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  2. Chinese funeral rituals - Wikipedia

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    Before a funeral, an obituary notice fùwén (訃聞) is commonly sent to relatives and friends announcing the date and time of the funeral procession. [3] The date is usually selected as an auspicious one according to the Chinese fortune calendar (通勝 tōng shèng ).

  3. Death and state funeral of Jiang Zemin - Wikipedia

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    After the letter was read and issued on state media, all channels promptly turned their television channel logos into black and white. During the announcement, the official portrait of Jiang Zemin during his leadership was shown in grayscale and coverage of funeral proceedings were accompanied by the playing of the dirge [] (哀乐), an instrumental piece that has been played to mark the death ...

  4. Yang Huanyi - Wikipedia

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    Yang Huanyi (simplified Chinese: 阳焕宜; traditional Chinese: 陽煥宜; pinyin: Yáng Huànyí; c. 1909 – 20 September 2004), a resident of Jiangyong County, Hunan province, was known as the last proficient speaker and writer of Nüshu script (women's writing). Many people believe the language originated in Jiangyong County.

  5. Death and state funeral of Deng Xiaoping - Wikipedia

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    During the announcement, the official portrait of Deng Xiaoping during his leadership was shown in grayscale and coverage of funeral proceedings were accompanied by the playing of the dirge (哀乐), [4] [5] an instrumental piece that has been played to mark the death of every Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader since Mao Zedong [6] and later ...

  6. Death Notice (film) - Wikipedia

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    Death Notice, previously known as Death Notify, is a 2023 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Herman Yau and starring Louis Koo, Julian Cheung and Francis Ng.Based on the Chinese novel of the same title by Zhou Haohui, production for the film began in April 2018.

  7. Death and state funeral of Chiang Kai-shek - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese people must liberate Taiwan! Despite this, there was no official government or Communist Party reaction to Chiang's death, but Mao Zedong, when informed of his death simply replied: "Understood". [19] When bringing up Chiang's death in meetings with other leaders, he would only calmly state that he knew about it.

  8. China Biographical Database - Wikipedia

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    The China Biographical Database (CBDB) is a relational database on Chinese historical figures from the 7th to 19th centuries. [1] The database provides biographical information (name, date of birth and death, ancestral place, degrees and offices held, kinship and social associations, etc.) of approximately 360,000 individuals up until April 2015.

  9. Sinophone - Wikipedia

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    Sinophone, which means "Chinese-speaking", typically refers to an individual who speaks at least one variety of Chinese (that is, one of the Sinitic languages).Academic writers often use the term Sinophone in two definitions: either specifically "Chinese-speaking populations where it is a minority language, excluding mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan" or generally "Chinese-speaking ...