When some of the ridiculous aspects of contemporary funerals are mentioned, Hsu Fu-chuan, a professor at the Taiwan Institute of Technology who has studied quite a bit about traditional funeral rites, can't help but sigh. Birth and death are major events in the lives of any individual, yet are also important for socialization. The only thing is, in today's changing society, who will pass these ceremonies along?
談到現代喪禮的荒腔走板，對傳統禮俗有相當研究的工業技術學院教授徐福全，不禁喟嘆：死生原是人生大事，也是重要的社會教育，只是變遷下的現代生活裡，要由誰來教這些禮節呢？