Unit Five 殡葬文化 funeral culture words and expressions related to the topic

葬 礼葬 礼 funeral; burial service A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour. These customs vary widely between cultures, and between religious affiliations within cultures. In some cultures the dead are venerated; this is commonly called ancestor worship. The word funeral comes from the Latin

funus, which had a variety of meanings, including the corpse and the funerary rites themselves. 葬礼是一个庆祝一个人 的死亡。 丧葬习俗构 成了复杂的信仰和习俗 所使用的文化，记得死 了，从自己的葬礼，各 种纪念碑，祈祷，和仪 式在自己的荣誉。 这 些习俗差别很大不同文 化之间，宗教之间和内 部的文化。

在有些文化中的死亡是崇敬，这是通常称为祖先 崇拜。 葬礼一词源于拉丁文 funus ，其中有各种 不同的含义，包括尸体和丧葬仪式本身。 funeral service funeral customs funeral reform funeral home funeral parlor

Tomb grave mound grave graveyard cemetery tomb vault; coffin pit tomb chamber 墓穴 burial case bier ; a coffin containing a corpse undertaker’s office ; funeral parlor objects buried with the dead

funerary objects; burial article sacrificial objects celestial burial burial in the ground ； inhumation cremate ; cremation ; incremate

water burial ， sea-burial be buried alive with the dead lavish funeral cliff burial suspending coffin burial be buried with dead cremationist

to offer sacrifices at the grave to pay respects to a dead person at his tomb face-lifting worker for the dead wear white flower and mourning-band state funeral attend a funeral a funeral procession a funeral oration remains ; portrait of the deceased make up remains on the whole lay a body into a coffin

obituary notice express condolences a letter of condolence condolence words mourning ; grieve ;lament; condolences make funeral arrangement funeral ceremony elegy,dirgeelegiac couplet elegiac words keening telegram of condolences observe three minutes silence in mourning mourning for the dead