There is a children's song in Beijing: "Two girls, two girls go out to give me a message, build a shed, put a happy word on it, and put boxes and cabinets in my business." This children's song shows that it is necessary to hold a happy event, build a greenhouse and paste happy characters. Entertain friends and family under the shed.
Except for the funeral, everything is a happy event. Even the funeral of an elderly person is called "old mourning".
Let's talk about the greenhouse where happy events are held. It is called Tashi. It is very tall and has a window that can be rolled up. The upper part of the surrounding walls is glazed. The roof can also be decorated with colorful overhangs. The window frame is red, and the four corners are painted with bat patterns.
Marry a daughter-in-law with the word "hi" Those who hire girls use the word "Xi" in single happiness and paste the word "Xi" on red paper. Wedding couplets are posted on the doorframes of the main entrance and the second door. The common wedding couplets are as follows: the first couplet is "January is dry and Kun is fixed"; The second couplet is "Poems, Clouds, Bells and Drums", and the horizontal comment is "A Match Made in Heaven". The first part: "blowing sheng can attract phoenix", the second part: "Climbing the laurel" and the second part: "Dragon and phoenix become auspicious". Banquets can be held in greenhouses to entertain relatives and friends to make up for the lack of indoor space.
In Beijing, the act of coming to congratulate Xi is called "accompanying members", that is, giving some money to the host family for weddings, birthday parties, etc. There are children, wedding couplets and so on. Red, pink and fuchsia are the main festive colors of festive events. Birthday greetings generally use "three wishes for Chinese style" and "longevity for benevolent people".
The hut where the funeral was held was called "Peng Ling". The biggest difference between Peng Ling and Xi Peng is to use blue and white instead of red. Blue birthday characters are used on the glass window and blue and white are used for hanging eaves. Some are outside their homes, and in the hutongs, they set up street sheds and street archways.
Peng Ling has a platform for lamas, monks and Taoists. If the deceased is the head of the household or housewife, it stops at the center line of the hall, which is called "sleeping".
If the deceased is a minor or an aunt, Ling can only stop in the yard, or in a room not in the middle line. The rule of stopping the spirit is to head south and feet north.