The so-called violent death refers to abnormal death, such as car accident, murder, suicide, death penalty, accidental work injury, natural disasters and so on. People who die suddenly are not allowed to enter the ancestral grave, but can only be buried outside the grave near the ancestral grave.
This phenomenon is very abnormal, because in modern times, we generally choose to have a funeral during the day, and the line of sight during the day is good, so the funeral team is not prone to accidents. At night, the situation will be more complicated. If you are buried in the middle of the night, this kind of thing sounds cautious. So when you meet the funeral procession in the middle of the night, it is very unlucky.
Funeral procedure
In the old days, before the funeral, there were some major ceremonies in various parts of Shanxi, such as Qinxian and Qixian. That is, ask someone to add a little bit to the original Wang character written with cinnabar pen on the tablet, so that the Wang character becomes the main character, commonly known as the Lord, which means the meaning of the gods. The person who points to the Lord is called the Lord, and it is necessary to invite local celebrities, scholars or local governors to serve.
On the day of the funeral, relatives, friends and neighbors gathered to mourn and offered a glass of wine to express their condolences. The libation ceremony usually includes a sacrificial mat, a steamed bread, a roll of paper and a paper tie. Sacrificial seats, commonly known as sacrifices, are mainly dishes, and paper flowers of different sizes must be inserted in every payment. Followed by steamed bread, which is a kind of pasta steamed in a cage with a bowl buckle.