traditional seven-week mourning rite
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traditional seventh-day memorial rites culminating at forty-ninth day
archaicAn old Chinese funeral custom. The final ceremony on the 49th day marks the end of the formal mourning period, after which the soul is believed to have passed on.
Àn按
zhào照
jiù旧
sú俗
，
rén人
qù去
shì世
hòu后
jiā家
shǔ属
yào要
bàn办
qī七
qī七
。
According to the old custom, the family holds the 'seven-seven' rites after a person's death.
Sì四
shí十
jiǔ九
tiān天
de的
nà那
yī一
chǎng场
jì祭
diàn奠
，
sú俗
chēng称
qī七
qī七
huò或
mǎn满
qī七
。
The memorial ceremony on the forty-ninth day is commonly called 'qīqī' or 'mǎn qī' (seventh-week rite).
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Duàn断
qī七
zhī之
hòu后
，
xiào孝
fú服
biàn便
kě可
chú除
xià下
le了
。
After the final 'breaking the seventh' rite, the mourning garments can be removed.