jiǎn gǔ

Traditional: 撿骨

捡骨 (jiǎn gǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location”.

Meanings

  1. 1bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location

Characters in 捡骨

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