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Funeral for Ting Guan

The family and friends of Ting Guan, who was born Oct. 12, 1934 in southern China's Guangdong Province and died Nov. 13, 2007 in Brooklyn, bade him farewell in a traditional Buddhist funeral at Wan Shou Funeral Home in Sunset Park on Nov. 16.

 

VIDEOS

Audio Slideshow, Ting Guan's Funeral

Audio Slideshow of a Buddhist Funeral

Interview with Kuan Neng, a Buddhist Monk in Sunset Park

Interview with Kuan Neng

The Business of Death

The Business of Chinese Funerals

LINKS

Further Reading

Smithsonian Institution describes various Chinese funerary practices

The New York Times muses on a street of funeral homes in Manhattan’s Chinatown

A citizen journalist captures a funeral procession in Chinatown