中国葬礼英文Funeral-rituals.pptVIP

Chinese traditional funeral rituals Group members:李影 陈忠 周哲 罗忠福 Funeral,as a Chinese traditional costume,deals with the bodies of the dead and to mourn people .To many people,the death not only means the end of the journey of life, but also the beginning of new world. Funeral As a Chinese traditional costume, funeral is supposed to deal with the bodies of the dead and to mourn people.To many people, the death not only means the end of the journey of life, but also the beginning of a new world. The evolution of the funeral rituals In the original society, due to the shortage of the awareness about the funeral, the dead were abandoned into the wild mountain. In the clan society, people believed that the soul wouldn, t die after death, instead, live in another world, besides, the dead would own a mysterious power. Therefore, people began to adore the dead. After that, the ancient commenced to bury the dead consciously, the process was called original funeral, in order to express the respect and memories to the dead. 。 When entering the class society, the funeral rituals were formalized gradually. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the traditonal funeral rituals got into the shape finally. The typical ways of burial 土葬(Burial) 火葬(Cremation) 塔葬(The tower was buried) 洞葬(Cave tombs) Burial Cremation The tower was buried Cave tombs Some common Chinese funeral rituals departures （小殓） Announce sb,s death(报丧) Mourning for the deceased (吊唁) Keeping?vigil?beside?the?coffin（守灵） Encoffining?ceremony(大殓) Holding?a?funeral?procession and burial（出殡与下葬） Setting up memorial tablet（立牌位） Sweeping tomb (扫墓) Departures(小殓) cleaned with a damp towel dusted with talcum powder Dressing the dead man Making up the dead The custome of the dead Family members can select shroud(寿衣) for the dead .according to the needs of various styles. The following de