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1、FuneralCulturalDifferencesbetweenEastandWestWiththerapidlychallengingworld,peoplethroughtheworldhavefounditincreasinglynecessarytominimizetherateofmisunderstandingduemiscommunicationintheircontactswithanother.Everythingisrelative,culturaldifferencebeingnoexception.Culture,asthetotalpatterno
2、fhumanbehavioranditsproducts,overstepsgeographicallimitsandhistoricalconditionsinmanyways,anditischaracterizedbyitsstrongpenetrativenessandfusibility.Theadvancementoftheglobalizedeconomyandtherapidityandeaseofmoderncommunication,transportation,andmassmediahaveresultedinaneverincreasingexcha
3、ngebetweencultures,unprecedentedinscale,scope,andspeed.Consequently,anincreaseinuniversalityandareductionindifferencebetweenculturesisaninevitabletrend.Itisnosurprisetoseephenomenacharacteristicofonecultureexistinginanother.Asaresult,somepeopleevenfearthattheworldwillbecomeadullplacewhenall
4、thedifferentnationalitiesbehaveexactlyalike.Nevertheless,the“culturalsediment”formedthroughlong-rangeaccumulationisnottobeeasilyremoved,andtheculturaltraditionhandeddownfromgenerationtogenerationshowsgreatconsistencyandcontinuity.Theculturesofdifferentregionsandnationsstillhavetheirowndisti
5、nctivepeculiarities,andthereforesignificancestillneedstobeattachedtothestudyoftheindividualitiesofdifferentculturesagainstthebackgroundoftheiruniversality.IwilltalkaboutthefuneralculturaldifferencebetweenChineseandwestern.Iflifeisatrip,funeralistheendofthelongjourney.Deathforpeoplewhobeliev
6、einreincarnationdoesnotmeantheendoflife,buttheconversionoflife.Inotherworld.Funeralistoputthesoulofthedeceasedtotheunderworld.Thefuneralceremonyreferstotheetiquetteoflivingdealwiththedeceased,anditisconsideredthelaststepofone’swholelife.Whenoriginalhuman-beingwasintheworld,theyhadaproblemho
7、wtodealwiththebodies.Thisisthebeginningoffuneral.ArcheologistsprovedthattheearliestoriginalfuneralappearedinChinaabout20,000yearsago.Wecansaythefuneralistheoldestceremonyinhumanhistory.People‘slifeislimited.Funeralceremonysymbolizestheendofhuman’slifejou
