The funeral customs in southern Fujian are luxurious and mysterious. As the old saying goes, Suzhou and Hangzhou are where you want to eat, and Quanzhou is where you want to die. In fact, the funeral specifications in Quanzhou are very luxurious. It can be said that in ancient times, funerals were something people took very seriously.

1. Encoffinment. When a person dies and is encased, the clothes he wears are very particular and must be in an odd number. Here we usually wear 7 tops and 3 trousers. If you meet a very old person or a person with a very high status, you must wear 9 tops and 5 trousers. In case of a short-lived death or accidental death, 5 tops and 3 trousers are required. These have specific specifications and cannot be used casually. Moreover, the number of shrouds is not the usual calculation, but one per layer. Some jackets have two layers, so they count as two pieces.

2. Wake. In Quanzhou, the wake usually lasts for three days. If someone leaves the funeral without waiting for three days, his or her spine will be broken. Moreover, the three-day wake-up call required mourning. Starting at 7 a.m., my daughter had to cry continuously for three days. Now if you can't cry, you just invite someone to mourn. It costs 50 yuan for ten minutes. If you have money, you can invite someone for the whole day. If you don't have money, you can cry for a while and then invite someone to mourn. However, no matter how cheap it is, it still costs several hundred yuan per day. piece.

3. Funeral ceremony. This year, two elderly people in the house next door to me passed away. One was from the 19th band and the other was from the 27th band. It is our custom to invite a band to cheer up the funeral, but wreaths are not that popular yet. There are many forms of bands, such as Western music, waist drum, Hui'an women, etc. There are basically about 20 people in a band, and the price is about 3,000 yuan. The more people there are, the more expensive the price is. Although the cost is very expensive, the scene is very lively.

4. Funeral. When we have a funeral here, we have to carry the coffin, and the funeral procession will walk around the village road together, and then around the road for about 3 kilometers before the coffin is put on the hearse. And when walking on the road, all the bands cannot stop and must play from beginning to end. And every time they walk, they have to stop the coffin and let their descendants kneel down and cry. I went to see my godmother off, and my knees almost swelled along the way.