The coffin is buried in the ground, why make a ''small mound'' on the surface?

Our country is an ancient civilization, the land has fed generations of people, many people regard the land as the root of life, everyone hopes to enter the soil after death, because of this, burial has always been the traditional funeral form of Chinese, after the death of the ancestors, relatives will freshen up for them to leave the world neatly, and put it in the coffin, buried in the ground, and on the surface pile of small mounds, some people are very curious that the coffin is already in the ground, is it redundant to make a small mound?

In fact, there is a mystery behind it.

First, convenient sacrifice: There is a record in the ritual record that Confucius's father died when he was young, and when Confucius was older, he wanted to go to his father's grave to worship, but he did not find it for a long time, and finally found it for a long time under the guidance of the villagers, in order to find convenience in the future, Confucius added soil to his father's grave to form a mound, indicating that it was a tomb

Second, the status symbol: in the "Book of Rites" pointed out that in the Zhou Dynasty, the tomb has been added to the grave, according to the size of the official position to determine the area of the grave seal, the larger the official position, the larger the seal, the tomb of King Zhao Lingwu is the size of a hill, the emperor's mausoleum is directly carved by the mountain, showing his prominent status before his death Tomb thieves will judge the identity of the deceased according to the size of the grave when robbing the tomb

Third, the bridge of communication: In the ancients believed that after the death of people will enter the netherworld and relatives from this yin and yang separated, but the use of graves can play a role in communication, Qingming, Zhongyuan Festival, Cold Food Festival and other festivals after the arrival, people will take paper money to burn in front of the grave and give it to the ancestors of the netherworld

Fourth, there is a declaration of the owner: if there is no mound in front of the grave, it may be that there are no relatives before death, and it may be hastily buried in the land by people before death, or it may be a lonely grave without a master that no one repairs and maintains, and the soil of the grave is lost, but there is a grave with a grave, in fact, there is a declaration of the Lord, indicating that the family's incense is strong, and behind the small mound is a witness of traditional Chinese culture

Fifth, prevent wild beasts from taking away carcasses: In ancient times, the population was not so large, and there were many carnivores such as tigers and foxes, and it was easy to be taken away