Some of the members of the funeral brass brand. Check out our Flickr page for videos of the "farewell party."
Jan
30
2010
30
2010
Some of the members of the funeral brass brand. Check out our Flickr page for videos of the "farewell party."
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Red clothes and western instruments? Man, this is as unChinese (or rather, untraditional) as it gets. Wonder where this took place…
It took place in a small village in Fujian. Evan has a full post up on it: http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/2010/01/happy-sendoff-a-fujian-daoist-funeral/
Shame on me for not looking at the titles of posts before and after, even if it was just stealthy at-work reading in a packed rss reader.. I’m much amazed by the local tradition and how different it is from my own (Hubei). Granted that passing away after the age of 60 (or is it 70) is generally regarded as 白喜事 （红喜事 being wedding), we still need to wear white gowns and ritually wail, as was the case when my great grandmother passed away at almost 90. But people did dine and wine joyfully afterwards and talk about how long and eventful the old dear had lived her life. =)