Remains Relocation 拾金

千古孝心

清明节扫墓是华人的传统习俗，除了展现孝子贤孙慎终追远，郭亲睦族及行孝品德外，最重要的是对坟墓作全面的观察，例如坟墓是否有遭受到破坏，糟蹋或自然损陷，如白蚁，淹水，潮湿，炎燥，或有外物侵入等。上述的问题，是很多阳世子孙所担心的，因此，保持墓碑和坟墓的完整，清幽，而使亡灵“居住安定”，应该是阳世子孙的责任。


拾金文化 敬祖孝亲

拾金也叫“拾金”，“捡骨”，“洗骨”，是属于“吉葬”部分。在风水金典“金葬指窍”中详细简明处理的方式及要诀，其内容强调“开金”处理是为了替先人迁葬更好的风水龙穴，借助元运的转变发挥更旺的风水助力。拾金仪式的进行，会因乡例习俗，宗教信仰或籍贯的分别而有所差异。拾金看似简单，其实最重要的是必须由有经验的风水师及捡骨师来办理，切勿草率从事，以免招惹不吉。


在下列情况下须考虑开棺捡骨迁葬：

1. 风水不佳，例如：荫尸地，泡水地，煞地，蛇蚁入穴等（请征询专业风水师的意见）
2. 坟墓老旧残破，年久失修，应拾金重新造葬或迁葬
3. 祖先各葬东南西北，不方便祭拜或维护，应考虑把葬在不同地点之祖先拾金后，集中葬在同一地点以便子孙永祀

拾金过程：

1. 由专业风水命理师预先选好吉日破土
2. 家属，风水师及捡骨师（启攒师）同时抵达现场
3. 由风水师带领主持祭拜仪式及破土科仪
4. 由捡骨师破土开棺捡骨，洗骨净骨及开棺点眼入瓮或小棺木
5. 由风水师主持破碑仪式
6. 把金斗瓮或小棺木迁葬至新的风水地，重新造坟立碑将骨灰安奉在骨灰塔内以便子孙永祀

Remains Relocation - A Befitting Act of Filial Piety
Qing Ming remains a much revered event to pay homage to the ancestors and a gathering for family members to enhance family ties. Not only do they pay homage, but also to pay attention to the condition of the tomb to ensure that it is not in a deplorable conditio.


Remains Relocation is an act of relocating the remains of ancestors to a new burial land with better environment or excellent and/or with excellent fengshui. It is also known as "bone collecting" or "bone cleaning". The remains relocation is not a simple procedure. It has to be conducted by an experienced fengshui master or a relocation master. The procedure varies accordingly to the deceased's religion, cultural practice based on his/her Chinese origins. According to the Chinese, improper relocation could result in bad luck befalling on its descendants.


Why should we relocate remains:

1. Bad fengshui (Please seek advice from qualified fengshui master)
2. Environment condition due to occasional flooding, the presence of pests etc.
3. Relocate for the convenience of paying homage.

Procedure for relocation:

1. A proper date fixed by fengshui master.
2. Presence of family members, fengshui master and relocation master at the tomb.
3. Worship ritual and exhumation of the remains of the departed one.
4. Collecting and cleaning of the remains to place into small wood coffin or urn.
5. Ritual of tomb stone breaking.
6. Relocate the remains to new burial ground and to erect a new tomb stone or placement of remains to an urn columbarium.