How China's funeral customs developed

How China's funeral customs developed

Funeral customs refer to the white affair, in the folk due to regional and ethnic groups have their own unique customs. The so-called funeral, "funeral" is to pay homage to or mourn the dead, that is, funeral rites; "burial" is the act of burying the remains. On the one hand, the funeral is the placement of the dead, and on the other hand, it is the arrangement of hospitality for those who come to the funeral and mourning. Funeral practice is the handling of the body of the deceased and the associated mourning, and constitutes the final link in the rituals of life. Death means the end of the journey of life. Life is finite, and there is a beginning and an end to life. When people live and die, there is a culture of life and death. Funeral culture is the ideological and cultural system formed around the event of death and death activities, and by the socio-economic, political, ideological, folklore, folklore, the influence and constraints of the human world.

The funeral customs and funeral culture of the Chinese people have a long history, and there were certain forms of funeral tens of thousands of years ago. Due to the worship of the totem, the worship of the dead, by the influence of feudalism, the development of the fear of the dead, along the line of the development of the "thick burial thin" traditional customs. As things stand, this is still an area of customary culture where "idealism" prevails. Superstitious, feudalistic burial practices are still prevalent and seriously practiced among the people. According to the traditional ethical concepts of the Chinese people, when a loved one is dying, the relatives should dress him or her, bring along a river crossing line, and buy a route, just as they would dress a loved one for a long journey. After the burial, every holiday and birth anniversary, relatives should visit the grave to sweep the tomb, burn paper and send things, not only with snacks and fruits, but also chocolates, beer, and even light a cigarette for the dead, so thoughtful and considerate service, filial son of the human relationship between friends and relatives to show the best.

Funeral customs and funeral culture is society is part of social customs and culture. It is the living for the dead and the establishment, formation, development of customs and culture, but also an important element of social etiquette, therefore. It reflects and has long been subject to social traditions.

Social development and progress, mankind towards civilization, in order to meet the needs of social psychology. The emergence of funeral dress culture, cemetery culture, funeral home building culture, funeral equipment and technology, etc., the content is very rich, these new branches of the discipline to form a group of disciplines of funeral culture.

Primitive man on the "abandoned body" has been "unable to see", the heart can not bear. So the funeral was created. Funeral is a product of human self-consciousness to reach a high degree of clarity, to civilized society, the development of funeral rites, and later became more and more complicated. For example, an old man has been busy all his life, after death, if you do not give a "decent" funeral, not by the "solemn" treatment, people will always feel sorry for the deceased, will think that the descendants of the "unfilial", the deceased life "is not worth it" and so on. Even in modern times, people still feel that their lives are incomplete if their funerals are too hasty. At the same time, funeral ceremonies for important people, such as building tombs for emperors and kings, should be extraordinarily grand. People will also feel it is too wrong if the funeral of a big person is made no different from that of a small person. Funeral activities are planned by and for the living. Telling people that this will not have a beginning and an end. Psychological needs are also human needs. Just like material needs such as eating and sleeping. As long as it does not hinder society, it should be satisfied,

All funeral activities are designed in accordance with the life pattern of the living, such as the living's house is known as the "mansion", the cemetery is known as the "mansion". The living loved to be honored, so people also "honored" the dead in a variety of ways, giving them doze and incense. The living need to eat, so they offer sacrifices to the dead. Thus, funeral culture is essentially a special culture of survival

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