Life is getting better and better, and people's perceptions of funeral customs are changing. In rural areas, people used to bring one with them when they were buried at funeralsRooster, and nowadays, this custom is in the cityCemeteryIt is also gradually becoming popular. Because of this, the funeral belt onlyRoosterIt aroused the curiosity of many people. Those who have experienced it firsthand or know something about it generally say that there are many interpretations of the practice and that there are no specific** or official regulations. Therefore, this article will refer to the texts of normative etiquette classics and folk customs, and delve into this issue for your reference and discussion.
First of all, from the perspective of regulating funerals, we can see that there is no connection with ".Rooster"Matters of etiquette. Various liturgical texts in history, such as the "Liturgy", ".Rites", "Zhuzi's Family Ceremony", etc., as well as "Tang Kaiyuan Ceremony", "Great Song Dynasty Political and Harmony Ceremony", ".Daming Huidian"The Great Qing Dynasty Rites" and so on do not mention this funeral custom. It can be seen that in China's more than 3,000 years of history, there has been no record of the normative funerals advocated by either the official or the mainstream ideologyRooster"ofFuneralEtiquette and how to do it. However, in folk customs, there is a saying called "watching the funeral chicken", which is done by tying one to the foot of the morgue or next to the coffinRooster(Usually white.)Rooster) for observationFuneral。This oneRoosterIt will remain there until the funeral is over. This practice is said to be to prevent cats, rats, and insects from harming the carcass. In the northern regions, this custom is quite popular. Based on this observation, we have reason to believe that out of the funeral beltRoosterIt is likely that the custom developed from "watching the mourning chickens".
Secondly, we can start with the burial andLiving sacrificeangle to understand the bandRoostercustoms. In ancient times, clans or tribes, as units of production and life, lived collectively, and the value of individual lives was relatively low. Living sacrificeKilling was very normal in that period and was called ".Living sacrifice”。Today, we know thatLiving sacrificeIt mainly refers to the use of enemy heads to sacrifice flags in the war to boost morale, which isLiving sacrificeA kind of inheritance of customs. Just like the middle school textbook mentions ".Simon Leopard ZhiyeThe girl who was thrown into the river, she was carried outLiving sacrificeExamples: The custom of burial also requires killing people and burying them in graves. In fact, this phenomenon was very common in ancient times, and there is a lot of hard evidence and archaeological evidence to support it. From the Western Zhou Dynasty onwards, people attached great importance to etiquette and emphasized benevolence and righteousness, and no longer killed people in burials, but changed to use Ming utensils (i.eArtifact）。Now, we're inFuneralYou can also see the archwayArtifactThis is the inheritance of the living buried in ancient times. Living sacrificeThe custom is no longer to kill people, but to kill chickens. Chicken blood is common in sacrificial activities, just as we often say "blood is an alliance", chicken blood is often used instead of human blood. In real life, chickens and pigs are the two most common meats**, and chickens are very suitable for short, easy to raise, large numbers and small individualsLiving sacrifice。Therefore, we can think of the funeral as a burial beltRoosterThere are both the meaning of burial and burialLiving sacrificemeaning.
Finally, when we analyzed the specific operation situation, we found that the beltRoosterThere are several specific practices for the custom of going to the cemetery. First, placed in the tombRoosterto allow it to roam freely in the tomb and flutter, and if the feathers on its body are dropped, it will be counted as a burial, and then it can be usedRoosterRemove. If there is no shedding, the filial sons will come fromRoosterRip off some feathers. Secondly, sometimes it will be directly usedRoosterBuried in a tomb is considered a companion burial. However, this is less common because people feel that it is not benevolent, after allRoosterIt is also the existence of life. Moreover, some people will use itRoosterThe cockscomb rubs the coffin, rubbing until the cockscomb breaks, bleeding, appears red, and is consideredLiving sacrificeFinish. So far,RoosterThe task at the funeral is complete. In addition, there are also people who directly kill chickens and take bloodLiving sacrifice, or before the funeralRoosterSlaughter. WhenRoosterAt the end of life, people will also be satisfied. In short, regardless of the specific practice, custom requires a funeral beltRoosterNone of the main family can take it home to eat or **. It is evident thatFolkloreFuneralMedium bandRoosterThere are both the meaning of burial and burialLiving sacrificemeaning. There may not be a clear understanding of this custom, and most people don't dig into it or understand its significance.
To sum up, out of the funeral burial beltRoosterThe customs can be derived from the norms of funerals andFolkloreCustoms to understand. Although there is no talk about "" in the canonical funeralRoosterBut there is a saying in folk customs that "watching the mourning chickens" may be the origin of this custom. At the same time, with the burial andLiving sacrifice"ofCultureThe background also explains why it is inFuneralMedium bandRooster。Judging by the specific operation, the beltRoosterThe custom of going to the cemetery comes in many forms, both of which include willingRoosterPut into the grave or buried, and include letRoosterThe comb of the chicken bleeds or the direct killing of the chicken to take blood. Regardless of the specific operation, the custom requires a funeral beltRoosterNone of the main family can take it home to eat or **.
Finally, as for the specific meaning of this custom, we need to make a comprehensive review of the texts of normative liturgical texts and folk customs, in order to better understand itCulturePhenomenon.