古人云：死生亦大矣。面对死亡这件事，生人往往对逝去者郑重其事，形成各具特色的丧葬文化。丧葬民俗代表着不同地域社会对于死亡的态度。在中国四川，面对死亡的方式有很多种。

There’s an old saying that goes: both survival and death are significant in life.With regards to death, people often attach great importance to the dead,resulting in the formation of distinctive funeral cultures. Funeral folklore represents a society’s attitudes towards death. In Sichuan, China,there are various ways in which people face death.

在漫长的历史中，四川发展出各种独具特色的葬俗葬制。如何对待死亡，四川人从天地山水之中给出了答案，立体丧葬形式，天马行空又庄重严肃。

In its long history, Sichuan has developed various distinctive burial customs and practices.How to confront death? Nature has inspired the Sichuanese people to offer their solution, the “Three-dimensional” Funeral, innovative and solemn.

葬俗葬制从来都是考察一个文明样貌的独特切入口，这就好比一个文明的密码，透过它们，也可以看到文明的多元与缤纷。

Burial customs and systems have always been a unique starting point for examining a civilization.They are like codes to a civilization,through which a civilization’s diverse and colorful culture can be seen.