Scattered Flowers | 散花
In the past, many Cantonese speaking elderly would stay [...]
Sea Burial | 海葬
Chinese funeral customs in the 1950s and 1960s, family [...]
To honour a promise to God on behalf of the deceased | 替往生者还愿
In life, when we make a promise to somebody, [...]
Shift-in Ceremony in the netherworld | 阴宅入伙
In the Cantonese Taoist Dazhai customary rituals, there are [...]
Giving instruction to the “helper” | 吩咐妹娣 – 俗称吩咐工人
Giving instruction to the “helper” or “worker” is part of [...]
Buying water or to ask for water | 担幡买水 或 担幡请水
Buying water or asking for water is one of the [...]
Splitting the comb | 分梳
“Splitting the comb“ is one of the Chinese traditional funeral [...]
Traditional Cantonese filial dressing for funeral | 传统广东孝服臂孝配戴
Traditional Chinese etiquette filial Piety dressing and filial Piety [...]
Seven worship periods (49 days) and mourning for three years | 拜祭七期与守孝三年
The so-called "seven periods" in the traditional cantonese funeral custom [...]
Duck head and rice | 鸭头饭拜祭
In the traditional Cantonese funeral customs, a bowl of [...]