Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore

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Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore is written by Tong Chee Kiong and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1135798435 (ISBN 10) and 9781135798437 (ISBN 13).

Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore throws light upon the Chinese perception of death and how they cope with its eventuality. In the seeming mass of religious rituals and beliefs, it suggests that there is an underlying logic to the rituals. This in turn leads Kiong to examine the interrelationship between death and the socioeconomic value system of China as a whole.