What are the existing funeral methods in China? Which is the most common?

What are the existing funeral methods in China? Which is the most common?

1. What are the existing funeral methods in China? There are many funeral methods in China since ancient times, such as cremation, rural burial, celestial burial and water burial, which are widely used in some places on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. These are gradually formed due to the long-term lifestyle and habits of local people and the influence of local religious beliefs.

2. What is the most common way of funeral in China? Cremation is the most common funeral mode in China, and it is also the funeral mode advocated by the state. This method can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In fact, in ancient China, even before liberation, the most popular funeral way in China was burial. However, due to the great influence of burial on land and the occupation of more land, the state began to advocate cremation. Since then, cremation has gradually become the main mode of funeral and interment, almost approaching 50% of the funeral and interment modes in China. Cremation can effectively save land resources and has a great influence on our country. Because China is a populous country, land is of great significance to the people, so cremation is also very in line with the development of the times.

3. What do these different funeral ways express? The reason why there are so many funeral methods is inseparable from people's beliefs and living habits. For example, the reason why burial was praised by people in the past is that people think that after death, the soul will go underground, and building a place for relatives to live underground can pin people's grief and good wishes for their dead relatives. Therefore, people have built buildings similar to houses underground and placed their loved ones in them, which can also express their grief for their loved ones to the greatest extent. In fact, other funeral methods are also to express the nostalgia for their loved ones, and they all hope that their loved ones will be resettled after their death, and they can also have a comfort in their hearts.