Funeral procession, with mourners in ceremonial clothing on horseback, Shanghai

Funeral procession, with an effigy holding an axe, Shanghai

Funerary urn

Funeral procession with a paper structure containing soul tablet and portrait of the deceased passing through Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Funeral procession passing through Chaoyangmen (朝阳门), Beijing

Members of a funeral procession sitting and smoking a pipe

Buddhist monk with a bell reading a sutra during a funeral service

Buddhist monk playing a handchime during a funeral service

Musician playing at a funeral

Umbrellas for a funeral procession tied and resting against a wall

Buddhist monks playing musical instruments at courtyard altar during funeral service

Simple coffin and altar under a mat shed

Paper figures and buildings for funeral

Paper figures and paper buildings to be burned at graveside

Members of a funeral procession carrying paper figures of male servants

Members of a funeral procession carrying paper figures of female servants

Member of a funeral procession carrying a paper figure of a female servant

Paper figure of a woman in a funeral procession

Paper figure of a woman with a yun luo in a funeral procession

Members of a funeral procession carrying paper figures