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What should I do with the body after the death of Tibetans?

The treatment of Tibetans after death can be roughly divided into the following six traditional funeral forms:

1, Tower Burial: Tower Burial is the highest level of all funeral forms, and it is mostly carried out in living buddhas. The method is to rub the corpse with special drugs such as salt water and saffron, and put it into the stupa after plastic surgery; Some people put their ashes in the stupa after cremation.

2. Cremation: Only monks and Dade can hold this kind of funeral in Lhasa, which is a noble funeral. After some monks are cremated, their ashes are made into "Maha Zi" (small clay bodhisattva) for use in religious places, or taken to the top of the mountain to drift with the wind, or scattered into rivers to let them drift with the tide.

3. Celestial burial: Celestial burial is the most common burial method in Tibet at present. The body was transported to a specific celestial burial place, dissected by the celestial burial master, and then fed to the vulture eagle, which means that the last body was also dedicated to the eagle.

4. Water burial: it is mainly popular on both sides of the Yarlung Zangbo River and in the deep valley of southern Tibet. During the water burial, the bodies were carried back to the river, dismembered one by one and thrown into the rapids; In some places, it is convenient to wrap the body in white cloth and throw it into the river.

5. Burial: Burial is the earliest popular funeral method in Tibet, and the custom of burial is still preserved in the east of Himalayas, Medog and Chayu.

6. Tree burial: Mainly for children under 8 years old, the dead children's bodies will be placed in bamboo baskets or wooden boxes and hung on branches in specific areas in the forest areas in the southeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

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In 2005, the People's Government of Xizang Autonomous Region issued a notice on the Interim Provisions on the Administration of Celestial Burials. This is the third time since 1985 that the government of China has issued a circular and notice on the protection of Tibetan celestial burial, fully respecting and protecting celestial burial, a funeral custom with a history of thousands of years.

"Article 4 Celestial burial shall be protected by law. Any organization or individual is prohibited from engaging in the following activities:

Onlookers, photos and videos of celestial burial activities;

Publishing, playing, burning, reprinting and rendering words, pictures and reports related to celestial burial activities through newspapers, magazines, books, radio, movies and television, internet and other media;

Take the celestial burial platform as a tourist attraction and organize Chinese and foreign tourists to visit.

Tenth in violation of the provisions, causing serious consequences, the civil affairs and public security departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be punished according to law.

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