Comparative Study of Funeral Customs in China and Russia

Abstract

Funeral customs are an important part of folk culture, which is a concentrated manifestation of a nation's view of death. This paper outlines the origin and development of funeral customs in China and Russia, describes the contents and characteristics of funeral customs in China and Russia according to the three stages of pre-funeral preparation, funeral and burial, and post-funeral worship, summarizes the commonalities and differences and traces back the commonalities and differences between the two through comparative research, interprets the underlying logic of Chinese and Russian cultures from the perspective of the concept of life and death, improves the understanding of the two countries' national cultures and provides references to the inheritance and development of China's funeral customs, and provide reference for the inheritance and development of funeral customs in China.