Coffin home
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A coffin home (simplified Chinese: 义庄; traditional Chinese: 義莊; pinyin: yìzhuāng; Cantonese Yale: yih-jōng; 義荘 (gisō)) is a temporary coffin depository where the coffins containing the cadavers of recently deceased people are temporarily stored while awaiting transport to the place of burial.
Coffin homes are primarily found in Greater China, Japan, and places with substantial overseas Chinese populations. Most coffins that pass through the care of a coffin home are those of migrant workers who die in their place of work but who desired burial in their home villages. Coffin homes also provide temporary storage for deceased persons who are unable to afford a funeral or whose relatives cannot be located. [1][2]
See also
- Tung Wah Coffin Home
References
- ↑ "解放前，專門寄放棺柩屍體的義莊是什麼樣子的" (in 中文). Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ↑ 呂嘉麗. "大口環曾是靈魂中轉站：助數以萬計華人死後「回家」的東華義莊". 香港01. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
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