In China culture, there is a taboo culture and auspicious culture, that is, people pursue good luck in their daily lives, like to listen to "New Year greetings", congratulate them when they meet, and greet them when they meet. These are all manifestations of this culture.
Since ancient times, when people are buried, future generations will plant several trees on graves, called soul trees. It is believed that the fragrance of trees can prevent the decay of remains and the destruction of animals. It is precisely because of the immortality of pines and cypresses for thousands of years that ancient people chose to plant pines and cypresses on graves to show that their ancestors' lives will last forever and live in the hearts of future generations forever. When we were studying ancient Chinese, we also learned the phrase "the tomb trees form an arch", which means that after death, the trees on the tomb have been connected to form an arch.
The Zhou Dynasty was a dynasty with etiquette in China. At that time, pine and cypress were symbols of aristocratic status, and ordinary people were not allowed to plant trees on graves. Buried person: "the tomb of the son of heaven is three feet high and the trees are loose;" The tomb of the vassal is half a foot high and the tree is cypress; The doctor's grave, eight feet high, with trees and grass; The scholar's tomb is four feet high and the tree is a locust tree. By the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the strict burial system of Zhou Li was broken. With the change of history, pine and cypress are no longer the patent of imperial tombs, but the main tree species on the graves of ordinary people.
There is an old saying in the countryside: pine and cypress belong to the shade, whether in winter or spring. In other words, pine and cypress are negative trees. These trees have no concept of seasons and can be evergreen all year round. In the vernacular of rural Henan, it is called "wood pulp tree", which means no wisdom. Since these trees are "timid" and "shady" trees, let them "light up" in the temple, or let them guard the tomb in the cemetery! Therefore, they are often planted in temples or cemeteries.
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