Condolence is a ceremony to commemorate the deceased. Condolence means that relatives and friends pay condolences after receiving the obituary and express condolences to the family of the deceased. The family members of the deceased should cry over the body in the room, kneel down, thank and greet those who come to express their condolences. Such as etiquette.
To mourn is to mourn the deceased. Mourning means grief; mourning.
Both words can be used as remembrances of the deceased, but condolences emphasizes the ritual, while mourning is mainly subjective.
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Condolence details:
Those who come to express condolences must kneel down to the deceased amidst the sounds of mourning and music. It is commonly known as "the first to die is the greatest", so except for the elders who do not kneel down, even the ordinary people have to kneel down. In some places, condolences are called "worship sacrifices". Generally, relatives and friends send incense, candles, firecrackers, paper money, and libu as sacrifices.
In addition to incense and paper, relatives of the son-in-law's family and natal family must prepare Pig heads and geese are used as sacrifices. When the people who come to express their condolences arrive, some of them cry and sing about the friendly relationship they had with the deceased during their lifetime, and tell the deceased how to protect him and so on.
In today’s cities, condolence ceremonies have been greatly simplified, mainly farewelling the body and holding memorial services. The people who came to express their condolences were dressed in plain clothes, wearing white flowers and black gauze. Amidst the gentle sounds of mourning music, they bowed to the body one by one in condolences, and then walked around the body to pay homage to the remains.
Those who express their condolences can say some short words of comfort to the main relatives of the deceased, such as "Please take care of yourself", "I hope you will bear your condolences", "Take care of yourself", etc., to encourage the bereaved family to grieve and take care of themselves. .
Common condolence sentences:
1. Tomb Sweeping Day is here! I just hope that dad and grandpa can live happily in another world and not be as hard as they were in this world! Maybe they have met too. We will also meet one day in the future.
2. As time passes, life is everywhere. My mother finally said goodbye to us, but her sincere feelings for her relatives and friends, her positive pursuit of life, and her persistent belief in life are eternal with the heaven and earth, and evergreen with the branches and leaves. Mother's weight in our hearts is very important, and we will miss her forever!
3. The teacup still contains the life she soaked for me when I was a child, and the thorough feeling is still there He talked to me about his vicissitudes over the years, but I had forgotten, I had forgotten, where I came from and where I was going. He did not talk to me at the desk either. He went there with reluctance to leave. The paradise we will all go to.
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia_Condolences
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia_Condolences