Dead people, why do you have rice in your pockets

The innermost part of starving grass is to not become a starving ghost, and there is also a saying that you should not starve in the next life. As for the rice, it should be in the underworld.

Have something to eat, and you won't starve.

"Mouth money", also known as "mouth" and "rice", refers to the custom of giving the deceased something in his mouth before he or she dies.

In the ancient Chinese book "Mouth" record, "The Book of Rites: Miscellaneous Notes": "Chisel a towel to eat." The Book of Etiquette of the Later Han Dynasty also says: "Dengyao, the rice contains pearls and jade like a ceremony", which is also intended to let the deceased cross the River Styx smoothly.

The ancients believed that if there was a boat on the River Styx, there must be a boat dedicated to ferrying. When the undead cross the river, of course, they should also pay the boat as they do in the human world, otherwise they are likely to be reprimanded by the boat, and they will not even be able to cross the river, and they will come back to find trouble with their children and grandchildren. The money in the mouth of the undead is the fare paid to the boat of the Styx.

In addition to the Han Chinese, ethnic minorities also have this folk tradition:

When the Naxi people in Yunnan are about to die, the filial son must hurriedly put six "mouths" into the mouth of the deceased. This is a small red paper bag, which contains a small amount of rice (nine grains for men and seven grains for women), broken tea leaves and a little silver dust, which is first divided into three small packets and then wrapped together in red paper. When the mouth is released, the elders of the clan should tell the deceased the names of the three generations of ancestors and tell him how to use the three small mouths

The first package is the fare for crossing the river - there is a large river on the way to the underworld, and you need to take a boat to cross the river. When the boat reaches the center of the river, it is necessary to take a bag as the fare to pay the ferryman, otherwise it will be thrown into the river and will not be allowed to overlive; The second package was given to the two fierce god generals in front of the Hades Palace; The third package is for the ancestors.

In the funeral of the Banglong clan in Yunnan, some broken silver should be put in the mouth of the deceased as the money for the deceased to cross the river; The dead of the Gelao tribe also had silver in their mouths and paper money in their hands and were buried in graves. Other ethnic groups such as the Wa, Zhuang, Maonan, Yao and other ethnic groups also have the habit of mouthing.

In the past, some people also brought five-colored grains. Some bring rice, wheat, millet, black beans, red beans, soybeans, etc. to make five-color grains, which means that people have come to heaven to have enough food and clothing.

There is a custom of sacrificing seven in the old funeral customs and condolence ceremonies. According to the lunar calendar, if the person dies within 7749 days, it is not the beginning of the year.

Seven, ten. On the day of 7 and 27, then it means that the deceased is guilty of great sin, and the descendants should receive it on their behalf, and begging for rice for three days is also called begging for filial piety. When the filial son begs for filial piety, the whole body is draped with filial piety, and he holds a bag of begging rice, and he kneels on the ground every time he arrives at a house, and asks people to give filial piety rice.

The rice with the pillow for the dead man should be cooked. Avoid millet bugs. I'm also afraid that Xiaomier will send it. So the rice in the dead man's pillow must be cooked.

The rice used for the pillows of the dead needs to be fried to avoid insects.

The rice that is used for pillows for the dead is, of course, fried to prevent germination.

Rice for private pillows does not need to be overspeeding at all.

Stir-fry the rice to the dead, and leave it together