丧葬礼仪是中华文明五千年传承下来的一种特殊文化,在“视死如生”传统观念的影响下,葬礼往往成为一个家庭、一个政权不可忽视的重要事件。早在《周礼》中就分礼为吉、凶、军、宾、嘉,丧葬礼仪作为凶礼之一,占有重要的位置。随后经秦汉魏晋各朝的发展,至隋唐时期,在统治阶级意识的影响下已形成完整的丧葬程序,人的职务和品级决定了其死后丧葬仪式上的差异,这种差异本身即 Funeral etiquette is a kind of special culture inherited from five thousand years of Chinese civilization. Under the influence of the traditional concept of “seeing one’s life on death,” the funeral often becomes a family and an important event that can not be ignored by the government. As early as in the “Zhou Li” in the ceremony for the gift, fierce, military, guest, Ka, funeral etiquette as one of the fierce, occupy an important position. Subsequently, through the development of various dynasties in the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Wei and Jin dynasties, to the Sui and Tang dynasties, a complete funeral process had been formed under the influence of the ruling class consciousness. The position and grade of a man determined the difference in funeral rites after death,