Chinese Culture

[kelvinlym]

I'm getting hungry already

[soul_out]

Originally Posted by iQing

i heard stories where individual chinese are having a better chance of being successful in foreign soil compare to individual Japanese...
what do you think about it?

Chinese definately have a better adaptability than any other ethnicity.

[screw3d]

Originally Posted by soul_out

Chinese definately have a better adaptability than any other ethnicity.

I would say this is a very biased view.. but I do agree that there are chinese people all over the world. I'm not surprised if you can find a dim sum shop somewhere in the middle of Norway or Greenland

[Liney]

i always wanted to ask the chinese about chinese funeral. The things I notice about chinese funeral are:

1. keep the decease for a week before burying him/her.

2. the noise they make (not the decease but the people around). My friend once told me the noise they make is to halau hantu...

I wonder what they are for...it is more culture or religion.....

I think are a lot more than that.....

[screw3d]

Originally Posted by Liney

i always wanted to ask the chinese about chinese funeral. The things I notice about chinese funeral are:

1. keep the decease for a week before burying him/her.

2. the noise they make (not the decease but the people around). My friend once told me the noise they make is to halau hantu...

I wonder what they are for...it is more culture or religion.....

I think are a lot more than that.....

1. I think that's a matter of the family's preference. My grandma's funeral only took place over 3 days.

2. What noise and where and when? During funerals?

First of all, the duration of keeping the decease is depending on how many family members or relatives who have not visit them. For example, if the family members such as sons, daughters, "cucu" who stay quite far away from their hometown, they will keep the decease and wait until all the family members to come back and join in the funeral.

For the noise, actually they are singing. Chinese ppl believe that everyone has sin. When they pass away, they will be judge according to their sin before they die. So, those ppl singing (not singing the modern songs) some stories just to "hope" that this will lighten up the sin.

Some chinese ppl don't ask ppl to sing but they will try to invite some monks to pray for them (monks praying will make less noise). The singing style costs huge amount of money. One night singing normally will cost RM3000 - RM10000 or even more but for monks, they will not ask for money, how many night you want them to pray for the decease, they are willing to do for you. Normally the family will give an "ang pao" for those monks after the funeral, not much, each "ang pao" has about RM2 - RM10 only.

laplace..

[soul_out]

Originally Posted by Liney

i always wanted to ask the chinese about chinese funeral. The things I notice about chinese funeral are:

1. keep the decease for a week before burying him/her.

2. the noise they make (not the decease but the people around). My friend once told me the noise they make is to halau hantu...

I wonder what they are for...it is more culture or religion.....

I think are a lot more than that.....

1. There are usually 3,5 or 7 days. The more days you keep, the more money you spend. It depends on the family how many days they wanna keep the decease.

2. It might be the praying sound as explained by laplace. It might still noisy at the funeral place in the middle of the night as members of the family are chit chatting among themselves or with visitors.

I think it's the mixing of the culture and religion. Majority of Chinese in Malaysia are influenced by the southern China culture (Hokkien, Teow Chew,Canton,Hakka and Hai Nam). Taoist will "sing songs" and have many more "events" whereas Buddist is more simple and will invite monks to pray for the decease.

[kelvinlym]

Wow! From food to dead people.

I like where this is heading

[screw3d]

Not to dismiss my own culture, but when I'm dead, I'd rather someone please just burn me and dump me in a longkang.

No I won't come back and haunt your ass

[topdog]

urmm...screwed, be careful what u wish for