City Guide
Answers
Login
Home
/
Community
/
Forums
/ Post a Reply
Post a Reply
Thread: How do you approach death in China?
Title:
(100 characters at most)
Content: ( 3,000 characters at most, please )
You can add emoticons below to your post by clicking them.
[quote=JSUMMERS83,287866]From my experience death isn't something much talked about here in China, but I need some help here, specifically from natives. I've lived here for a couple years now and a good friend of mine gave birth to a healthy son last year. Two months ago they had to bring him to a big hospital to check out his heart which was having problems, and after they had thought everything was ok, they went home and just last weekend he caught an infection and passed away. He was about 6 months old, well past the 100 days mark, but I've been told that there will be no funeral. She, my friend, has said through co-workers that she is willing to see visitors and well-wishers. I have a couple questions. First, why no funeral? Or at least a little memorial? It just seems wrong to have no closure for the family. Second, what should my response be? In the west it is customary to bring flowers, write a card or maybe have my wife make some food to bring over, but I've never seen that done here. Death seems like such a taboo subject, so should I even make much hoopla about it?[/quote]
characters left
Name:
Get a new code