The Transition of the Ghost Superstition in China＇s Funeral Culture
Abstract：The ghost superstition is an important part of china＇s funeral culture, and its emergence and development has a nature connection with the latter. The ghost superstition was born in the primitive society with pure ancestor worship and ghost ingredient. But when it comes to the class society, especially in the feudal society, thoughts of the caste system and the Confucian became the center part of china＇s funeral culture instead of the ghost superstition. After enteringmodern society, scientism and rationalism further impact the ghost superstitious as a kind of ideology in the position of the funeral culture, which makes it mar- ginalized and gradually faded out of the culture vision of human history.
Keywords：the ghost superstitionfuneral culturetransition
Publication Date：2012-05-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 21-22,29 )