With the arrival of several Taishou, the people who can be qualified to participate in Emperor Wu's funeral have also arrived, Zhao Zili, Zhao Zifeng, and Zhao Zijun have already been prepared, and Emperor Wu's coffin has also stopped in Taiji Palace, waiting for the funeral to be officially held.

The mausoleum of the Great Zhou Emperor is large-scale and has countless treasures. Coupled with the importance attached to birth, old age, sickness and death, it is believed that although the body of a person is dead, the soul is immortal.

Therefore, the attitude towards funerals is rigorous, and from the founding of the country to the current development, the funeral system has developed into a complete and rigorous system of etiquette.

First of all, the first stage is:

"Burial and Stopping", the body of Emperor Wu was placed in the Taiji Palace. People became to the deceased emperor

"Emperor Daxing".

"Walk" means to leave, while

"Daxing" means to leave forever. In the first stage, the first thing to summon is to summon the spirits of the Daxing Emperor, heralding the beginning of the entire funeral.

Why do you have to summon spirits at funerals? Da Zhou wants to rent it, thinking that if the soul can't find a way back, he will wander outside.

There is no way to be comforted by incense offerings and scriptures, and there is no way to be reincarnated. Therefore, the family should summon the soul of the deceased and let the soul of the loved one go home with the voice of the family.

The name of this stage of the conjuring is called

"Complex". The five high-ranking officials who were responsible for summoning the emperor's spirits were in charge. The five high-ranking officials took the crown robes, called the emperor's name three times, and then threw the crown clothes down.

Someone would be in charge of the garment and place it on the Emperor's body. The so-called crown suit, abbreviated

"Gon" is one of the most noble dresses in ancient times. It is the dress that the emperor took when he sacrificed to heaven and earth, Zongmiao, Sheji, Xiannong, as well as New Year's Day, winter solstice, holy festivals, and worship.

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"Gon" means the upper and lower garments,

"Crown" refers to the crown. After the conjuring was over, he placed Emperor Wu's body on the prepared imperial bed and held his mouth with a horn.

When the princes and nobles of Dazhou are buried, they will have treasures such as jade in their mouths. Therefore, this move was also to prepare for putting a treasure in the emperor's mouth.

Horn, an ancient ritual vessel. Horn system, shaped like a spoon. "Zhou Li, Tianguan, Jade Mansion": "Horn pillow, horn oak." Zheng Xuan's note: "Horn tree, horn dagger." "Sun Yi makes justice:" "Speech Wood Department" cloud: Etiquette. 柶, dagger also ...... "Funeral Record" empty and sparse clouds: '柶 is made of horns, six inches long, and the two ends are bent. "Etiquette and Ceremony": "There are grates, spoons, and horns." Zheng Xuan's note: "The shape of the oak is like a dagger, and those who take the horn as it want to slip also." Then he began to boil water for bathing, and the emperor used rice soup for bathing.

During the bathing process, the fallen hair, nails and other body parts should be cleaned up so that the emperor can be reincarnated smoothly.

After bathing the emperor's body, the emperor was given clothes, and the process of changing clothes was called

"Attack". Cover the emperor's face with a square scarf. At this time, the new emperor needs to wash his hands, and at the same time wash the prepared jade and put it on the right side of the emperor's mouth.

This process is called:

Yes. On the west side of the temple, a long log will be erected. Because the ancestors of the Great Zhou believed that after the conjuring ended, the emperor's soul was not attached.

Therefore, in order to provide an attachment medium for the emperor's soul, a long log will be set up

Overhang. On the second day of the emperor's death, it will be set

"Small". On the day of the New Year, the officials, princes and concubines of the palace will be present and weep bitterly for the emperor's departure.

At this time, the chamberlain would put on nineteen sets of clothes for the emperor in accordance with the etiquette system. On the second day of the meeting, the meeting will begin

On the day of the Great Collection, the new emperor, that is, Emperor Wen, wants to bring the corpse into the coffin, and the Great Collection needs to prepare 120 sets of clothes and six jades on this day: Yubi, Yucong, Yugui, Yuamber, Yuzhang, and Yuhuang.

It is a ritual vessel to worship the four directions of heaven and earth in ancient times, that is, to worship the heavens, to cong to the earth, to the east, to the west, to the south, and to the north.

The big collection is more grand than the small collection, on this day, the civil and military officials, the prince's concubines and the emperor's elders are all present.

The body of the emperor is placed in the coffin, and the new emperor recites the memorial text. With the cries of the people present and the flags fluttering in the wind, the emperor's burial ended and entered the stage of resting.

Then, following the funeral order, there it is

"Ready-to-wear" stage. Ready-to-wear, refers to a full suit; In the old days, after the funeral funeral, relatives put on different mourning clothes according to the relationship with the deceased, called

"Ready-to-wear". Among them, the new emperor has to replace it with the heaviest one

"Decay". be

The heaviest mourning dress among the "Five Costumes". It is made of the coarsest raw linen, and the broken part is exposed, and the mourning clothes are called

"Decay". He expressed his grief without embellishment, and served for three years. The so-called five suits, from heavy to light, are chopping decay, Qi decay, great work, small work, and hemp, each of which corresponds to a certain period of mourning.

After the burial, that is

"Xiaoxiang",

"Daxiang" and

"Tan sacrifice" three procedures, in the emperor after the death of the twelfth day, held a small auspicious, after the twenty-fifth day, held a large auspicious, twenty-seven days later, the Tan sacrifice, also known as the removal of the service.

In these three procedures, people gradually remove the mourning clothes from their bodies, and on the day of the Tan Festival, they officially change into mourning clothes.

The sacrifice requirements of the Great Zhou are that Xiaoxiang is sacrificed for the first anniversary of his death, Daxiang is sacrificed for the second anniversary of his death, and Tan is sacrificed for the third anniversary of his death.

After these procedures were completed, the construction of the emperor's mausoleum began. At that time, most of the sacrificial activities in the palace had come to an end.

The Great Zhou follows the one in the "Monarchy".

The content of "the Son of Heaven will be buried in seven days and buried in July" will be almost built in about half a year.

After the completion of the construction of the imperial mausoleum, it is required

"Initiation Sacrifice". At that time, officials above the ninth grade will come to participate, and they will cry bitterly at the scene. Then prepare to set off and transport the remains of the emperor to the imperial tomb.

In order to transport the emperor's body to the end, it is estimated that the funeral procession is also a mighty procession, after arriving at the imperial tomb, the carriages and horses used in the funeral will not be brought back to Luoyang, either buried with the emperor's body, or will be burned.

After burying the emperor's body, the funeral procession returned. At that time, a mulberry wood will be used to make the god, which will be used as a medium to draw out the emperor's soul, and it will be used in major sacrificial activities in the future

"Yu Sacrifice". After the end of the Yu sacrifice, the emperor's soul will be attached to the temple, and the importance of the Great Zhou people to the ritual system can still be seen.

After a whole set of processes, Zhao Zili was already tired, but fortunately, everything ended smoothly, and after a few days of rest, it was the reward day that everyone was most concerned about, and this day would completely determine the future pattern of Da Zhou.

In the palace, Zhao Zili, Zhao Zifeng and Xie An were deciding the rewards for the last few people, and Zhao Zijun had already fallen asleep tired after many days.

Xie An has also stayed up several nights these days, and the list jointly determined by the six Shangshu was presented to Zhao Zili: "Lord Wang, now that the rewards for the dead meritorious heroes and the living meritorious heroes have been determined, how can these ambiguous or people who only made a move after the Battle of Luoyang decide." ”

"According to the laws of the Great Zhou, the reward for these people has been halved, and now the finances handed over by the kings with different surnames in Haining and other states are sufficient." Zhao Zili was not too harsh, after all, if he didn't give these people some sweetness, his future work would be constrained everywhere.

"Yes, I will obey the orders of the prince." After finalizing the final details, Xie An retired, and Zhao Zili was finally able to rest.

"Good work, my little chestnut." Chen Xiaocheng appeared at the right time.

"I finally realized my father's pain, if it weren't for the fact that the army was still young, I would have quit a long time ago." Zhao Zili rubbed his brows, the emperor really didn't do it, he took pity on the kid army.

Chen Xiaocheng pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Those who can work hard, now only you can deter the heroes, those arrogant soldiers and fierce generals are not fuel-efficient lamps." Of course, Zhao Zili also understands that in addition to the descendants from Haining, other states and ethnic groups are just a community of interests.

Now in order to settle down as soon as possible, Zhao Zili is also sparing no effort, and a large number of manpower and material resources in Haining are in full swing towards Luoyang.

The major institutions have also merged with Luoyang, Da Zhou's strength has increased instead of decreasing, and those big names have also looked sideways, and they were shocked by Zhao Zili's strong background and were speechless, there were still people who were a little cautious, but at this moment they never dared to make any excessive demands.

The much-anticipated award conference was also officially held.