Rural China Funeral Procession

A Taoist funeral procession on a back road in Yunnan, China. They paused by a roadside shrine, set the coffin on chairs they were carrying, and held a brief ceremony (reading a sutra) before moving on. The deceased was 100 years old so people did not take it hard.

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• Funeral
• procession
• ceremony
• Yunnan
• China
• Buddhist

[sweart1]

thanks -- I corrected the caption -- religion in this area is very syncretic anyway with confucian etc in with the rest --

ralphbosero: do you know if that was sutras they were reading? If not -- what is the taoist thing to chant?

[stevjen1]

What a lot of silly superstitious nonsense. Gee I am glad I am educated. Spirits, ghosts, evil spirits. Yeah right. What next flying magic carpets...

[ralphbosero]

because here in the philippines no one uses firecrakers in chineese funeral srvices but sometimes filipino we do it 2...but only a few times, what i really wanted 2 hapen is i'd lyk this tradition 2 hapen here in our chineese community...I wish some Filipino Chinese will see and wach this on you tube.

[ralphbosero]

A taoist funeral ceremony

[ralphbosero]

From.Ralph Soriano Manila chinatown philippines

[ralphbosero]

Rituals using firecrackers

As its purpose was originally to drive evil spirits away, it was also used in funerals. However, over time, the use of firecrackers evolved to take on a more positive connotation. Thus they came to be used to commemorate joyous events such as wedding processions and rituals during festivals and auspicious occasio

[ralphbosero]

Funeral Procession

It was believed that while a newly departed soul sought to go to the Western Paradise, stray ghost would come by and hinder the departed soul. Taoists priest would chant liturgies to guide the spirit and firecrackers were in turn ignited to dispel these ghosts

[ralphbosero]

Do you know why are chinese using firecracker in funeral procession?This the answer.

[uvulopalatopharyngo]

Absolutely fascinating.