Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Tongren County-based, and in jainca, Germany, expensive, Xunhua counties dozens of villages in the circulation of large private entertainment in June it will, of the Tibetan language known as "June Lereah" means in June dedicated to the dragon dance, has been a thousand years of history, and it contains a religion, history, folklore, etc. rich cultural connotations, showing the wisdom of the Tibetan people industrious and brave and simple virtues.
Tibetans are located in Tibet and Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan in parts of self-proclaimed "boba." However, in different regions have different titles, such as Ali, who call themselves "against the Palestinians", after the Tibetans call themselves "hidden bar", the former Tibetan self-proclaimed "Guardian", Qamdo east were themselves "Kham", as well as "An Multi-wow", "Jiarong wow" "wow cloth workers" and so on. Although the wide geographical distribution, but the Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism generally. Buddhism, the life and death as a whole, that death is only the beginning of another phase of life, is another manifestation of life. The idea is accepted by the Tibetan people, their minds widespread life "reincarnation" of the concept, I believe that people born after death may vote. Therefore, they are very respectful of the dead, and according to different situations, different identity practices in different regions to be buried. So, the traditional Tibetan burial, funeral, mourning ceremonies are held, etc. How do it? What are the different forms of it?
In Tibet, due to the different regions, the funeral of ways not the same. But in the funeral the way a more visible hierarchy, which is the same: the highest level is the tower burial, followed by cremation, the most popular is the burial. Some areas are permanently preserved a very ancient funeral custom, or by the impact of neighboring nations, often there are such points funeral, send coffin, Lou funeral, burial platforms, indoor funeral, the first three types of infant Red Hand Shuizang other little-known special burial custom, while in some places the proportion of burial is also great, who died at the prevalence Shuizang children. Here we introduce the East and Gannan Tibetan Tibetan mainly the special burial custom.
Burial cave burial cave prevalent in Tibetan areas in Gansu Province, Pema. Here, after death, baptism clothes, tied into a squat-style, and then placed in pit, cover a board, and then buried in soil. In winter the body is not easy to corrupt, and so the implementation of cremation. Clan grave sites, cemeteries and tomb columns.
Send Send coffin coffin burial eventually, popular in Tibetan areas in Gansu Province Zhouqu area. This is the first dead spouses burial coffin, temporarily stored in such as the cliff beside the edge of an intersection, etc., do not dig the graves, but to place the coffin on the height selected to avoid being immersed in water, with large stones pressure on wild animals to prevent infestation. Death when the other party to hold together the tomb for burial, with a view to eternity not bad.
House, also known as family burial burial burial House, Connan popular area. This is the dead corpse buried in a corner of the building top-level, the funeral did not go out, is very grand. But this requires the dead to be recognized as one of the most respected persons, there is the reputation of the lamas, or longevity, children and grandchildren, or five-generation persons, or in tribal villages in fairness, justice, courage to speak for the masses to make decisions for the masses when the dispute fair cut off people.
Platform, platform burial burial popular Kang Nanba pond area. This is a special type of funeral, because people think that the deceased should not use the other method was to use this custom of burial. In the form of large stones on the ground, piled high 1 meter wide and 1 meter platform and then bundles the fetus-shaped body, packed in wooden boxes placed within the platform. And then in a wooden box on the rocks around the puzzle, and the wooden boxes covered with large stones, finally hook up with soil crevice, seen from afar like a pile of mani stones.
Indoor Indoor burial burial popular Kang North area, is 80 years of age, a prestigious burial after the death of a special way. Scrub after death tied missions in Sierra Leone facial wiping butter, gold and silver precious stones and other objects, the body placed in lockers or large pot, surrounded by barley spike, awn and hull filling, covered with the cover sealed with soil, into the interior corner. Wait a few years later moved to the wild cremation. Ashes, or into rivers or buried in the ground. Because of this burial method to go through a few years, several steps in all, it is also known as "re-burial."
First three types and the first three types popular in Tibet, Kang North Linzhi parts of this form used for premature babies. The body with salt water washed into the wooden box, wooden or bamboo basket inside, and then fly to large trees Sanin face the woods halfway, there are also placed in the tree Shucha Shang. It is said to prevent a child being at home again, unfortunately. However, this vulgar rare.
Baby Red Hand Shuizang This applies only to infants died within two months. Paint for the dead babies hands painted red, and then the bundles of fetal-like, into panniers, the Kunshang two big rock thrown into a river. Some buried in the river, together with the basket carried on until the water rose and then the body away. Xiahe dead family members to vote in local vertical set a stone inscribed with scripture, point of butter lamps, burning tsampa, plug in the number of root Mani pole, but each of the festival.
Xie was at home, by any means buried, but the day of the funeral and mountains to the calendar by monks according to the deceased and left behind their dependents birthday and Zodiac, the deceased died date hour of the Star and other astronomical match algorithm to calculate the decision of the Five Elements . Said projection Luck Day is survived by dependents misfortunes in order to avoid difficult people and animals safe, but also the comfort of the deceased. Funeral normally in the death of 3 to 7 days, before this, relatives and friends with the villagers were armed with dry food, butter, silver piece and other items went to his house mourning, brought Xian Dian Yi are used in evidence in alms. During the indoor Tingling ban domestic cats similar to this period, the family cat, or be tied at home, or sent to someone's home tie to support. Generally left very early the day of the funeral, but no later than the afternoon; only males Xu sent to the graveyard; with the deceased belong to the same phase, with the birthday person can not go to funeral. 49 days after death, contraindication killing, eating other people and killing beef and mutton; left their dependents woman does not wash your hair, men do not shave without hair, not wear accessories; not stopping by; even more happy, or not to participate in recreational activities; year's New Year do not visit friends and relatives.
With the progress of the times and social development, science and technology popularization, the concept of updating a number of funerals in recent years, especially among the young taboo has gradually faded out.
