Why do you never see a chinese funeral ?

Question

Seriously, why though?

Answer 1

In Singapore - the Chinese lay out the body of their loved one in a coffin and place it in the voids under the high rise flats for several days - 3, 5 or 7 days with candles, photos and flowers. The area is blocked off with yellow tarp - and sometimes large cloth banners with messages from other families are strung up all around the area. Some even have coloured lights around the perimeter. It's beautiful! They have tables and chairs for many people - and it seems that a constant 'party' is taking place. Some of them even seem to have caterers - particularly for the last night. The body has to be injected with chemicals to stop it from spoiling in the heat and people just keep coming throughout the whole thing to pay their last respects. On the last night, a group of musicians play very loud music to frighten the evil spirits away - but I think the funeral procession takes place the next morning. Sometimes the musicians accompany the funeral procession as it is led away - making loud noises and walking alongside or behind the vehicle carrying the coffin. The Chinese section of the cemetery in Singapore is made up of fairly uniform raised 'tombstones' - which look a bit like short slippers similar to the ones worn by the women with bound feet. The tombstones look as though they are tiled or patterned and are placed close together in rows and layers on hills. The effect is quite stunning. In answer to your question though - I think whether or not you will ever see a Chinese funeral - will depend on how many Chinese people you come into contact with. There are no Chinese people where I come from and I had never seen one until I lived in Singapore where there seemed to be one at least every other week. Sometimes on the way to work - I would see two or three in process in different apartment blocks.

Answer 2

I don't think that's true. In fact, I just saw one last week. My grandma passed away and my parents decided to do Taoist rites - instead of the Buddhist one (which is much simpler) because my grandma was Taoist - and it was really tiring and stressful. It involved a lot of joss sticks which were so painful to my eyes, kneeling, standing then kneeling again (like 30 times in total), and lots of different ceromonies. There were about three ceromonies a day for two days before the funeral, which was on the third day. The ceremonies on the first day were more like to seek forgiveness and to pray for her "life in the afterworld". The second day's ceromonies were to ask the "guardian" of the afterworld to release her soul for a day so that she can "join" us during her funeral.

I cannot go into the details as I couldn't exactly understacd everything the priest said. They spoke in the Hakka dialect, so I had to rely on my parents' flimpsy translation.

Answer 3

I see one all the time. There s a close-by chinese language eating place the place i circulate to consume now and returned. they have wedding ceremony events all the time. now and returned in the time of lunc theyre making waiting the bride there.

Answer 4

the chinese takeawy had one years ago, they all stood outside wailing and then put some food on a table and went indoors, it was quite odd!

Answer 5

Attended two in Taiwan.

Answer 6

I thot that they nomally burn the body n sail the ash to either the ocean or the sea.

Answer 7

The reason i never have is because I have never been to China

Answer 8

you are looking in the wrong places.