Women In History, The 20th Century
China is a land of deep tradition. Nearly all aspects of Chinese life are dictated by long-held rituals. However, even in death, the Chinese have firmly set rites that have to be followed in order for the proper transcendence of the deceased's soul. These rituals are based on many things, religion, superstition, and other traditions in Chinese life.
The Chinese rituals dealing with death are based as much on tradition and superstitions as they are on any one religious practice. Death is merely the end of the yang and the beginning of the yin life. How good, well and kind a person was when living in the yang world will determine how well or how cruelly one is treated in the yin world. The Yin and Yang being described as the theory of positive to negative, feminine to masculine, or light to dark. "An ancient theory held that personality is a result of the interaction of the two forces - yin (passive, weak, and destructive) and yang (active, strong, and constructive)"......
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