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Tibetan Sky burial

天葬 ，就是将死者的尸体喂鹫鹰。 Celestial burial, the deceased's body is to feed accipiter. 鹫鹰食后飞上天空，藏族则认为死者顺利升天。 Washio, after eating eagle fly the sky, Tibetans think that the dead ascend to heaven smoothly. 天葬在天葬场举行，各地有固定地点。 Sky burial was held at the Tianzang Chang, around fixed locations. 人死后，停尸数日，请喇嘛念经择日送葬。 After death, the mortuary for several days, please choose an auspicious day monks chanting mourners. 出殡一般很早，有专人将尸体送至天葬师首先焚香供神，鹫见烟火而聚集在天葬场周围。 Funeral general early, there is someone the body sent to the first incense Tianzang Shi Gong Shen, Sumi fireworks around which gather in Tianzang Chang. 天葬师随即将尸体衣服剥去，按一定程序肢解尸体，肉骨剥离。 Tian Zangshi then stripped the body clothes, according to certain procedures dismembered bodies, Rougu stripping. 骨头用石头捣碎，并拌以糌粑，肉切成小块放置一旁。 With stones and broken bones, and mix with tsampa, meat cut into small pieces aside. 最后用哨声呼来鹫，按骨、肉顺序别喂食，直到吞食净尽。 At last, to serpent eagle whistle calls, according to bones, do not feed the meat in order, until the utterly swallowed.

天葬是藏地古老而独特的风俗习惯，也是大部分西藏人采用的丧葬方法。 Sky burial is a Tibetan in the ancient and unique customs, the majority of Tibetans are also used in burial methods.

藏族的丧葬形式是经历了历史变化的，据藏文史籍记载，在远古的“七天墀”之时，诸王死时是“握天绳升天”，“如虹散失，无有尸骸”。 Tibetan burial form has undergone historic changes, according to Tibetan historical records, in the ancient "seven-day-chee" when kings died a "grip-day rope ascending to heaven," "such as the rainbow lost, without a corpse." 这种情况同藏族当时的认识有关，当时藏族认为其祖先来自天上，死后归天。 This case with knowledge of Tibetan was related to the time Tibetans consider that their ancestors came from heaven after death Guitian.

藏语称天葬为“杜垂杰哇”意为“关（尸）到葬场”；又称“恰多”意为“喂鹫鹰”。 Tibetan Sky burial is called "Du Chuijie wow" means "off (dead) to the burial field"; also known as "appropriate for more" meaning "eagle feeding serpent eagle." 文中“恰”是一种专门食尸肉秃鹰，谓之“哈桂”。 The article, "precisely" is a specialized eating dead meat, vulture, that's "Ha Gui." 据此可知这种“天葬”亦可谓之“鸟葬”。 Accordingly, we can see this kind of "celestial burial" also can be described as the "bird funeral."

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