China tour news: When somebody passes away, the Miao people express their condolences for three to five days. Lusheng (a reed instrument) is played unceasingly. People hold a memorial ceremony with animal sacrifices, for which cattle is considered the best. The Miao people practice interment with a wooden or stone coffin. Death due to murder, accident, childbirth, or suicide is considered infelicitous, and a funeral is not to be held. The deceased is cremated or buried for a second time and cannot be buried in the communal graveyard.
On the funeral day, many relatives and friends sing mourning songs around the coffin, with one taking the lead and others singing an accompaniment in turn. Some of the words of the songs are fixed, and some extemporized. The words often pay tribute to the morality and personality of the dead. The Tujias refer to a deceased person as "old" or "passed away," and the word "dead" is taboo.
After a person dies, the sons bum paper spirit money while the daughters wash the body and extremities with a white cloth, which is known as "washing five hearts." The deceased is dressed in burial clothes and shoes. His belt is made of cotton yarns that number the same as his age. An oil lamp burns beside his feet, and he holds a peach branch in his left hand and a rice ball in his right hand.
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