Is it a good idea to hold the funeral on the seventh day of the fourth lunar month in 2020?

A funeral procession refers to the transportation of the coffin to the place of burial or storage. So do you know whether it is a good idea to hold the funeral on the seventh day of the fourth lunar month in 2020? Let’s take a look together. There are 30 days in the fourth lunar month of 2020. Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on the fourth lunar month of 2020 will analyze for you the relevant matters every day from April 1st to April 30th!

Is it a good idea to hold the funeral on the seventh day of the fourth lunar month in 2020?

April 7, 2020 (Lunar calendar)
April 29, 2020, Wednesday Taurus (solar calendar)
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
[Do not use Yang Gong’s death anniversary for important events]
Eliminating mourning, accepting marriage proposals, marrying, offering sacrifices, attending school, acquiring wealth, planting, and opening warehouses [Today’s taboos in the almanac]
[Do not use Yang Gong’s death anniversary for important events]
Repair graves and bury people, set up beds, cut wood, raise beams, take in livestock, fast and pray, pray for blessings, enter the meridians, release water, build, start construction, buy property, break ground, build embankments, move, separate, get out of fire, travel, open the market, sign contracts, start drilling, place incense, pray for wealth
According to the old almanac, the seventh day of the fourth lunar month in 2020 [the anniversary of Yang Gong's death, do not use it for important events] is not suitable for funerals!

Taboos of attending funerals in rural areas

1. Avoid going to a funeral empty-handed, and do not kneel without the host's notice. When an elderly person in the countryside passes away, if you go to pay your respects, you cannot go empty-handed. Rural people believe that "the dead are the greatest", and even if the relationship between the deceased and the deceased was not good during their lifetime, you must buy a few rolls of yellow paper. At rural funerals, the most taboo is to let the guests take the spotlight. Before entering the door, one cannot kneel down without the host's invitation.
2. When going to pay respects to the deceased, you cannot cry on the way back. In many rural areas in the north, women attending funerals usually cry loudly. The louder the cry and the more tears they shed, the more respect they have for the deceased. Women can cry on the way to the grave, but they cannot shed tears on the way back.
3. The coffin should be placed upright and mourning clothes should be destroyed in time. Although cremation has been implemented in rural areas for a long time, the practice of cremation and burial is still retained in many areas. After an elderly person dies and is cremated, he or she still needs to be placed in a coffin and buried. When the coffin is being buried, children cannot go to the front and must ask the elders in the village for help. After the coffin is buried, the distance around it must be even. After the body is buried, all relatives except children must destroy the mourning clothes.
4. You cannot cut your hair or shave your beard during the mourning period. If there is a funeral in the family, you cannot cut your hair or shave your beard. One is to show your sadness and not be in the mood to put on a good show. Another way is to ward off evil spirits. Rural people believe that there are ghosts after death, so if they make themselves different from usual, ghosts will not be able to recognize them and they will avoid being disturbed.