瓮棺葬
wèng​guān​zàng

urn burial

  • created sense approved 瓮棺葬/甕棺葬 · wèng​guān​zàng · urn burial — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓮棺葬 / 甕棺葬

    wèng​guān​zàng

    urn burial

    An ancient burial practice using ceramic urns or jars as coffins; primarily used for children, though occasionally for adults, and most common from the Neolithic period to the Han dynasty.

    瓮棺 (literal) → 瓮棺/甕棺 · wèng​guān · funeral urn 葬 (literal) → 葬 · zàng · burial

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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