It was customary in the north to have an arval or funeral dinner after an interment.

[…] the ignorant masses […]

In a winter coat and a hat with thick wool lining, Mr. Anderszewski walks solitarily along snow-covered train tracks at a railroad station, as we hear his reflections in a voice-over, in English.

Farther south, on the shores of Lake Tien in Yunnan, a tomb bore a golden seal with a Chinese inscription, Seal of the King of Tien.