tang chế
Học thuậtThân thiện
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
- mourning and funeral rituals