work? Are you as comfortable as a dog when you're tired all day? If you want me to say, it's best not to live! Let's wait until dawn and then go to the county to have a good time and go to the bathhouse, what do you think? Hu Dawei suddenly interrupted Lao Wu to answer. The third child also responded: "It's good to go to the bathhouse!" I'm getting smelly these days, I really need to take a good shower, let's go there, go to the biggest one in the county! ”

The two of them talked about eating, drinking, and having fun, and they were really right, and they didn't finish talking, Lao Wu lowered his head and didn't speak, and when they were almost done, he continued to answer and said: "Soak in the bathhouse?" How many days do you have enough money in your pocket? I can tell you, we haven't had a job this month, do you know what it means to be out of work? It's just that there's no money, understand? ”

When the fourth child heard this, he sat up, escaped from the clothes on the side and counted the remaining money, not much. According to their current way of eating, they will have to spend it all in less than half a month, and they can only drink the northwest wind when the time comes, so they asked Lao Wu: "Old Wu, what do you mean?" Do we have to do something else? ”

Lao Wu sighed and said: "It's better for the fourth child to be smarter, when we drank the mutton soup just now, the shopkeeper told me a way to get money that day, I feel pretty good, I'll ask when it's dawn, if it's okay, our brothers will go." ”

"What live? I'm not going to dig a dung pit for people! Hu Dawei muttered after lying down.

Lao Wu smiled and said, "If you want to go, no one will use you, but this job is not bad, at least you can manage a few meals." ”

"Old Wu, you're talking about white things, right?" The third child understood with a roll of his eyes.

Lao Wu nodded and said: "Yes, it's indeed a white matter, that is, when we rush to the grave, we carry the coffin, and it doesn't take much effort for more people, isn't it easy for us?" The shopkeeper of the Sheep Soup Restaurant told me that a person who specializes in white work is named Pu Wei, and I should go to him when I am free. ”

Pu Wei is a native of Lushi County, and three generations of his family have been deacons who specialize in handling future affairs for others, and he is still somewhat famous in the local area.

It stands to reason that in our impression, this kind of white master of ceremonies is to help take care of the aftermath, of course, this aftermath refers to the death of the old man. But why do you say that you are about to die, and go to him? This has something to do with the craftsmanship of the Pu family.

Pu Wei's father is the oldest deacon with the most qualifications in the local area, and all the aftermath handled by his father is bright and magnificent, which is in line with the comparison of people who do white things at that time. His voice was so clear and crisp that when he drove the grave and carried the coffin, he had to listen to the deacon's command, "Lift the coffin!" "Fall!" "Uphill!" "Turn!" "Cross the bridge!" A few shouts are beautiful, and it makes people feel like that.

As for why the coffin is carried to the cemetery, it is necessary to give a command? It's a kind of exquisiteness. The shouts were not only for the people carrying the coffin, but also for the people in the coffin. It's a little scary to say, it must be a dead person in the coffin, what's the use of shouting to a dead person? Besides, it can't hear it! However, in the old tradition, when the coffin was carried out of the funeral, it was said that the soul of the dead man was also locked inside, then he would definitely not be able to see the situation outside, and he could only find his way home and reunite with his family through the deacon's words such as turning, going uphill, and crossing bridges.

But this craft was passed on to Pu Weita, although it is still there, but the times are different, and the complex tradition has been much less, and it should be said that it is more streamlined than before.

Pu Wei is not only a deacon, he also does other white work, such as paper tie sheds, shrouds and longevity materials, and makeup for the dead.

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