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    1. The document compares the funeral rituals and social values around death between Chinese and Western cultures. 2. Chinese traditions are influenced by Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, while Western traditions stem from Christianity. 3. The rituals and practices around mourning, treatment of the body, roles of family members, and beliefs about the afterlife differ in key ways between the cultures.

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    1. The document compares the funeral rituals and social values around death between Chinese and Western cultures. 2. Chinese traditions are influenced by Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, while Western traditions stem from Christianity. 3. The rituals and practices around mourning, treatment of the body, roles of family members, and beliefs about the afterlife differ in key ways between the cultures.

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    Funeral Practice in Chinese and Western Cultures

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    姜晓宇
    1. The document compares the funeral rituals and social values around death between Chinese and Western cultures. 2. Chinese traditions are influenced by Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, while Western traditions stem from Christianity. 3. The rituals and practices around mourning, treatment of the body, roles of family members, and beliefs about the afterlife differ in key ways between the cultures.

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    Hung Kei Suet (08022917) Li Tsz Kwan (06011586)

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    Comparison of Religions Social value of death between Chinese and Western culture Comparison of Funeral Ritual

    Similarities and differences of funeral practices


    Cultural Exchange between Chinese and Western culturesHung Kei Suet (08022917)

    Chinese: - A combination of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism, polytheism Western: - Christianity, monotheism

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    Similarity: - belief in souls or spirits and an afterlife. Difference: - Chinese Culture: Educate individuals in filial piety -Western Culture: Disconnect the last tie between soul & body Rest in peace and heaven Salvation from God

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    1. 2. 3.

    Public notification of death. Donning of white clothing, shoes, and hoods. Ritualized bathing of the corpse.

    4.
    5. 6.

    The transfer of food, money, and goods.


    The preparation and installment of a soul tablet for the dead. The ritualized use of money and the employment of professionals. Music to accompany the corpse and settle the spirit. Sealing the corpse in an airtight coffin. Expulsion of the coffin from the community.

    7. 8. 9.

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    The bringing of the body to the church The Office of the Dead The funeral Mass The absolution The burial
    Li Tsz Kwan (06011586)

    Li Tsz Kwan(06011586)

    Prescriptive text - Chinese: Book of Rites (Liji) + Book of Ceremonies (Yili) - Western: Roman Ritual Prayers Actors involved

    Salvation of soul + guidance to life after death


    Li Tsz Kwan (06011586)

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    The time between the moment of death and burial


    Chinese: Western:

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    The major location for the rituals preceding burial


    Chinese: Western:

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    The mourning clothes


    Chinese: Western:

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    The style of corpse


    Chinese: Western:

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    The main actors in Funeral ceremonies


    Chinese: Western:

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    The prayer reveal


    Chinese: Western:

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    A place of burial
    Chinese: Western:

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

    ACCEPTED

    REJECTED

    1st-class coffin Bewailing white mourning clothing Choice of burial sites

    Burning of mock money Paying daoist priest to perform rituals in the funeral

    Li Tsz Kwan (06011586)

    ACCEPTED

    REJECTED

    Confucius ideology - filial piety no contradiction

    religious contradiction - Buddist vs Christian - Daoist vs Christian false gods

    no worshipping involved a as if matter

    Li Tsz Kwan (06011586)

    Both aim to moan for those who passed away Very different in practice (e.g. the white dress code of the Chinese funeral is considered to be disrespectful and inappropriate of the Western funeral)

    Disputes might occur if one does not understand the culture of the other side.
    Li Tsz Kwan (06011586)

    Standaert, N. (2008). The Interweaving of Rituals : Funerals in the Cultural Exchange between China and Europe. The United State : the University of Washington Press. Watson, J. (1988). Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China. London: University of California Press.

    Hung Kei Suet (08022917)

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