Man carrying paper figure and Buddhist monks playing instruments in a funeral procession

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

Boys carrying fan-shaped banners with apliquéd and embroidered figures in a funeral procession

Members of a funeral procession carrying banners

Members of a funeral procession carrying paper snow willows and an inscribed banner

Members of a funeral procession carrying paper snow willows under pailou near Zhengyangmen (正阳门) / Qianmen (前门), Beijing

Musician playing a suo na in a wedding procession

Members of a funeral procession carrying draped coffin under pai lou near city gate

Members of a funeral procession carrying umbrellas and litter through archway of a city gate

Members of a funeral procession carrying paper snow willows and umbrella

Members of a funeral procession carrying umbrellas and banner near city gate

Musicians dressed in white playing musical instruments including yun luo during funeral procession

Mourners dressed in white proceeding draped coffin through city gate during funeral procession

Members of a funeral procession carrying a paper structure containing soul tablet and portrait of the deceased

Members of a funeral procession carrying a paper structure containing soul tablet and portrait of the deceased

Members of a funeral procession carrying a lion figure

Members of a funeral procession carrying two lion figures

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

Coffin-bearers carrying draped coffin in funeral procession

Umbrellas for funeral procession tied and resting against a wall