Sunday, September 6, 2020

 

A Guide to Preparing the Post-Event Funeral.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

Foreword,
Nowadays, social life is developing day by day, drawing us people into the vortex of life.
Modern life has brought us many better and more convenient things, but also lost many precious things such as lifestyle, customs, and traditional rituals.
A lot of readers contacted me for advice on many things related to customs and rituals related to the preparation for  Tang Su . 

Therefore, in the article below, I would like to guide each stage related to  Tang Su  so that readers can refer and grasp the necessary information to prepare for  Tang Su.
The content of this shared article is. blending both Traditional elements  and  Modern  Society in present day  Tang Su .


A Guide to Preparing for Funerals - Post-Events  is shared in the form of  Family Knowledge Handbook The

content of this sharing is divided into 3 basic phases:
- The Lam Chung Family
- The Funeral Stage Happens
- The Post-Funeral Period The


content of the article will inevitably have shortcomings because the funeral customs   of each ethnic group, region is not more or less different.
We sincerely wish readers, seniors, and scholars to teach more.
Sincerely thank!!!
Duong Duc Thinh


Part I


Guide to the Forest Stage

This stage is the most difficult stage that the family has to go through, the family needs to be very calm to take care of the next most complete work for the deceased loved one.

Talking About Death (Death)

As we know,  "Birth - Aging - Sickness - Death"  is the unchanging law of life, everyone must experience.
Still know  Death  is natural, but when it comes, there are still surprises and disappointments, is the grief, the pain, the loss can not be compensated.
The  Lo Chu Toan Tang Su  for relatives, first is to show respect for the deceased, and then shows responsibility for the family.

Things to Do in General

- Family members sit down to discuss and send a representative to arrange things when Tang Su happens.
- Make a decision of  An Cremation  or  Cremation  based on the wishes of the deceased or on the economic and financial situation of the family
- Prepare expenses to take care of the Funeral
- Contact  Mai Burial Service ( Funeral)
- Always have a loved one standing by the side of the dying loved one (24/24)
- Remember the exact lost time of the loved one (experience: can take a little cotton on the nose of the loved one, when you see that the cotton ball does not move, it is time to leave the bare  "great air"  of the loved one)
- It is  Dark for Tears to fall on the Dead Body (Because the deceased will not be able to quietly and gently leave)

After A Loved One's Last Breath

- Swipe the dead person's eyes so that they can close completely
- Wash and clean - change the last time for the deceased: gently manipulate (use alcohol mixed with warm water - according to traditional custom, prepare five flavored water including: eucalyptus leaves, conifer leaves, scallop leaves, mulberry leaves, cajuput leaves - if there are not enough of these 5 types of leaves, it can be replaced with 5 other fragrant ones)
- Performing Sanskrit rituals  Jaw  (put rice, small yellow card or copper coin in the deceased person's mouth)
- Put the deceased with both legs straight (use a tie with the big toes), both hands on the stomach
- Put the green banana on the dead person's belly
- Put a towel (or white paper) to cover the deceased's face
- Place a small table at the head of the bed: an oil lamp (or a candle), a full bowl of rice and place a boiled duck seed in the middle of a bowl of rice and put two bamboo chopsticks on either side of the duck seed)
- Put four lamps civets at the four corners of the bed (or tying four pieces of cloth soaked in oil in the four corners)
- No aroma oil (perfume) applied to the dead body.
- Contact  Mai Funeral Service (Funeral)


Part II

Instructions for the Funeral Staging Stage

Currently, Lo Tang Su is not the same as in the past (neighbors join hands to help)
But over 90% of the preparation work has been taken  care of by the Full Package  (Funeral) for the family. stress and embarrassment will be reduced. 

The Family Prepare For The Funeral As Following:

- Contact  Mai Tang Service (Funeral)
- See the time of  Tan Diem - Enter Quan and Di Quan - Dong Quan
-  Report Tang  to relatives, neighbors, friends, colleagues, etc.
- Contact the ward People's Committee (commune) to apply for the  Notice of Death )
- Family meeting: assigning work arrangements
+ People who take care of visitors to the Tang
+ The person who takes care of the kitchen and food
+ The person who prepares the graves, where to send the ashes
- Contact the  Graveyard  (prepare the grave) or the  Ashes Depositary  (prepare the place to deposit the ashes)

Rites To Be Performed During The Funeral:

- Ritual of
Sacrifice - Entering Quan - Thanh Phuc Ceremony (Phat Tang): officially mourning for relatives from this point.
- Ceremony of Chieu Tieu Dien (Offering Rice): worship twice a day until Cave Quan
- Bai Quan Feast: performed by the staff of Mai Burial Service (Funeral)
- Di Quan - Cave Quan
- Summer Ceremony Acupuncture point (Ha Dai reincarnated) 

Phase Shroud - Entering Import

The family prepares:
- Two pots of flowers: chrysanthemum
- Two fruit plates: five fruits
- Daily vegetarian offering tray: 03 cups of rice (01 full of 2), 02 pairs of bamboo chopsticks, 03 to 05 vegetarian dishes
- Mineral water , dry tea, and tea
- Six bowls of offerings
- Two bundles of incense
- A bag of rice cakes (or another type of cake divided into small packages)
- A large mat
In addition, the family prepared to add the deceased's belongings to enter the Ark or grave of
 

the Mai Burial Service Grave (Funeral) prepare:
-  Box (Coffin)
- Included Items: Obituary, plaque, tea shroud, shroud, shroud, votive banknotes, table banknote, million (minh tinh) plate, jar, candle decoration cup, envelope, pen, funeral book, etc ...
- Tang Supplies (Funeral): provide according to the list of Funerals that the family provides
- Funeral Ornaments: Vong tables, Buddha tables, lamp posts, decorative curtains, etc.
- Labor: perform works related to Tan Diem - Phat Diem, Bai Quan, Di Quan Di Quan
- Vehicles used during the Funeral: Long Dinh car, Tang car, Dragon car, Passenger car, Drum car, Di Photo car , etc ..
- Included items such as: theater, furniture, music ceremony, western trumpet team, piano, visiting teacher, photography, etc.

Period Relics - Cave

Family prepares:
Offering before Di Quan - Dong Quan:
- Daily vegetarian worship tray: 03 bowls of rice (01 full of 2 balls), 02 pairs of bamboo chopsticks, 03 to 05 vegetarian dishes of
Dau Lo Fox & Cung Huyet Ma or Radio Hoa Lang
- Two pots of flowers: chrysanthemum
- Two fruit plates: five fruits
- Two sets of slugs (boiled eggs, shrimp, meat)
- Two pairs of small candles
Votive paper
- Mineral water, tea
Translate The Mai Tang case (Funeral) prepares
- A bunch of incense with 03 big trees
- A pair of Bai Quan candles
Bai Quan's clothes
 
In addition, during the Funeral, the
Family just needs to: prepare the left cake and a tray of rice to Home visitors 
should pay attention: Incense must be burned continuously (Vong table and Buddha table) without interruption during the
funeral, Funeral service is  always available 24/24: make up for more funerals, envelope pen write, arrange media as well as accompanying items at the discretion of the family, etc.
 
When  Linh Cuu  is taken to the Graveyard or the Cremation Station, after the rituals are completed is  the Funeral Program.  end. 
The family read a few thanks to neighbors, friends and colleagues who came to Gaya Tang.

 
Part III

Guide to the Post-Funeral Stage

First of all, let me share about the period of Tears

Time of Funeral

According to the custom recorded in  Tho Mai Gia Le  , it is divided into two categories:  Dai Tang & Tieu Tang
- Dai Tang:  the time of mourning is three years
- Tieu Tang:  is divided into four levels of funeral as follows:
+ Co Nien:  mourning for one year 
++ Parents mourning their sons, daughters (unmarried), daughter-in-law [Currently, adults do not mourn for younger people]
++ Husband mourns his wife
++ Son-in-law for mourning parents-in-law
++ Nephew and granddaughter (unmarried) mourning grandparents
++ Grandchildren to mourning her (unmarried) uncle
++ Niece in law mourning for grandparents in the husband's family
++ Brothers and sisters (unmarried) mourning for each other
++ I am mourning for the eldest sister-in-law
+ Dai Cong:  mourning for nine months
++ Parents mourning their daughter (married) and second daughter-in-law [Currently, adults do not mourn for younger people]
++ Siblings (married) to mourn each other
++ My uncles and uncles to mourn each other
++ Uncle children (unmarried) uncle and uncle to mourn each other
+ Tieu Cong:  mourning for years
++ A sibling of a different parent mourning each
other
++ The grandchildren (married) children of uncles and uncles to mourn each other ++ Grandchildren to mourn for uncles, aunts, and aunts
++ Grandchildren to mourning her aunts (unmarried), maternal grandparents, uncle and aunt
++ + Great-grandchildren to mourn the great-grandfather and grandmother
+ Ti Ma:  mourning for three months
++ Parents to mourn their son-in-law [Currently, adults do not mourn for younger people]
++ Your aunt's children mourning for each other
***** Because social life is now more open, so Now, families are only mourning for a year.

After the  Funeral Ceremony  ended, leading  Vong Linh to  return home, his family still had to perform other jobs as follows:

Offering the Graveyard Door (Offering Grave Grave) or Offering the Tower (Offering a Place to Send Ashes)

Traditionally known as  Three Day Offering (Te Ngu - Yen Vi)
Time of Opening Ceremony of Ma: Depending on regional customs, it is divided into three different days. Basically in Vietnam, there are 2 ways of calculation as follows:
- The first method: the date of death is the first day. (Because the time at home is only one day and night). The day of the burial is the third day, so Three Days to Offer immediately after Offering Ha Huyetor or Offering a Place to Deposit ashes)
- The second calculation: calculating the date of Ha Huyet or putting in the Place to Deposit ashes is the first. The third day will offer Three Days.

Illustrative image
Three days offering to prepare:
+ A live chicken (or a sparrow cage) is tied to the owner's leg to go around the grave (some places go 3 rounds, some go 9 rounds depending on custom )
+ A cane (for those who have not had children, there is no need to prepare)
+ A ladder (can be made of bamboo or a banana branch): If a man dies, the ladder will be 7 steps, if the woman dies, the ladder is 9 steps (because of custom Men have 7, Women have 9)
+ Two pots of cotton
+ Two fruit plates (five fruits)
+ Six cups of tea 
+ Two dishes of sticky rice
+ A set of slugs
+ Seven small bowls 
+ A plate of salted rice
+ Offering tray Miss soul: cake, sugarcane, potato, toad, guava, etc.
+ A pot of tea
+ A pot of wine
+

Votive note ***** In addition, if your family is a Buddhist vegetarian, prepare as follows:
+ A live chicken (or a sparrow cage) is tied to the owner's leg to go around the grave (some places go 3 rounds, some go 9 rounds depending on custom)
+ A cane (for those who have not had children, there is no need to prepare)
+ A ladder (can be made of bamboo or banana branch): If a man dies, the ladder will be 7 steps, if a woman dies, the ladder is 9 steps (because of custom Men have 7, Women have 9)
+ Two pots of cotton
+ Two fruit plates (five fruits)
+ A pitcher of water 
+ A pot of tea
+ A plate of vegetarian rice: 03 cups of rice (01 full of 02), 02 pairs Bamboo chopsticks, 03 to 05 vegetarian dishes
+ Meal offering to the soul: cake, sugarcane, potato, toad, guava, etc.
+ Votive banknotes
**** Within three days from Ha Huyen day or brought to the Trophy Place Essence: should keep the fire on for three consecutive days to warm up the funeral. (Afternoon from 17:00 to 21:00)

Offering The Week 49 Days

Offering of 49-Day Week is also known as  Co Chung That.
Wishing Week 49 Days just at home to make the soul cool.
Offering Week 49 Days to prepare:
+ A vase of cotton
+ A plate of fruit (five fruits)
+ A pitcher of water 
+ A pot of tea
+ A plate of vegetarian rice: 03 cups of rice (01 full of 2 balls), 02 pairs of bamboo chopsticks, 03 to 05 vegetarian dishes
+ Votive banknotes

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If the family has conditions and follow Buddhism, you can invite the monk to go home or worship at the Temple in Week 49 Days for the Soul of the person who dies quickly get transcendent transcendence pure realm.


Offering 100 Days

Offering 100 Days is also known as  Good Ceremony (Cui Crying)
Depending on the locality, some people consider the 49-Day Offering of a great ceremony, some consider the 100-day Offering as a great celebration. 
On this occasion, relatives often gather together to light incense for the deceased and have intimate family meals.
Offering 100 days prepared as Offering Week 49 Days.
Photos are for illustrative purposes

Commemoration of the First Commemoration

The First Commemoration is also known as  Tieu Tuong Offering .
It is customary to worship one day before. 
Two days before the First Death, family members go to the grave to clear the grass to cover the grave or to the place where the ashes are deposited to clean. 
Incense flowers to invite the deceased to enjoy the ritual of worshiping relatives.
First Commemoration prepared as Offering of 100 Days (can be more solemnly prepared to invite guests to attend the deck)
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Commemoration Of End Of Funeral

Commemoration of the End of Tang's Commemoration, also known as  Offering Great Wall
From the Second Commemoration, will worship on the same day of death.
On this day, the children celebrate Paragraph Tang - End of Tang.
Officially the funeral ceremony (except for the dress) is after three months (according to Tho Mai Gia Le)

***** Note: The
altar  of the deceased has to leave a separate location not yet put on the Ancestor altar ( Gia Tien) to worship together. (Incense must be burned during 49 days)
 

Above is  the basic knowledge about caring  for a family member in the family.
The preparation as well as arranging a thorough funeral requires reasonable adjustment.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.7/9/2020.

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