burial; inhumation
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burial; inhumation; interment of a corpse in the ground
Traditional Chinese burial practice involving placing the body in a coffin and burying it in the earth. Contrasts with cremation (火葬), water burial (水葬), and sky burial (天葬). Historically the dominant form of burial in China, though increasingly restricted by government regulations in favor of cremation to conserve land.
Zài在
Zhōng中
guó国
de的
yī一
xiē些
nóng农
cūn村
dì地
qū区
,
tǔ土
zàng葬
réng仍
rán然
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
sāng丧
zàng葬
fāng方
shì式
。
In some rural areas of China, burial remains a common funeral practice.
Tǔ土
zàng葬
zhàn占
yòng用
dà大
liàng量
tǔ土
dì地
zī资
yuán源
,
yīn因
cǐ此
xǔ许
duō多
dì地
qū区
yǐ已
tuī推
xíng行
huǒ火
zàng葬
。
Burial occupies large amounts of land, so many regions have promoted cremation instead.
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Tā他
men们
jué决
dìng定
wèi为
fù父
qīn亲
jǔ举
xíng行
tǔ土
zàng葬
,
ràng让
tā他
rù入
tǔ土
wéi为
ān安
。
They decided to hold a burial for their father, allowing him to rest in peace.