The Significance of Traditional Funeral Changes

Funeral culture is to commemorate ancestors, but now it has become a ceremony to show off wealth. The reasons lie in the improvement of economic development level, the abnormal changes of people's concept of "face" and their psychology of keeping up with the joneses, and the lack of social trust. The concept of money first is gradually changing people's hearts. What used to be a noble and virtuous thing seems to have changed now.

The ancients put life and death first. Life is the origin of death, and death is the beginning of life. Buddhism thinks so, Christianity thinks so, and Islam still thinks so. The concept of sects comes from people's thoughts, but it also affects people. So if you die for your life, there must always be a ceremony to send the old and welcome the new. All ethnic groups in all parts of the world have their own cultural forms of death and funeral ceremonies. Such as the celestial burial of Tibetans, the quick burial of Hui people, the thick burial of Han people, etc.

Funeral culture reflects the world outlook of a nation or a belief, is a manifestation of their interpretation of the world and life, and is a kind of sustenance for people's yearning and pursuit of a better life. In ancient times, many ceremonies attached importance to family ties and ceremonies, and funerals were also called weddings. Take the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses as an example. The scale of funeral culture, how solemn, solemn and majestic, is indeed memorable in ancient times.

The present funeral culture has gradually lost its original flavor, mainly because of the change of people's social values, people's attention to their own face and the drive of comparison psychology. Changing this situation and shaping civilized funeral requires not only the "self-redemption" of ordinary people, but also the public sector to strengthen market supervision and industry norms, change this value concept of putting interests first, and return the funeral culture to its original meaning and original appearance. Everyone needs to work hard to shape a civilized funeral culture.