The Funeral Custom of Taiwan

The funeral, which is a ceremony that people prepare to company a person who passed away to the end of his/her live, is very important thing for people of Taiwan. Few of the funeral customs of Taiwan are people should wear black clothes, and company with the dead people by turns, especially for the night. Some people would chant or recite scriptural for the deceased to guide him/her the way to the heaven. And some would like to ask somebody to cry out loudly pretending living people missing the people who passed away very much, and do not want them to leave. At the period of funeral, people are very serious. If children crack a joke or make fun of something, they would be punished by their parents who think the movements shows disrespect to the dead. On the end of the ceremony, they would ask all people who are in a relationship with their family to have a meal at home. As the mentions above, the funeral custom of Taiwan is quite complex.