What kind of wood is best for making a coffin? What are the requirements for making a coffin?

There are still some particularities in the construction of coffins. Some people need high-quality coffins for their elderly to use when they die. So, what kind of wood is best for coffins? If you don't understand the material, you can take a look at the detailed introduction provided by this site.

What kind of wood is best for making a coffin?

Coffins are also called coffins, which are used to make a person's coffin for the rest of his life. In order to prevent the corpse from decaying for thousands of years, people usually choose wood that is resistant to decay and fermentation. Of course, it depends on your own situation. If the conditions are not good, you don't have to be particular about it. You can just use tung or poplar. If the conditions are good, you have to be particular about it. You can have four separate pieces, and one piece of board is required for the top, bottom, left, and right sides. There is no need to piece them together. In our rural hometown, the good coffin wood in the early years was cypress, Sophora japonica, and Chinese catalpa. Of course, in recent years, we have purchased Northeast pine.
Of course, the more high-end ones are not affordable, useful, or useful to ordinary people. For example, the mast wood used to describe Qin Keqing's death in Dream of the Red Chamber should also be considered a high-quality material. The original wood will not decay for thousands of years, and it is not something that ordinary people can use. It is recognized that the royal golden nanmu is not only unavailable, but even if you buy it and use it, it is against the law. In the Republic of China, a golden nanmu was reserved for Mr. Sun Yat-sen as a coffin, but the founding father did not use it later. It is said that it was used by Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang. Nowadays, it is basically meaningless to use coffins for cremation. After cremation, it cannot be said to be incorrupt for thousands of years. It is just marble.

What are the requirements for making a coffin?

There are many things to consider when making a fir wood coffin. I remember that thirty years ago, the vegetation coverage rate in Enshi could reach over 70 percent.

At that time, there were many large fir trees here. A 100-year-old fir tree could be used to make a coffin. This complete coffin is composed of a bottom bar, two walls, two sills, and a lid. Generally, the bottom bar of a coffin is composed of three sections of fir, and the two walls, two sills, and a lid are a whole. We call it "whole wall and whole lid". The standard for a coffin here is that the "wall" should be tall and majestic, and the waist and tail should be streamlined. It looks grand and full, which is the best.

The size of the coffin

For normal adult sizes, the inner diameter is 57 cm wide at the front bottom, 42 cm wide at the top, and 60 cm high. The inner diameter is 35 cm wide at the back bottom, 30 cm wide at the top, and 35 cm high. The bottom is 1.7 to 1.75 meters long. The top is 1.8 to 1.85 meters long.

The inner diameter of a coffin is the same regardless of size. The so-called 24, 35, 46 are all based on the thickness of the coffin board. The thickness of the back board is less than that of the front board. Generally, the length of a coffin must reach 2.4 meters (7 feet 3 inches in the craftsman's ruler). There is a saying: 7 feet 3 inches can travel all over the world.

Another point is that the size and specifications of the coffin should be related to local customs and habits, and should be different in the south and the north.