Are the red and white ceremonies in the countryside traditional culture or feudal superstition?

Traditional culture, because after all, it has been passed down for many years, and I am used to it.

It belongs to the inheritance of our traditional national culture. Because at the beginning, our colors were relatively single, and good colors could only be used by royal nobles, and later these colors were also hung, which is a good meaning.

I think it's a kind of traditional culture, after all, red and white ceremonies have a long history, so there are still such customs in many rural areas.

I don't know much about other regions, I am from Guangxi, and the red and white ceremonies we have to go back to are: marriage, entering the house, and all white things, these must be present, and it is not good to give gifts.

1. Get married. In our hometown, if people of the same age get married, as long as they have a good time, they have to be there, because they have to help the new drink, if they don't come once, it may not be a big problem, because everyone has an emergency, and there are representatives of the past in the family, basically it's okay.

However, if you don't show up every time your hometown peers get married, everyone will default to you looking down on them, so if you get married one day, even if you can afford to set up 80 tables, young people will not come, because if you compare your heart to your heart, everyone is not bad for that money, but you have not been there, why should people praise you?

2. Enter the house. In Guangxi, entering the house is a more solemn festival, generally speaking, the time is selected between the third day of the first month and the eighth day of the first month, of which the fourth day of the first month is the most. So in our place, there is a saying about "the fourth day of the first month of the new house", because most people will go home for the New Year, this time is stuck in most people's holiday time, if this does not come, then it is impossible to say.

Of course, some service industries or railway departments can also be understood, but if it has been made clear that when the time comes, the person who will drive away immediately after the New Year will have the same thing at his house, and others will not go.

3. White things, especially the white things of elders. Then there is the white matter, the above two, if you don't come, the party may have an opinion on you, but if the white thing is called, you shirk it in various ways, and the whole village has an opinion on you.

There was a situation in our village, there was a family, because it was said that they were all relatively timid, as long as there was something white in the village, they called their house, and no one came. Finally, when the old man of his family passed away, no one came, and we were still buried, and after people got old, they helped each other to carry the coffin, and their family opened a precedent for asking someone to carry the coffin.

In general, there are indeed a lot of people who are struggling outside now, but there are some customs that can be respected or respected, of course, if you go out and don't think about going back to your hometown, then it's a different matter.

First, a loved one died, second, a child was added to the family, third, a loved one had a car accident, fourth, a relative was terminally ill, and fifth, a brother or sister got married.

In the countryside, whenever there is a happy event in the village, the villagers will come to help. If someone in the village gets married, if he is going out to work, if it is really inconvenient to come back, he can not go by informing the master's family; However, if there is a white thing in the village, even if it is far away, it must be rushed back, and there is a lot of attention to it.

The white here refers to the funerals of those who have a very high life expectancy and die of death, and the old people who die under the age of 60, or who have passed away due to illness, will not hold a funeral with great fanfare.

The reason why white events are called happy events is that red events are big events such as marriage, happy events. White things are funerals, and there will be a day of death in life.

People are nothing more than happily holding a ceremony when they get married, and they will also put on a ceremony when they die (the last ceremony in life).

Because the general white event refers to the death of a long-lived person from illness or natural cause, it is considered a happy funeral, so the local people consider it a red and white happy event.

Personally, I think that the reason why the white events in the red and white ceremonies are called happy events is because most of these things are old people leaving the world, and the death of very old people can also be understood as a relief.

Because some people die in the middle of life, the funeral is also called a happy funeral, so it is said to be a happy event.

Because people usually like to be lively, even when they are dying, it is the same, and I hope that everyone can have a happy banquet, so that it can reduce the discomfort caused by white things.

For example, if a person can be born in this world and live to be seventy or eighty years old, this is actually a kind of joy.

The death of the old man is also called a happy funeral, and many people gather to do wine during the funeral.

In ancient times, funerals did not use meat and wine. When Emperor Yang of Sui was the crown prince, his mother died and he didn't dare to eat meat. He secretly asked people to fill the meat in a bamboo tube, seal the mouth of the tube with wax, wrap it in a wrap and give it to him.

It can be seen that eating meat during the mourning period, the ancient Confucian scholars were so strict, even the prince was afraid that others would know about it, so he came up with this method.

Nowadays, people themselves eat meat, and treat guests with meat, and the guests don't know what the funeral is, but actually drink and eat meat, as a lively and happy thing. This is completely contrary to the etiquette of the ancestors, and they only know that they want others to boast and praise. If you want to avoid the suspicion that the purpose of using vegetarian food is to save money, you should mark the general meaning of vegetarian food, and specifically propose a certain amount of money for charity, then others will naturally not blame you for saving money.

The red and white ceremonies in the countryside belong to the traditional culture, the red event is the best wishes and blessings for the newlyweds, and Pepsi is the mourning of the deceased, and life needs a sense of ritual, so that people will cherish life more and cherish the people in front of them.

Most of the cultural traditions, but many of them are based on science, and feudal superstition can only be counted as a little bit, and it has been passed down for thousands of years, so there must be a reason for it.

Of course, the red and white ceremonies in the countryside are a kind of traditional culture, because now people regard it as a custom, traditional folk customs and follow it, and it can also be said to be a habit of inheritance, and no one is fascinated by it.

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Problem description: The main reason is to know why it is said that it is a funeral with a happy word.

Analysis: Red and white ceremonies.

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Idiom allusions: Red refers to marriage and birthday, white refers to funeral, and together it is said to be a red and white happy event.

Idiom source: Qing Yang Jingting's "Dumen Miscellaneous Songs, Fashion Door, Zhidan": "It is not easy to be Chang'an at home, and it is frugal to bow and be a little forgiving; I am most afraid of human favors, and it is difficult to know that it is simple. ”

In a nutshell:

I won't talk about red happiness, just white happiness!! Heng Ku Bang!

Generally speaking, once a person gets older, all the functions of the body are weakening, and illness and pain come one after another, so death is also for these old people.

A relief!!

In addition, Chinese has always believed that after people die, they will go to another world, and good people will go to Elysium and heaven, and bad people will naturally have to go to hell!!

So death is just a better world!!

Therefore, the funeral is also called the white magpie!!

In addition, attached: There is a very troublesome information, which is to explain your problem, and I am interested in taking a look at it for myself

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In recent years, in the red and white ceremonies, some people are always invited to be lively, and in the white events, some people are invited to keep vigil and receive spirits, or local people who can sing night songs to carry out the final "rituals" and performances, and in the red events, some people will also be invited to knock and beat.

Whether it is a red thing or a white thing, it is a big thing, in the countryside, there needs to be such a team or a theatrical performance to help the fun, to complete this "sense of ceremony", in the sense of ceremony to set off the atmosphere, reminisce about the past, feel the mood.

Traditional culture. Let's take a look at it first"Red"with"White"The "Dictionary of Chinese Idioms" explains it like this:"Red: Red for auspicious events. White: White for funerals. Generally refers to weddings and funerals. "

Traditional customs,"Red"Usually refers to marriage, birthday, full moon, housewarming and other happy events, in ancient times, who met a happy event, usually hung red lanterns or red silk at the door, so folk happy events usually use red; While"White"with"Red"On the contrary, white usually refers to funerals, and in ancient times, when a family encountered a white event, they usually hung white lanterns or white silk at the door, so folk funerals usually used white.

Essence: Ten traditional virtues: benevolence, filial piety, humility and courtesy, honesty and retribution, loyalty to the country, self-denial, self-cultivation and prudence, righteousness, diligence and thrift, honesty, courage and perseverance.

Dregs: Eight strands, grade differences.

However, culture needs to be guided, but also needs to be managed, and the "folk wedding and funeral culture" that has sprung up like mushrooms after the rain has good cultural elements, which is worthy of affirmation and continuation, but on the other hand, there are some vulgar cultures such as "joke culture" and "meat culture", which need to be managed and strengthened. This requires strengthening the management of personnel, and these local rural teams should be put on the record, in the cultural departments and cultural stations, and provide the list of performances and repertoire, conduct review and inspection, and take up posts with certificates after approval, so as to strengthen the management of the rural stream of consciousness.

Whether it is a red thing or a white thing, it is a big thing, in the countryside, there needs to be such a team or literary performance to help the fun, to complete this "sense of ceremony", in the sense of ceremony to set off the atmosphere, recall the past, feel the mood, into the first line of guidance.

However, the rural interpretation teams in various places are uneven, and in the process of performance, the repertoire of some theatrical performances makes people cry and laugh, and the popular culture makes people dare not open their eyes to watch, and meat jokes appear frequently. How to strengthen the management of performances at red and white ceremonies and strengthen the guidance of "wedding and funeral culture"? It has become a proposition worth pondering in contemporary rural areas.

"Red: Red for auspicious events. White: White for funerals. Generally refers to weddings and funerals. "

Traditional customs,"Red"Usually refers to marriage, birthday, full moon, housewarming and other happy events, in ancient times, who met a happy event, usually hung red lanterns or red silk at the door, so folk happy events usually use red;

It is the local people who can sing night songs to carry out the final "rituals" and performances, and in the red event, some people are also invited to knock and beat.

Whether it is a red event or a white event, it is a big event, and in the countryside, it is necessary to have such a team or theatrical performance to help the fun, to complete this "sense of ceremony".

Weddings and funerals, in the vast number of rural areas, is a very common, but it is a big thing that farmers attach great importance to, in a person's life, there are joys and sorrows, there are ups and downs, there are children croaking on the ground, there are shyness of marriage cave room candles, and the pain of relatives leaving.

In rural areas, because most rural areas practice burial, in recent years, in the red and white ceremonies, it is always necessary to invite some people to be lively, and in the white events, some people who keep vigil and receive spirits, or local people who can sing night songs to carry out the final "rituals" and performances, and in red events, some people will also be invited to knock and beat, sing and dance to help the fun.