丧葬是风俗习惯的一部分,属于社会意识形态的范畴。研究各个民族的丧葬习俗,无论对民族学研究,还是对促进丧葬改革、移风易俗,都有着重要的意义。我国少数民族的丧葬形式是多种多样的,其中最普遍的是土葬,次为火葬,也有天葬、野葬、树葬、水葬、塔葬等。这些众多的葬式,其形成除与各个民族的经济生活、地理条件、民族关系等有关外,又都与 Funeral is part of the customs, belonging to the category of social ideology. Studying funeral customs of all ethnic groups is of great significance to both ethnology and funeral and funeral reform. The funeral patterns of the ethnic minorities in our country are varied. The most common is the burial, the second is the cremation, the other is the celestial burial, wild burial, tree burial, water burial and tower burial. These numerous burials, their formation except with the economic life of all ethnic groups, geographical conditions, ethnic relations, etc., but also with