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People are dead, so why bury them?

No matter how much you do before you die, it is a handful of loess, and loess is the end of your life. Buried in the soil means this person's voice, ending.

It is also a way to respect the dead to be buried in peace after death. According to traditional customs, they are all buried underground to comfort the dead. If the deceased does not go to the grave, then the relatives are not at ease. Therefore, choose a good day to deal with the aftermath of the deceased, the deceased died well, and it is good to send people.

"Burying graves" is a traditional custom to deal with the dead, that is, burying the remains or bones of the dead in the soil.

The custom of burial is popular all over the world.

This custom of human beings began in the middle of Paleolithic Age. The popularity of this custom has gone through a long time, which is closely related to the final maturity of a certain concept.

The appearance of tombs is related to the germination of human soul concept. As early as tens of thousands of years ago, human beings had the concept of two worlds. People know how to distinguish between the living and the dead, life and death, and think that people will live in another world after death, and spirit and flesh can be separated. It is a conscious behavior based on soul belief that human beings bury the dead.

The origin of "burial" The traditional custom of dealing with the remains of the deceased is "burial", that is, burying the remains of the deceased in the soil. Looking around the world, the custom of burial once prevailed in the social life of all nationalities in the world. According to archaeological results, it was about the middle of the Paleolithic period that humans treated the dead in this way. In China, it will be postponed until after the late Paleolithic period. Judging from the existing archaeological data, it seems that no matter Yuanmou people, Lantian people, Beijingers or Dingcun people, there is no custom of "burying in the ground". So far, the earliest archaeological discovery of consciously burying the dead is Neanderthals who lived about 18 thousand years ago. Archaeological research shows that the popularity of this custom has gone through a long time, which is obviously closely related to the final maturity of a certain concept.