What should I do if the incense is cut off during the vigil? How should I decorate the mourning hall?

There are many things to pay attention to when keeping vigil, such as the incense in the mourning hall must not be cut off, but unexpected situations will always occur. What to do if the incense is accidentally cut off? How should the mourning hall at home be arranged?

What to do if the incense is cut off during the vigil?

Many people think that it is a bad thing if the incense stick breaks while burning. In fact, it is a natural phenomenon. It may be that the quality of the incense stick is not good, which causes the incense stick to break. If the incense burns out while you are offering it, don't be anxious. Tell your loved ones your feelings and explain the situation before lighting another stick of incense. However, when burning incense, you must pay attention to respecting the deceased.

How to arrange the funeral hall

1. People in ancient times believed that the soul is immortal. They thought that death was merely the soul breaking free from the constraints of the body, and the soul must have a place to settle. Later, the mourning hall appeared. After a person dies, the family members build a mourning shed at the doorstep or set up a mourning hall in the hall so that the soul of the deceased can rest in peace and it is also a place for relatives and friends to mourn the deceased.
2. The layout of the mourning hall usually has a portrait of the deceased hung above the hall, with a huge word "甸" or "丧" written below, and elegiac couplets hung on both sides to summarize the main achievements or experiences of the deceased's life; there are often elegiac couplets hung on both sides of the mourning hall, with varying numbers; people also hang sacrificial banners given by relatives and friends on both sides; the more banners there are, the more lively and beautiful it appears; the layout of the mourning hall emphasizes solemnity, civilization and cleanliness.
3. There are long tables on both sides of the mourning hall door, one for receiving gifts and the other for signing in. During the wake, an oil lamp is burned on the altar in the mourning hall. It is refueled from time to time to prevent it from going out. It is called the "eternal lamp". Now there are extra-large candles that can burn continuously for several days, which can reduce the burden on the mourners. It is believed among the people that the more people who watch and stay awake during the wake, the happier the family members will look.