Definition

Noun: - Mourning and funeral rituals: The formal system of rules, customs, and ceremonies observed during a period of mourning and for a funeral. It encompasses the prescribed behaviors, attire, and rites following a death.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tang chế truyền thống Việt Nam có nhiều nghi lễ phức tạp. (Traditional Vietnamese mourning and funeral rituals have many complex ceremonies.)
  • Gia đình tuân theo tang chế một cách trang nghiêm. (The family observes the mourning and funeral rituals solemnly.)
  • Những quy định của tang chế ngày xưa rất nghiêm ngặt. (The rules of mourning and funeral rituals in the past were very strict.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "tang chế" is often used in formal, anthropological, or historical contexts to discuss the codified system of practices, distinguishing it from the general act of mourning ().
• It can imply a certain rigidity or formality, referring to the institutionalized aspects of funeral rites.

Variants and Related Words

• Để tang (v): to observe a mourning period; to be in mourning.

  • Họ để tang cha trong ba năm. (They observed mourning for their father for three years.)

• Tang lễ (n): funeral ceremony.

  • Tang lễ được tổ chức vào sáng thứ Bảy. (The funeral ceremony was held on Saturday morning.)

• Quốc tang (n): state funeral; national mourning.

  • Cả nước để quốc tang vị lãnh tụ. (The whole nation observed a state funeral for the leader.)

Synonyms

• Funeral rites: The ceremonies performed in connection with a burial or cremation.
• Mourning customs: The traditional practices followed during a period of grief.
• Obsequies: (Formal) Funeral rites.

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom with "tang chế", the concept is central to the idiom:
  • Trăm năm bia đá thì mòn, ngàn năm bia miệng vẫn còn trơ trơ: (A hundred years, the stone erodes; a thousand years, the oral legacy remains intact.) This proverb is sometimes referenced in discussions of legacy and remembrance, related to the purpose of mourning rituals.

noun

1. mourning and funeral rituals