[quote=redoxon,Mar 6 2015, 01:32 AM]
sifu heibaiwuchang, do u know fully the journey of the dead souls? recently grandpa passed away,
heard the supervisor for the funeral service told us that actually, when people die, their soul would still be around and do not know that they are dead yet, and they would only know they are dead after the 头七
den i also rmb smth abt the soul of the dead people need to pass two bridges and also drink a meng po soup before continuing their journey, is there such thing?
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When human after death as chinese people would had always heard before what is 三魄七魄.. Its means the 3 soul and the 7 emotions of people.. Everytime when human pass away, their 3 soul will be heading to separately way..
The 3 Soul refer as ( Heaven Soul, Earth Soul, Human Soul )三魂是 (天魂、地魂、人魂)And The 7 Emotions refer as ( Joy, Anger, Sadness, Fear, Love, Evil, Desire )七魄是 (喜,怒,哀,懼,愛,惡,慾)
The 3 Soul ,三魂
Heaven Soul, 天魂:
After this soul coming out from the corpse, then it will heading to the place which called Ghost World, 鬼世界 or as known as the place where all the ancestors live so we always do heard that when somebody is almost passing, hence will saw their ancestor come to lead them to the ghost world.. And during everytime when hungry ghost festival, ching ming festival people will burn those josspaper, paper car, house etc will be delivered to this dimension and not to hell..
Earth Soul, 地魂:
As this soul is the one which will be drag by the ghost officer 牛头马面 to the underworld and wait for the judgement by the judge of hell in the underworld and also is the one who wait to reincarnation/投胎...
Human Soul, 人魂」
And finally this soul is the one which lay into the corpse and be sent to grave to buried
to the graveyard either to the ground or cremation..
If the deceased choosing for burial then the site should be well predicted by a professional feng shui master because the burial site will be absorb the energy from the heaven and earth to blessing the descendants 3rd generations... So the tombstomb were like an antenna absorb those energy and bless their descendants... Meanwhile if for cremation, its not related with any feng shui matter but just need to choose a columbarium for placement of ashes or cremated remains in urns therefore the deceased will be able to rest peacefully while their descendants acquire an abundance of prosperity, health, longevity and great fortune.
Regarding about the 七魄.. The first day count to seven days after someone pass away consider as 头七 then their first emotion will leave and pass another 7 days which mean 二七, their another emotions leave again from the corpse until 49 days 七七 only considered the deceased fully leaving human world..
Thats why after someone is dead, the family member will quickly help to arrange the funeral service and hire a taoist master to begin the ceremony before pass 49 days to prevent the deceased becoming a wondering ghost in this human world..
The two Silver and Gold mountain is let the decease to cross over to the place where our ancestor is stayed.. The meng po doup its believe to be drink by the Earth Soul the one which go for reincarnation to forget everything in this life..