"In an industrial society everyone is busy making money, so they have no time to be fully filial. Thus, to some extent, people use an elaborate funeral as a kind of compensation," concludes Lai Hsiang-hsing, secretary-general of the Pan Juo Educational Foundation.
「工商社會大家忙著賺錢，所以沒有時間盡孝道，因此人們多少有利用好好為死者辦場隆重的喪禮以為補償的心理」，敦煌藝術生活化推廣中心負責人賴祥興說。