The old man's advice is not to move the grave, ten moves and nine defeats, and he is well versed in the taboo of moving the grave, and the wisdom is inherited
The culture of funeral etiquette was born at the beginning of Chinese civilization, and its scale is the burial of the dead and the rituals associated with it. With the development of the past dynasties, the content of funeral culture is becoming more and more extensive, and there are more and more requirements, although there are also some feudal and decadent ideas, but the overall core still pays more attention to etiquette issues.
Because of this, the funeral culture has continued to this day, and it is inseparable from the earnest teachings handed down from ancient times:"Do not move the grave, ten moves and nine defeats"。Why can't you move the graves at will?What are the rules?
China is a multi-ethnic unified country, there are 56 ethnic groups in the country, each of which has its own traditional customs, which affects the funeral culture of each ethnic group. Nowadays, the most common type of burial is cremation, which is the cremation of a deceased loved one and then the burial of the ashes, which is the most common and widely recognized form of burial.
Other ethnic groups, such as **, have their own burial methods, the so-called **, that is, burying the body of the deceased in the local high mountains and letting some vultures, eagles and other animals eat the corpse. In the eyes of the Tibetans, it is a sacred funeral and a good wish that the souls of the deceased will ascend to heaven through these animals. Through these animals, the soul of the deceased can go to heaven, which is a good wish, but this burial method is unacceptable to most other peoples.
In these two burial methods, there are earth burial and water burial, but both methods can preserve the body well, earth burial is to put the body directly into the coffin, which can be seen in some Manchurian royal mausoleums, basically this is the way of burial, and water burial is very common in some ethnic minorities, we can see this way in some film and television dramas, they put their deceased relatives on a bamboo raft, so that they can bury them. They put their loved ones on bamboo rafts, let them be carried away by the waves, and finally sink to the bottom.
In general, no matter what kind of burial method and customs, the ultimate goal is to hope that the deceased can be buried in peace, and also hope that the relatives of the deceased can rest in peace.
And once this tomb is built, it cannot be moved without special circumstances, and most people will follow this custom, after all, no one wants to disturb the peace of the deceased, but if there is a special reason in this regard, the place can be moved.
Although the aborigines are more taboo to move the graves of the deceased, if there are some extremely special circumstances or reasons, they will also decide to move the graves, what are the special reasons?One is that there are some very major natural disasters, such as floods, mudslides, etc., and the cemetery is washed away, in this case, the descendants will choose another feng shui treasure to bury the graves of the ancestors, but this situation is extremely rare.
Another example is what we call ordinary tombs, such as the mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes some emperors die first and are buried in the mausoleum, and the queen may have to live for many years before she dies, the queen is dead, of course she has to be buried with the emperor, so at this time the mausoleum must be reopened, the common people do not have a large mausoleum, only a small tomb on one side, but the custom of civilian burial still exists, so the people who are martyred by civilians also have to be graved.
There is another kind that is more mysterious, that is, in the year of burying the deceased, if the family is bankrupt, if there is a loss, they will also move the grave, because such a thing in the eyes of the aborigines is that their relatives are dead, and now they are no longer satisfied with the place where they are buried, but they are dead, but they can't say that they can only use this more extreme way to warn future generations to think about them.
In addition to these special reasons that cause descendants to be unable to move the grave as they wish, once the grave is moved according to personal wishes, it is inevitable that the grave relocation will fail, and nine of the ten grave relocations have not been successful, so is this statement valid?Why do people make such arguments?
Ten of the most advanced graves have failed, not that the process of moving graves has failed, but there is a deeper meaning, just like we said earlier, the ancestors keep the soil for peace, there are no special circumstances, future generations will move the graves, which undoubtedly disturbs the rest of the ancestors, and they also destroy the cemetery life of the ancestors, which is an extremely disrespectful behavior of the ancestors.
On the other hand, it is believed that the deceased will go to another world after death. Because the deceased is afraid of the sun during the day, he usually travels at night, and basically moves the grave during the day, which will cause Guan Gong to reappear in the rivers and lakes, which will not only destroy the peace of the deceased, but also cause greater harm.
There is also a feng shui view that the previous burial place was carefully selected by some feng shui masters according to the results, that is, all the feng shui is fixed when the earth is put on the ground, but if the ground is broken at this time, it will undoubtedly destroy the feng shui of the place, whether it will have an adverse impact on the deceased or for future generations, not only offending the relatives of the deceased, but also indirectly affecting the future development of the family. The future development of the family will also be indirectly affected. This will not only offend the loved ones of the deceased, but also indirectly affect the future development of the family.
There is no evidence for these claims, and although many of them are largely unscientific, in our opinion, respect for the deceased, especially for the elderly, is the most important reason for the development of culture to this day, and it is also the inheritance of filial piety.
The most fundamental reason why people attach importance to etiquette, even if it is a boring procedure, is that the spiritual concept of Chinese respecting the elderly and honoring their parents has been passed down for thousands of years, so that today, even if people know that these are decadent and backward ideas, they will still follow it because of the inheritance of filial piety.
In addition to China, other countries in the world also have their own unique culture and customs, and there have been some outdated customs in backward times, but these customs have never been abandoned or abolished, just because of their profound meaning, only because China's funeral culture is no less than the inheritance of the national spirit, so when we see a large number of traditional customs of the Chinese nation, we can not blindly deny it!Therefore, when we look at the many traditional customs of the Chinese nation, we cannot blindly deny the backward thinking, but should examine its deep-seated meaning from another angle.