Historical Research On The Cremation Of The Qiang Nationality

Cremation is important part of Chinese Funeral culture. The qiang nationality is the first user of it. By doing some research on their cremation, we can know more about the nationality. We also can get more profound understanding about the adaptation to the cultural changes. This is a great importance to the nation unity nowadays, for the change of the qiang nationality's funeral means the process of being affected by the han nationality.This essay can be divided into five chapters. The chapterl tells the significance and the the academic environment of researching on the cremation of the qiang nationality. The capter2 is about the origin of the cremation. By the presentation of the history of the qiang nationality, it gets to the conclusion that the cremation of the qiang nationality is the produce of both internal and external factors. Chapter3 is the recountal about how politics affects the development of national culture. In chapter4, we can know the effect of natural environment on the cremation of the qiang nationality. The last chapter depicted the qiang nationality's funeral of nowadays. Although the qiang nationality has used the inhumation funeral as the whilom han nationality, we can still find the remains of the cremation.