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Chinese custom
Before the actual burial takes place it is customary to travel
and to stop in front of the home of the deceased, to tell the
spirit of the deceased that they are home.
Where learned: CHINA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1955