What does it mean when it rains on the seventh day? What should you pay attention to on the night of the seventh day?

There are many taboos and etiquettes in traditional funeral customs. Some relatively small things may lead to serious consequences, so you must be extra careful. What does it mean if it rains on the seventh day? What should we pay attention to on the seventh night?

What does it mean when it rains on the seventh day?

There is nothing special about rain on the seventh day after death, but there are more things to pay attention to when it rains during funerals and burials.
1. If the spirit is soaked by rain, generations will be poor . There is an old saying in the countryside: "If the spirit is soaked by rain, generations will be poor." It means that if it rains on the day of a funeral in the countryside, if the filial son lets the spirit tablet of the elderly get wet, then the descendants may suffer from poverty.
2. Rain on the tomb brings wealth for generations <br/>There is an old saying in the countryside: "Rain on the tomb brings wealth for generations." It means that if it rains during burial, if people are filial, they will repair the tomb no matter how heavy the rain is. If the tomb is wetted by rain, their descendants will be filial and virtuous, and their descendants will be rich for generations.

What should you pay attention to on the seventh night?

1) It is best to do it after dinner on the seventh day. Family members should take a bath or do anything else they need to do quickly, and then place a few bowls of his favorite dishes on the table in the living room, or if you don’t know what dishes he liked, that’s fine too. After everything is done, family members should quickly go to the bedroom, close the door, lie down on the bed and go to sleep. If they can't sleep, they should not get up and walk around or watch TV.
2) All lights in the house must be turned off. That is to say, after the dishes are served, strangers must turn off the lights and go to bed to rest. They must not talk or walk around, especially after midnight. That way everything will be fine by the next morning. Otherwise, after the ghost sees the relatives, it will be reluctant to leave the house, and then it will be the end of you. When a ghost sees his relatives preparing food for him and coming back to visit his home, he will leave with peace of mind without any worries.