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Do Koreans bury people upright and thus the mounds? |
Travel Info Do Koreans bury people upright and thus the mounds? Travel Tips From a PBS site: Burial Traditions: All across Korea, the eldest sons of the family will clean and prepare the burial mounds of their most recently deceased ancestor. Koreans traditionally buried the dead under mounds standing upright in coffins made from six planks of wood. These represent the four cardinal points on the compass plus a plank for heaven and the other for earth. Corpses either face south or toward some important spiritual part of the landscape such as mountains because these are said to be the homes of the spirits of the land and sky. Even in these modern times ancient symbolism remains important in burial and memorial traditions. Source(s): http://www.pbs.org/hiddenkorea/chusok.ht... Other Travel Tips never heard that... interesting question about the mounds... never thought about why certain cultures have external mounds vs. the 'six feet under' burial common in the west |
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