People probably all know the story, Liangshan (梁山)heroes, dutiful son Li Kui (李逵), carried his mother up to Liangshan mountain. Unfortunately, when Li Kui went to get water and food, hungry tigers ate his mother. Li Kui was in most of grief, and killed four tigers in one breath. But in today 's world, who knows a story about in a dark snowing night, son carried the corpse on back, buried mother in the mountains?
Our city was a Millennium Village ceremonial, a hometown of traditional Chinese etiquette, full with ancient folk customs. People were simple and honest. “Faithful、piety、incorrupt、knowing shame”;“benevolence、loyalty、ceremony、wisdom、honest” were every …show more content…
A man dressed in a robe coat, held a large gong, walked in the front, paved the way. Followed by the deceased 's children and grandchildren, who held the spirit tablet and a portrait of the departed, and three steps a kneeling, five steps a kowtowing. Catafalque was afterwards, solemn and respectful. A white hydrangea was placed on the black coffin top. Moreover, "Eight Buddha 's warrior attendants" carried the coffin, all in the straw sandals, white mourning, a grass rope around waist, black scarf on head, desolately and heroically.
Furthermore, the death streamers and mourning gangs followed the coffin, danced in the wind. Suona, bass trumpet, gongs and drums were a way sonata. Funeral team went out the house, most time went to the East, West Streets, then to the South Street. Along the way, burned monk paper money, firecrackers. Residents and shops on both sides of the streets also burned hill money, lighted firecrackers, for its off. Often there were smoke all over the streets, the whole town in grief. After passed the South Gate, the funeral term continued southward two or three miles to Gaojia mountain for