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2. Chinese funeral rituals - Wikipedia

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   e. Chinese funeral rituals comprise a set of traditions broadly associated with Chinese folk religion, with different rites depending on the age of the deceased, the cause of death, the deceased's marital and social statuses. [1] Different rituals are carried out in different parts of China, many contemporary Chinese people carry out funerals ...

3. Flowers of the Forest - Wikipedia

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   Flowers of the Forest, or The Fluuers o the Forest (Roud 3812), is a Scottish folk tune and work of war poetry commemorating the defeat of the Scottish army, and the death of James IV, at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513. Although the original words are unknown, the melody was recorded c. 1615–1625 in the John Skene of Halyards ...

4. Flower car - Wikipedia

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   Flower car. A flower car is a type of vehicle used in the funeral industry of the United States, frequently under the Cadillac brand. [1] [2] It is used to carry flowers for the burial service, or sometimes to carry the coffin under a bed of flowers. Built on the same commercial chassis as a hearse, the flower car has half-height rear bodywork ...

5. Funeral - Wikipedia

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   A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.

6. Chinese gather and lay flowers despite heavy security as ...

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   November 2, 2023 at 11:47 AM. HEFEI, China (AP) — Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people gathered Thursday near a state funeral home in Beijing as China's former second-ranking leader, Li ...

7. Nearer, My God, to Thee - Wikipedia

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   See media help. " Nearer, My God, to Thee " is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, which retells the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11–12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and ...