As a country that has been practicing etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame for thousands of years, our country has attached great importance to etiquette since ancient times. Its profound etiquette culture has a long history and has been influential to the present. As the saying goes, there is no wonder that there are many etiquettes. Etiquette culture not only affects living people, but also "dead people".
Don’t think this sentence is strange. The dead are dead. How can they still be influenced by ethics and culture? The deceased has lost his life and of course he can no longer follow the ethics culture. What is referred to here is the respect of the living person for the deceased out of etiquette and morality.
Isn’t it the greatest respect for the deceased? In the past, the funeral method of burial was quite popular. After a person died, his descendants or relatives would put the dead into a coffin and bury it deep into the ground. Then bury the coffin with soil, leaving a pile of soil on it.
When small families hold funerals, the small mounds of soil on the grave are often very small. When high-ranking officials and nobles and princes and nobles held funerals, the cemetery was very thick and high. Why do coffins need to be buried deep underground and small mounds of soil need to be left on the ground?
The burial form is backward but very particular
Many new generation children living in the city only know the new type of cremation now, but have never seen the popular burials in the past. Nowadays, most urban areas in China are actively promoting cremation because its funeral methods are more civilized and save more land resources.
In the contemporary era when cremation is prevalent, people are often sent to the crematorium after death, and a fire burns it. However, our country has a vast territory. Many rural and mountainous areas with blocked traffic still have burial forms, and local people will still use burial customs.
Many elderly people, traditional culture has influenced them all their lives, and they have been more conservative and are the main people who want to follow the traditional burial. They believe that after a person dies, it is better to put it in a coffin and bury it deep under the loess that they are familiar with. What's more, they will think that if the traditional customs left by our ancestors are changed at will, their souls will not be able to reincarnate. Isn't it better to be born on the yellow soil and die in the yellow soil than to burn it?
When burying the earth, there will often be mounds left
Speaking of this traditional burial form, although it is backward, many of the requirements are still unknown to this day. For example, why do we leave mounds of soil on the surface when we are buried?
Some people will definitely say that although the coffin of is buried deep underground, there is a mound of soil left on the surface, so that the grave is more obvious and will not make future generations unable to find . But think about it, if you simply want to leave a tomb symbol on the surface, wouldn’t it be better to have a tombstone?
erects a tombstone for the buried person, which will not only leave a mark on the tombstone for the worshippers, but also write down the simple life of the deceased. Obviously, the function of the mound of graves as marking is quite one-sided.
In fact, The grave on the ground has a symbol of representative status, and the living people have a symbol of status. Unexpectedly, the deceased will have it.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese archaeological experts dug a lot of treasures from tombs in various parts of the country. Many archaeological projects have been reported on TV programs and the Internet. When archaeological experts dig ancient tombs, there are often mounds of soil. The higher the status, the larger the mound, the thicker the corresponding mound.
The most famous one is the tomb of Qin Shihuang. Until now, The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang has not been discovered because of its full mystery. The mounds of the tomb of Qin Shihuang are preserved quite well,
The mounds of the tomb of Qin Shihuang are quite large, which can be regarded as the mounds of the tombs, but the mounds of the earth under the emperor's specifications are relatively large.
In addition to the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, more tombs have been excavated. Generally speaking, the higher the status of the tomb owner, the larger the scale of the cemetery, the more money it consumes to build a tomb in . The graves of ordinary people are quite simple, and there is not even a complete tombstone.
So, the mound of soil on the grave is not only a mark, but also a symbol of power and status. When people are alive, they are rich and powerful, so the dead will not decline.
Of course, the size of the mound on the grave cannot be determined only based on the value of the deceased.
In ancient times, the feudal hierarchy order was quite strict. Rich people could build their tombs more luxuriously, but if their status was not high, they could still not build the mounds of the tombs beyond the scale.
The scale of the tombs is distributed according to their identity level and official position. Everyone must follow it from royal relatives, royal palaces, nobles, and ordinary people. If you violate it casually, you will be in trouble.
There is no mound on the grave, which means the deceased has no identity
In fact, in addition to the two reasons used to mark and represent identity status, there is another important reason for the mound on the grave. Unlike what everyone thinks, not all graves will be made into a mound of soil on , and there will be some mounds of soil where the burialists do not have a mound of soil.
There is a mound of soil on the grave that means "this grave has a master", and there is no mound of soil on the grave that means "this grave has no master". This is a tax law passed down by people in ancient times. Don’t underestimate the “owner” and “no”. This is often closely related to the cemetery landlord’s family.
In ancient times, technology was underdeveloped and people were more superstitious. People often think that there are no mounds of graves. The owners buried in the tombs are either the anonymous people who have exposed their bodies in the wilderness, or the bad guys who have done a lot of bad things, because these mounds are not mounds.
In contrast, in the cemetery with mounds, in addition to the mounds on the grave, the identity of the tomb owner can be seen from the mounds on the grave, and the uprightness of the tomb owner during his lifetime can also be seen.
Ancient people attached great importance to fame and chastity
Unlike now, ancient people often attached great importance to their reputation and chastity, so there will be such considerations after death. Although many people nowadays live for fame, they are more people who live for profit.
Whether there is a mound of soil on the grave will have different impacts on future generations. There were many sayings about the ancients choosing cemeteries, especially the theory of feng shui. At that time, people believed that if the feng shui of the cemetery was good, it would bless the descendants to be rich and noble, and have a lot of children and grandchildren.
There will be similar effects if there is a mound of soil on the grave, but if there is no mound of soil on the grave, the effect will be the opposite. This will not only lead to the lack of descendants and shortage of life, but will even lead the family to decline.
Life and death are inevitable topics of human development and change. The ancients were not only reborn and attached great importance to family members imports, but also severely died. The purpose is to let a person live a life of a beginning and a final end, be born happily, and leave with decent body.
Conclusion
What the ancients valued was not just the mound of the tombs. The details that the ancients valued were often reflected in every move and every word and action in life. If we have eyes that are good at discovery, we will clearly see the wisdom of the ancients.
