1. Crying and keeping vigil.

After an elder in the family dies, the children will dress him in shrouds and shoes, and then put an iron pot on the ground beside the bed for burning paper money.

2. Encoffinment.

There are two types of coffins: large and small. The large coffin means placing the deceased in a prepared coffin, while the small coffin means changing the deceased's shroud and shoes. This must be done by the children of the deceased themselves and no one else can do it for them. If there are no children, siblings will be substituted.

3. Funeral.

The funeral is the most important part of the entire funeral. At this time, the deceased's children, relatives, friends, and distant neighbors gathered together. The Onmyoji Master recited the final memorial text, and the children, relatives, and friends knelt in front of the soul wearing mourning clothes and cried loudly.

4. Burial.

The whole burial process is also very grand. First, the coffin is placed next to the "golden well" dug in advance. After the Onmyoji arrives, sutras are chanted.

Funeral Elegy

The lyrics of the elegy include two chapters: "Xie Lu" and "Artemisia", which were written by Tian Heng's disciples in the Han Dynasty. At that time, Tian Heng committed suicide. The guests mourned him and began to sing sadly. The meaning of the lyrics is that people are like dew on the wormwood, which is easy to dry out and perish. It is also believed that after death, the soul returns to the wormwood south of Mount Tai. So there are these two chapters.

Original text:

The elegy is the joy of mourning the family, and the sound of harmony is the sound of mourning. The elegy contains two chapters of sage dew and wormwood. Made by people from Hengmen, Hantian. He committed suicide and was injured by his disciples. He sang a tragic song and said: "People are like dew on sage, they are easy to die. It is also said that after death, the spirit returns to the wormwood." Therefore there are two chapters.

("Sou Shen Ji")