Apart from a stupid answer like because they're far away. What cultural influences make this how it is Christianity and Buddhism maybe?
2006-08-21 14:22:55 · 15 answers · asked by andrew h 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
But also never melting snow is symbolistic of tagic death and is white an example of this is at the end of house of lfying daggers....ok bad source but still ive heard it mentioned so white and never melting snow make it seem less then celebratory....
2006-08-21 14:31:33 · update #1
different cultures and beliefs
2006-08-21 14:28:57 · answer #1 · answered by waltmcnameeiii 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suppose you just have to choose a colour, and there is no reason why they should be the same.
People have all sorts of weird customs. In some countries, they all go and look at the body, as if they think it might all be a trick. I have done that abroad. It was a real shock the first time.But I understand it a bit, I was never sure it was really my dad we burned, because the coffin turned up with a strange wreath on it "TO MY DARLING MUM" and we hadn't wanted any flowers at all. I think it more probable that the undertaker didn't like to have a bare coffin, so he stole someone else's flowers.
Then, in some places, they do not really bury the body, they put it in a kind of concrete box above ground.
There are all sorts of customs. I wouldn't wear black to a funeral in this country, nor would most people I think. At least not at the funerals I've been to(not many admittedly), but abroad I would always do it if they all did, it would be rude not to follow their custom.
I don't think black has anything to do with Christianity.
2006-08-21 14:50:20 · answer #2 · answered by hi_patia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont know about China sorry, Queen Victoria set the trend of wearing black for funerals and mourning in the UK and Australia after her husband passed so I assume that with their provinces over the US that it spread over there too. She refused to wear any other colour, apparently it used to be white for mourning. Each for their own I guess look at the Italians they wear black as well. Today however regardless of religion many are asking people to wear bright colours as a reflection of the deceased's life
2006-08-21 14:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Beliefs and religion, but i don't understand why it's such a grizzly formality, we should celebrate when someone has passed away, yes i know it's a mournful time for people, but i think if we celebrated that persons life with all the good things that they have accomplished it may help the bereaved.
2006-08-21 14:52:49 · answer #4 · answered by omoxionuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
China has different cultural traditions. Even when doing business the colors you wear affect that. When we do business, we make it all business in an office setting or if we do lunch, it's just that...lunch and no drinking. When doing business with China, it's tradition to go out to dinner and have a good time drinking it up...handling business in the midst. There is no right or wrong way, it's just a "way" of doing things. We do things differently in our households and we could be neighbors.
2006-08-21 14:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by dhelpfulhands 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know for certain, but white is the color of purity, and perhaps they want the departed soul to be freed of earthly sin and insure its arrival in heaven. Some cultures celebrate life as opposed to mourning death, which to me makes more sense.
2006-08-21 14:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by gldjns 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The reason people used to wear black to funerals is because it was believed that the soul couldn't see people in black. So when you wore black to a funeral the soul would not be confused as were to go. I don't know why they wear white in China.
2006-08-21 14:29:29 · answer #7 · answered by Flower Girl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Different cultures view concepts differently. Death will be viewed differently as well. Different ways of thought will treat life transitions different-- even the ending of such.
2006-08-21 14:29:47 · answer #8 · answered by Crossroads Keeper 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It originates in India White colour not skin is bad luck and black is good luck. this applies in all Asian countries. Western culture reversed it to suite their agenda.
2006-08-25 03:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Interesting, but slightly off topic, in Japan it is unlucky to write your name in red ink. The More You Know!
2006-08-21 15:18:32 · answer #10 · answered by shinjiikari6662000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In america, people think that black is like evil things like death. So therefore, people wear black to show that something bad has happened to them.
In China, people think that ghosts wear white clothes and is all pale. So they don't wear black to a funeral. Instead they wear white.
2006-08-21 14:30:34 · answer #11 · answered by sellatieeat 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋