From Traditional To Modern

The cemetery is a homeland which the deceased rests. As early as already had Chinese in 1909 to construct and the management modern cemetery, but because the social environment and the financial circumstance then, the construction populace cemetery very were also few, from the cemetery image looked also was partial in the Western cemetery style.Along with our country reform and open policy advancement, the people more and more realize to the national tradition importance. Urgently awaits today in the populace cemetery which promotes, the modern cemetery also to have to shoulder returns to office after the period of mourning is popular the national tradition a responsibility, that is in takes its essence, goes to its dregs in the foundation, continues the Chinese nation number millennium in the funeral and burial culture outstanding tradition, and absorbs the international experience, in globalization today, the better adaptation social development, simultaneously maintains the bright national culture.This article through studies the Confucianism thought, the Taoism thought, the Buddhism thought as well as the geomancy culture to the Chinese tradition cemetery influence, has analyzed the Chinese tradition cemetery systematically. Then has carried on the system analysis to the Western cemetery construction thought as well as the near modern China funeral and burial reform, provides the basis in this foundation to the contemporary cemetery construction.After has studied the traditional culture and the modern development, this article proposed the cemetery design should key manifest the place spirit, should from environment atmosphere obtaining, to the ceremony space careful arrangement, cause the human through the natural element to carry on the ponder to the life philosophy. The construction as well as the construction design should the key building cemetery image, from the path, the border, the region, the node, marking obtaining, carry on the detailing. Finally, this article to study by the example has carried on the evidence. The modern cemetery needs in the summary tradition foundation, the union present age cemetery recent development, to manifest the modern function. Not only the modern cemetery is a homeland which the deceased rests, also has become inherits the China traditional culture the place, has become the life significance education place. The tranquil distant cemetery place feeling, the grave solemn and respectful cemetery image, the ecology landscape park -like new cemetery already entered people's eyeshot, will certainly to promote people's traditional life and death idea to have the change, and expedited childbirth the new time the funeral and burial culture, created a more harmonious happy society. Hoped this article the research can have a benefit to the contemporary public cemetery design.