Common Knowlege of Chinese Culture Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture Mourning Traditionally, the Chinese are very punctilious in their observance of mourning. At the funeral the mourners are clothed in coarse sackcloth,while the sons and nearest of kin wear caps of the same.
White color is the mourning color.
A period of seven times seven days is observed in mourning, during which no marriages take place in the family, nor can go to theatres. Funeral rites are performed on each seventh day up till the forth-ninth. When sackcloth is worn, after the third interval of seven days is over,the mourners can cast it off, and then wear plain color, such white, gray, black and blue. Chinatown Online Co. All rights reserved.