What is the size of the coffin?

Generally, the inner diameter of a coffin is 57 cm wide at the front bottom, 42 cm wide at the top, 60 cm high, 35 cm wide at the back bottom, 30 cm wide at the top and 35 cm high. The length of the bottom mouth is 1 m 7 to 1 m 75. Shangkou 1 m 8 to 1 m 85.

Coffins are also commonly known as "ten tiles" and "ten tiles" in rural areas. Generally, it is made of ten pages of wood, but there are also twelve pages of wood, commonly known as "twelve yuan". Made of ten pages of wood, including three pages on the cover (upper cover), three pages on the bottom (lower), two pages on the status (both sides), and 5- 1 1 piece of other precious wood.

Coffin culture

There is a folk saying that "the master does not fall to the ground", which means that the craftsman who makes coffins does not make coffins for the dead. In other words, when people are alive, they must find a coffin maker to make a coffin.

In ancient times, if a person died without making a coffin, it showed that the family lacked a plan and ignored the ethics of heaven, which was considered disrespectful and extremely unfavorable to future generations. So most people begin to prepare coffins for themselves in their fifties, and some places even begin to make plans for themselves in their thirties.

About coffins, there is a folk saying that coffins don't fall to the ground. The coffin doesn't land, which means it can't land at the funeral. If it falls to the ground, it will be buried on the spot, indicating that the deceased has chosen a burial place for himself.

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