In many places, people think that you can only go to other people's homes after the first seven, and you can't go to Dai Xiao when you go to other people's homes. As for seven days, that's because there is a saying among the people that the first seven days. On the seventh day after the death of the deceased, his soul will return to the place where he lived before his death. On this day, people at home usually avoid it, or go to bed early and cover themselves with quilts. Otherwise, being seen by the soul of the deceased will make him miss it and affect his reincarnation.
In some places, it is believed that after someone in the family dies, they can't go to other people's homes to pay New Year greetings for three years. /kloc-you can't visit other people's homes within 0/00 days, so especially after the death of the old man at home, these relatives should be filial for three years, and they can't go out to pay New Year greetings for these three years. In other places, it is thought that you can go to other people's homes after 49 days, and the specific customs and regulations vary from place to place. This has a lot to do with local customs.
Taboos after the funeral
1, children should not wear red with green during mourning.
During the mourning period, ancient children paid attention to wearing filial piety and white mourning clothes within 100 days; After a hundred days, wear dark clothes such as black and blue to show filial piety, and avoid wearing red and green heavy makeup.
In modern society, although many friends wear the word "filial piety" instead of mourning for such a long time because of their work and life; But still can't wear red with green.
2. Children are forbidden to participate in recreational activities during mourning.
In ancient times, when parents died, children generally had to observe filial piety for three years. During these three years, marriage and auspicious celebrations are not allowed.
In ancient times, people who paid attention to "ruling the world with filial piety" and served as officials, no matter how old they were, had to take time off to go back to their ancestral homes to observe filial piety after their parents died, which was called "Ding You". If officials don't go back to their hometowns to observe filial piety, they may be impeached by the censor, punished, or even never hired.