Chapter 12 Customs
Wei Dao sighed and said: "In fact, let's think of it as a well-intentioned deception! It is enough to make the living convinced that the dead are living a happy life in heaven! They also feel at ease, and it is very good for healing grief.
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an. It only takes a genius 3 seconds to remember) and it also has a reputation for doing good. These two points are the biggest benefits. So it cannot be exposed. Since it is a sweet dream, let it continue to be a dream!"[]
Zhang Ling understood that this was really a good thing. Looking at the faces of relatives, they felt happy that their deceased relatives could go to heaven to enjoy blessings. Whether it was superstition or simple psychological comfort, this was always
It's a good thing.
The supervisor was free, and he was about to take a rest. He found his niece Huiling, a woman with some abnormal nerves, and told Wei Dao about their family's situation. In the past two years, the family suddenly suffered a sudden change, and their relatives
They died one after another, so I hoped that Wei Dao would help solve the problem. Wei Dao promised to go and have a look the day after tomorrow, hoping to find out the cause.
The night passed like this, and the next day was still very busy. People would come to worship him, and the worshipers had to prepare wine and food for him.
However, the bereaved family still has to stay inside. They are still not allowed to come out. They are only allowed to come out during the funeral. Even meals are eaten inside.
The uncle is here, this is the most important thing! When the uncle comes to worship, the filial family must cry louder than ordinary people and cry miserably. Not only that, as a filial son, you must come and kneel in front of the uncle in person.
No, the filial sons wearing sackcloth, wearing white Taoist hats and holding white sticks came to their uncle one after another. They immediately knelt down and confessed to their uncle in tears.
He apologized like this: "Uncle, I'm sorry! I'm unfilial! I couldn't be filial to my good mother, and I couldn't let my mother live a hundred years, and now my mother is traveling across a crane! I'm unfilial, unfilial! I'm sorry! I caused you to lose your loved ones and made you sad.
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Just kneel in front of your uncle like this. There are as many uncles as you can, and filial sons will kneel in front of each uncle to confess their sins. Although birth, old age, illness and death are human nature and are not caused by human beings and are not their fault, as a filial son, you can do this
Come to sin yourself in order to confess to your uncle. Of course it has evolved to this day and has become a form. It is a form that must be done no matter what.
As the supervisor, he has to remind the uncle in his ear: "Let him get up!" If the uncle does not ask the filial son to get up, then the filial son cannot get up and has to kneel all the time. This shows that the filial son must not do things well.
It's okay, there is nothing wrong with it, or it's not good for parents, etc., so a filial son has to wait for his uncle to wake up before he can get up.
So when someone reminded his uncle to wake him up, he was afraid that if he didn't wake up because he didn't understand the reason, the filial son would have to kneel down and let others talk in vain, and he would suffer unjust injustice.
If there is one thing, someone has reminded the uncle and asked the filial son to get up, but the uncle still does not scream, then the filial son must have done something wrong. Then he has to wait respectfully for the uncle to open his mouth to point out the mistake. If
This is really a taboo! Normally, as long as the elderly were not abused during their lifetime, this would not be the case.
Naturally, nothing unusual happened here. The uncle still asked the nephew to get up, and of course helped the nephew get up himself. After everything was done, the uncle had to have someone to take care of him for dinner.
Uncle Guan Yong waved to Wei Dao and said, "Wei Dao, you're here!" Wei Dao hurriedly came to Guan Yong and said, "Yes! Cousin! I'm here!" Guan Yong looked at Zhang Ling beside him and said:
"Is this your son? Ha! He looks so talented! When I saw him before, he was still a little kid! Now he has grown so big! Haha! Time flies so fast when you think about it!"
Zhang Ling hurriedly said: "Hello, cousin!" Guan Yong seemed very happy and said: "Ha! Boy! Not bad! Did you also learn Taoism from your father? Can't it be lost? The Zhang family has always been a Taoist.
!You are still the descendants of Zhang Daoling!"
Zhang Ling replied: "Follow me, but I am too stupid to learn anything. The more I study, the more I find that metaphysics is really broad and profound. Now I am just a layman and there is so much to learn. I can only live to learn."
old!"
"Haha!" Guan Yong smiled, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Well done! Well done! That's great! Great! Haha! That's great!" Guan Yong looked at Wei Dao,
Said: "Such a great attitude towards learning! Cousin, you have raised a good son!"
Wei Dao responded: "Cousin, you are praising him ridiculously! I'm afraid that if you praise him, the child will raise his tail and become difficult to teach in the future!" Guan Yong smiled.
Wei Dao said: "Do you know? I felt uncomfortable at first when I heard that my cousin passed away, but then I heard that the guy who wanted to bring me to perform rituals came, and I was shocked! Otherwise, there must be some monster here? So I
He Zhangling hurried over! After checking, there was nothing wrong, so I breathed a sigh of relief! Fortunately, everything is fine!"
Guan Yong was surprised and asked: "You are asked to bring the guy who performs the ritual? If you say so, there must be something supernatural happening!" Wei Dao replied: "Yes! That's right! They are their cousins.
Relatives have passed away one after another, and everything is going very wrong. Only a daughter and a young son are left, and the young and strong young son is also bedridden! This is really shocking! What is the reason? "
Guan Yong asked: "Then when are you going to help them see it?" Wei Dao replied: "Tomorrow! Why do you say today is business? My cousin will have a funeral later! I have to give him a ride! Isn't that right?"
Yong nodded: "That's right! Listening to what you said, there is something exciting to watch, so I will come to see your wonderful performance tomorrow! But after the funeral today, I still have to go back!"
Guan Yong's grandson Guan Sheng said: "Grandpa, I will go with you tomorrow to have a look! I often hear you say that this cousin has great magical powers. I just want to see how powerful my cousin is! I also want to learn more!"
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Guan Yong smiled and said: "Okay! My good grandson and I will come together tomorrow to see Wei Dao show off his power!" Both grandson and grandpa are staying here to come, and they are also curious.
What could be the reason why this family is so ruined? Is it an evildoer, or something else. Maybe the grandson and grandson are not the only ones the family will come to visit tomorrow!
It seems that Wei Dao and Zhang Ling have to stay one more day! Poor Zhuang Fei will have to survive the remaining two days. When Wei Dao and Zhang Ling come back, he will be able to move away from the printer, but by then
Can Zhuang Fei hold on? So I said it at the beginning, if Zhuang Fei had called Zhang Ling earlier, it would have been fine. Things are unpredictable. By the time you really know that the problem is serious, it will be too late!
It didn't take long for the food to be served. After the food was all served, we started to eat. Not long after the meal, the bereaved family would come out. If the bereaved family left the mourning hall before the funeral, there was only one exception, which was to come out.
The dinner table where my uncle is sitting apologizes again.
Filial sons, filial daughters, and filial grandsons arrived one by one in order of eldest and youngest. They went straight to their uncle with purpose, knelt down and apologized: "Uncle, I'm sorry! I'm unfilial! I can't be filial to my good mother, so that my mother will not live as long as Nanshan and thus Yaochi."
Going to the banquet makes you sad! Iām sorry!ā
Kneeling down at the dinner table, uncle Guan Yong had to personally help the filial son up, and kept saying to the following filial sons and daughters: "No need to kneel! No need! I know you are all good children! You are all filial!"
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This is a custom that has been passed down. No matter what, every generation adheres to it. Maybe each place has different customs and habits.
The matter was over, and the filial son, talented daughter, and filial grandson returned to the mourning hall together. Then Guan Yong and the others could have dinner together again.
At this time, someone next to him said: "I heard that that person is a famous Taoist priest! He will help Huiling and the others find the reason why things keep happening at home!"
Some people also responded: "Oh! The Bage family is so pitiful! Since the death of Bage, the eighth sister-in-law also followed him, and then the grandson drowned and died, and the eldest son also got divorced. Not long after, the eldest son also died. Now the younger brother
The son was bedridden at a young age, while the daughter was originally about to get married, but her marriage was canceled. No one could believe that the marriage was planned and announced! But it was really canceled! Alas! Now my daughter Huiling
My nerves are no longer normal! Oh! I really hope he can help me!"
Someone responded: "Yes! I have a Taoist name! I will definitely be able to help Hui Ling! And the myna spirit will bless her in heaven! Isn't it?"
Guan Yong smiled at Wei Dao: "It seems they have great confidence in you!" Wei Dao responded: "Aren't you trying to put pressure on me? I didn't look, I don't know what the problem is? If it can't be solved,
Well, what I am most afraid of is losing the face of your uncle! Cousin!" Guan Yong smiled and pointed at Wei Dao: "You! Haha!" Wei Dao also laughed.
After eating, it was not time for the funeral yet, so they still had to wait. So they waited patiently for the time for the funeral. After eating, they went out for a walk, taking a walk to digest and take a look at the scenery along the way.
Get familiar with the environment, but you will never go far.
There is another link, that is, the rooster chooses the master. What is the so-called rooster chooses the master? It means that the person who the deceased likes the most is represented by the rooster.
The specific process is as follows: the immediate family members of the bereaved family gather outside in an open area, and then what? An inverted iron bucket is placed between them, and a rooster is covered in the iron bucket.
Before the rooster is put in, the Taoist priest must hold it to recite incantations, hold it and bow before the deceased's portrait and coffin, and then tell everything so that the deceased can express his will through the rooster.
to convey the message. Then he took it back to the statue of Bodhisattva and continued to recite dharma and mantras. After a long time, the bereaved family members were allowed to come out. Then the rooster was released and covered with an iron bucket. Incense was also placed in front of the iron bucket.
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Chapter completed!