According to archaeologists in Shannan, Nyingchi, Ali, found in large areas of Tombs and archaeological materials collected in the census confirmed that the burial in Tibet as early as 1000 years ago already have a complete system for a grand funeral ceremonies, There are regular post-funeral ritual.
Burial is a very ancient Tibet burial. Tibetan historical records, the Tubo Drigum Tsenpo Raj for his father's son, Ru built "the first tomb." Since the establishment of the Tubo Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty into the Tibetan envoys have seen along the way, "Bo mountainous slope, are the tomb of Confucius." Also, according to the "Tibet, Wang Tong Ji" contains, Drigum Tsenpo the funeral service when the body has participated and chaired the Education and witches. The original Tibetan religion has retained a large number of funerary rituals of material shows that the souls of the Tibetan custom of worshiping their ancestors originated very early on. To the Tubo Dynasty, has been basically set of rules for the formation of the funeral ritual, as the "Old Tang Chuan-Tubo," said, "The ZAP is at the tomb of death ... ... play a big room, Li mound, inserted HARDWOOD as Ci Ji of the. ", because of Tibetan Buddhism and became the universal practice of religion, the funeral took place in tandem with changes in the form of the emergence of tower funeral, burial, cremation and religion are closely related to these funeral rites. At the same time, the Tibetan way of the inherent funerals - burial of the concept has undergone a fundamental change.
Sky burial in Tibet, to burial is most common. Tibetan celestial burial, said a "more precisely" that serpent eagle (Tibetan used to call a serpent eagle eagle). Sky burial There Tianzang Chang, around fixed locations throughout. After death, the mortuary for several days, please choose an auspicious day monks chanting mourners. Funeral general early, there is someone sent the body Tianzang Chang. Division were the first funeral incense Gong Shen, Sumi fireworks around which gather in Tianzang Chang. Tian Zangshi then stripped the body clothes, according to certain procedures dismembered bodies, Rougu stripping. With stones and broken bones, and mix with Zan harrow, meat cut into small pieces aside. Finally, the priest who used to whistle calls serpent eagle, according to the order of bone and meat feeding, until utterly swallowed. Furnace Horace were four regions, Tian Zangtai side there is the root wood piles, dead shipped to, the solution of rope strip, the body face down on their backs Tianfang corpse on stage, the rope tied to stakes on the limbs, respectively, the first cut Under the head, and then draw cutting blade until the serpent eagle, after eating the meat, bones and head and then a smashing, mix tsampa butter and so on, together with feeding serpent eagle.
Shuizangshuizang There are two main forms. One is the whole corpse being thrown into rivers, Gan Jiang Ziya zaba pursue the customs area. Are generally two funeral procession, the corpse back to the deep water rapids of the Department, thrown into the river, and water at wood smoke in the human point of tsampa, funeral come to an end. Yajiang day according to the area, immediately after death on the cutting knife around his waist, and then stacked the heads and feet strapped. Released back pocket into his mouth on the ride a black cloth. The same day by one person to go back shameful river. The second is the body dismembered and then put into rivers. Gan Zi Dege Gong Jiangya region Shuizang customs, their funeral more in the night buried in the water potential of the election was swirling around the waters of the sea thread, a wooden pier to have the funeral, the corpse is first placed on piers, and with the axes according to the joints from the Under the mutilated, cut a cast one, finally chopped ax, body bags and the surrounding soil be put into the river of blood. Ganzi rongbaca the Shuizang, the mutilated dead bodies pay attention to the placing of the horizontal set men, woman his back home. The Batang Southern District Pu rubbish along the limbs can not dip solution of iron, can only be processed Bokken, axes implementation. Tibet Nanlin area, they are mostly after the body dismembered and dumped into rivers.
