There are many Chinese traditions that have been passed on and is still being practiced today. China is considered as one of the oldest civilizations in the world, therefore their beliefs are age-old yet still followed and respected today. Some traditions may have changed and revised over time but nevertheless applicable to Chinese people and other influenced countries.
Funerals are considered one of the most sacred events by Chinese people. According to the Confucian ideas and practices is that the younger generation of the family must be responsible in the organizing and spearheading of the funerals of their elderly. Being very sacred, Chinese funerals have many rituals, beliefs, and superstitions that are being done to avoid bad luck and to give honor and respect to the deceased.
Chinese Funeral Tradition and Beliefs
A common tradition not only in Chinese funerals, is the hiring of a funeral band who will play music during the procession of the deceased before they get cremated or buried. In Chinese belief, this is done to keep bad spirits and elements away during the procession and the burial rites. Chinese are known to be very cautious when it comes to bad luck and omen and it is believed that funeral bands who play loud music during the procession will keep them away and attract good luck and fortune.
The funeral bands come first in the procession, followed by the family and friends of the deceased, and then lastly the vehicle carrying the coffin. Usually they play mourning songs and hymns and are led by a conductor or a leader who decides which songs to play and the tempo of each song. The family and friends should wear their mourning clothes which are commonly black. The funeral band must also be informed of the color of their attire to achieve uniformity.
Through all these beliefs and practices, are Chinese funeral bands really necessary? Is it still worth it to practice this age-old belief and spend money on it? The answer depends on how traditional the family is. If they are really traditional and do practice all Chinese funeral superstitions, then a funeral band is definitely something to consider. But if the family is not that traditional and the funeral is to be done intimately and with little to no attention from other people, hiring a Chinese funeral band can be skipped already.
Funeral Band Still Existing
The tradition of Chinese funeral bands still lives on today however in Singapore, funeral processions are prohibited to pass through main roads to avoid traffic jam. Singapore also has a rich inclination to Chinese culture and even their funeral superstitions was passed on to Singaporeans. As a matter of fact, one of the most famous music played on Chinese funeral processions is from Singapore. His name is Luo Lang. unfortunately, he passed away in July 12, 2015 at the very ripe of 95.
Luo Lang composed the famous Mourning Music in 1945 and was initially played to honor the deaths of the military martyrs during the battle in Zhangjiakou. It was also played during the funerals of famous Chinese leaders Deng Xiaoping, Deng Xiaoping, and Chairman Mao Zedong. Prior to this, it was declared as the national mourning music by the Chinese government when it was played during the cornerstone laying ceremony at the Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, China.
Mourning Music has a very deep inclination to folk Chinese rhythms. Luo Lang adapted its very traditional tune to the folk songs initially composed in northern China. Because of this, China has used the Mourning Music for funeral processions both for high-power people and commoners as well. Luo Lang, who was very fond of helping people, have declared the music to be free. Many years before his death, he publicly shared that he will not be collecting any royalties and shares for Mourning Music as it is his gift to the people. Up until this day, the Mourning Music is a very famous song being played in many funeral processions.
The tradition of hiring funeral bands is also practiced in Hong Kong, a highly civilized region in China. In the Philippines, funeral bands are also usually hired for the same reason as with Chinese beliefs. As a matter of fact, Filipinos even place karaoke machines during the funeral wake. This is to ward of evil spirits and bad luck and keep the merry atmosphere during the wake. However, this tradition was recently prohibited by the Philippine president as it, on the other hand, disrespects the solemnity of the wake and the deceased more importantly.
Funeral bands are usually marching bands but they only play mourning music. They also have the same arrangement as a marching band. The clarinet players are placed upfront followed by other rhythmic instruments like the piccolo and the saxophone. French horn players are placed on the third row with saxophone players on the side. At the middle part of the band are the bass drum, two side drums, the cymbals, and the conductor. Sometimes, another conductor is placed at the front so all players could see his instructions.
At the back of the drums, cornet players are placed followed by the tuba and euphonium players and lastly, the trombone players. In Chinese setup, the arrangement of the funeral bands may vary as well as the instruments used. A few instruments used include the liugin, yuegin, suona, dizi, sheng, ruan, pipa, and string instruments like the banhu and erhu.
Hiring a Funeral Band
Hiring a Chinese funeral band is a very old but still relevant Chinese tradition in funeral rites. Up until this day, this is done both for common people and for those in higher positions in the government. Since bad luck is a big deal in Chinese culture and superstition, the warding of bad spirits and bad luck is indeed important especially in a sacred event like this. A Chinese funeral band will surely create enough noise during the procession to ward of any of it around.
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The bull headed creature from the late fourth level hell let out a shrill scream, and the huge bull body twisted on the ground, as if it wanted to disperse the pain caused by the injury in this way.Even the brain he used when refining alchemy was powered by an IBMz15 CPU.
He needed to see it before he could figure it out. Senior, welcome, see what you like He walked into the shop, and a golden elixir monk came over and said with a smile.While thinking about it, he used his spiritual mind to connect to the sect mission of the formation.
He only regretted that he did not have enough resources to promote Nascent Soul and get more opportunities from Li Shiming.Yang Xing has fallen He suppressed the anger caused by the fall of Yang Xing s half step power, and said to himself in an unbelievable voice.
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The mountain gate formation of Fuliu Sect, the great monk Luo Pei has lived in the mountain gate for a long time.The Seal of the Heavenly Man can also be used as a weapon.
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Li Yuanba calculated the time and found that he could return to the stronghold in three hours.Although he was not that strong, the combined spiritual power of his five Yuanyings was at the middle stage of Yuanying.
Brother Lou and Brother Wu would not let go of such a good opportunity.I will teach you a secret method to hide the spiritual treasure aura of the natal flying sword.
But it was different now. Senior monk Luo Pei stood in front of him, but he was as relaxed as if he was standing in front of a monk of the same level.The growth time of any Lingbao s weapon spirit must be at least a hundred years.
Regarding the Feitian Yaksha part of the Xuanyin Yaksha Forbidden Code , Li Shiming read it and found that the possibility of promoting the Feitian Yaksha to the Feitian Yaksha by refining the corpse was extremely low, because without mentioning the difficulty of promoting the Feitian Yaksha, just talking about the required corpse refining materials, it would be They are all fifth grade corpse refining materials.
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Top quality elixir. Li Shiming took the jade bottle containing eighteen fourth grade intermediate elixirs and left his cave for the first time after coming to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.Because of Li Yuanba s combat power and status, it would be inappropriate for him to say more.
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The change in the flow direction of the field accelerated Lingbaoxing s sword.In particular, his recognized status as the first person in the middle Nascent Soul stage convinced the sword cultivators even more.
Li Shiming calmed down and walked into the first floor.The loss of the Shenxiao Thunder Bead had a great impact on his combat power.
Li Yuanba didn t even dare to breathe now. Elder Jian was better off, because after all, he was Elder Jian s descendant.He discovered the secret communication between these middle stage Yuanying monks.
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The quality of this Sky Strike Thunder Hammer was suppressed to the top level of the fourth grade.Put this on Li Yuanba shook his head, took a set of radiation proof clothing and threw it to Lou Wu and said.
When Yang Xing faced the critical moment of life and death, his Taoist heart finally collapsed, and he entered a state of obsession.Li Yuanba s response was a natal flying sword. As soon as Xin Tong finished speaking, Xing Yi s sword shot out towards Xin Tong.
The benefits gained are not small, and Tian Gui must be allowed to digest it slowly.Fellow Daoist Li, these are the corpse refining resources that I informed Luanfeng Palace to bring.
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The main body cannot completely take back that consciousness.Yunze clicked on Looking at each other from thousands of miles away , and a row of his friends jumped out.
Top quality depends entirely on quantity. As long as the same type of elixir is refined in sufficient quantities, top quality will appear.Even in terms of calculation, he was able to leave Yin Shilan far behind.
The disc was not recorded in the Introduction to Runes left by Mr.Fellow Daoist Qiu, I just wanted to take a look, I don t want to disturb you too much Li Shiming explained with a smile.
What kind of skill is this Li Yuanba retreated continuously.He didn t care. In a cave, it is normal for several isolation and hiding formations to appear.
Just when he was surprised at how much spiritual power the Qing Yuan Wooden Sword absorbed, he suddenly found that the Qing Yuan Wooden Sword felt like it was falling away from his hand.With his status, he would definitely keep his word.
The sect doesn t let me practice too fast, otherwise I would have broken through long ago He Chuan said helplessly.How could he not understand what Elder Yin meant, but he also had his own ideas.
Normally, almost no monks would explore the ruins alone.Both are in the late stage of foundation building, but there is a gap in combat power.
Mortal objects cannot harm a monk, and this monk is still a Qi refining monk.Li Shiming s brain borrowed the computing power of the IBMz15, and he suddenly discovered that the advantages of the IBMz15 in the magic circle were unimaginable.
The garrisoned monk was startled. Although this battle seemed to have an advantage on their side, it would be hard to tell if it continued to drag on.But in Li Shiming s perception, he had a slight connection with the low grade long sword weapon.
Most alchemy masters have only produced one or two top level elixirs in their lifetime, but if they ask how to refine top level elixirs, they have no clue, and the process cannot be repeated.Weakening is not completely useless. If it doesn t work once, it will be ten times, and if it doesn t work, it will be a hundred times.
There are too many similar rumors in the world of immortality.He performed the Spring Breeze into Rain Technique.
The two white monkeys in the initial stage of foundation building blew themselves up together.He heard the sound of feet stepping on tiles, and at the same time, a scene of someone wearing soft soled boots touching the ground on their toes appeared in his mind.
The best ones are of course single spiritual roots, and the worse ones also require double spiritual roots.There are a thousand spiritual stones here. Five jade boxes.
The exchange is to give away the ownership, which will always be privately owned.He felt that his spiritual energy vortex had become one with the Five Elements Nai Qi Array , and he could almost feel that the entire station s formation was running with him.
Master Nephew Gu, this is a good start. I hope there will be more good seeds in the future Master Zhao seemed to be in a good mood.Yi Lingling felt chills all over her body. Due to the formation, she could not clearly see the battle process between Li Shiming and Li Yuanba, but the battlefield after the Nine Palace Sword Formation was retracted shocked her.
Moreover, many profound techniques in the world of immortality contain a huge amount of content.You must know that in previous experiments, ordinary mirrors cannot reflect purple gas, only Fresnel reflectors can do it.
But in fact, Lingzhi also has a lot of troubles. Li Shiming also saw this in Lingzhifu Basics and Shi Ximing s practice notes.Not to mention the cave, even the original rocks were turned into rubble.
On this day, in a cave at the top of Zongmen Middle Peak, a terrifying pressure erupted.