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Ancient Burial Suits
Popular for 400 years before Cao Pi of the Three-Kingdoms Period imposed a ban on such suits, Chinese aristocrats and emperors of the Han Dynasty were often buried in what were known as jade caskets, or jade burial suits.Considered top class burial suits in ancient times, jade was believed to be the essence of mountains, carrying in them the power to keep a body from decaying. While the[...]
Obon Festival in Japan Remembers Ancestors
In Japanese Buddhist tradition, people believe their ancestors' souls come back to their homes and reunite with their family during Obon. In most regions of Japan, the Obon Festival lasts for three days and is celebrated around August 15th, according to the lunar calendar.The families prepare altars for the deceased and place a variety of food offerings such as fruits and vegetables out[...]
Wreaths of Roses and Ivy Adorn Painted Skulls
The church of Saint Michael has been standing since the 12th century. It is surrounded by a graveyard and built against a cliff where it overlooks the town of Hallstatt. The basement chapel of the church contains demonstrations of a ritual that has fallen out of practice almost everywhere else in Austria. It houses a Karner (Charnel House), a place of second burial which used to be[...]
Dog Waits For His Master's Return For Ten Years
Hidesaburo Ueno, born in Japan in 1871, was a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. His dog, Hachiko, would sit by the front door and see him off for work every day and greeted him at 4 o'clock at the nearby train station when he returned from work.One evening,[...]
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