Taoist priests wearing ritual robes at a blessing ceremony or funeral

Mourners dressed in white and holding a tray participating in funeral service in courtyard

Funeral altar with paper figures, coins, photograph of the deceased, and food

Priests wearing inscribed robes chanting and playing musical instruments during funeral service

Funeral procession with draped coffin proceeding down a street

Funeral procession with umbrellas, Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Coffin-bearers carrying draped coffin in funeral procession

Members of a funeral procession holding umbrellas and banners with city moat and houses in background

Structure with fringed banners and lanterns carrying soul tablet and portrait of the deceased in a funeral procession

Members of a funeral procession carrying a litter decorated with lanterns and fringed banners

Members of a funeral procession carrying banners with elegiac inscriptions presented by friends and colleagues

Spirit banner stuck into the ground at graveside

Members of a funeral procession carrying a paper replica of a pavilion and a eulogistic inscription

Funeral procession with umbrellas and banners, Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession with paper equestrian figures, Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Members of a funeral procession carrying embroidered banners

Daoist priests with musical instruments chanting at funeral service

Member of a funeral procession carrying flower wreaths with inscriptions

Members of a funeral procession carrying paper figures, Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Daoist priests chanting and playing instruments during funeral service