Republic Of China Shandong Funeral Customs Research (1912-1937)

The thesis combs the general situation and the changes funeral customs in Shandong during the period of republic of China (1912-1937) which utilizes the theory and method of history, ethnology and sociology. It discusses the main difference between the funeral customs and other customs in Shandong regions. The discuss based on the discussion about the history of funeral customs in Shandong. The paper mainly explores the reasons of politics, economy and culture etc which behind the development of funeral customs and regional differences, and then discusses the relation between the development of funeral customs and social transformation.Firstly, this paper simply introduced the emergence, development of the traditional funeral custom in Shandong. Then the paper stress cleared up the change of the funeral custom of Shandong in Republic of China. Confucian culture was raised in Shandong. The Confucian ideas had enjoyed popular support. So, mourning was an important means to express the filial piety, publicize filial piety and an of peace groups by people. When the traditional society to modern social transition, the traditional funeral customs still occupied an important position in ordinary people's life. when held mourning, people in addition to express the death of the memorial and remembering loved ones, but also for grief mood mourning to invest a lot of manpower and wealth. It reflected the traditional spirit of reflecting life and death, advocating funeral and ethical filial piety.The paper also investigated the funeral custom form economic development, ideological and cultural change, modern education's development, and other factors of Shandong in Republic of China. In order to restore the historical phenomenon during the period, the article analyzed the interactive relationship between funeral customs and the societal change in Shandong during the period of the republic of China. Beginning of the Republic of China, Chinese orders were enacted right now. The feudal autocracy was overthrown, but the influences of the old economic forces, ideological, cultural still existed. At the same time, the capitalist economy had developed, the foreign ideological culture had further spreaded and the new education had gradually spreaded. The new social prevailing affected all aspects of social life. The traditional funeral customs also were affected by influence and restriction of various factors. The society appeared the messy situation of new and old customs.In addition, the changes funeral customs reflected the exchange, fusion, development and progress of economic, ideological, cultural form a side,. The inheritance and transformation of funeral customs reflected the depth and breadth of the change of social transformation and cultural. The study provides the beneficial reference for the development of society.