有生必有死，有死就有葬，這是宇宙的規律，也是有情眾生要面對的永恆課題。傳統漢人文化裡，以「入土為安」為核心概念，殯葬方式以土葬為主，同時隨著土葬而有「風水學」、「清明掃墓」等學問與風俗。土葬之外，海峽兩岸目前以火葬為主流。此外，還有天葬、防腐葬與捐贈大體等等不同的葬式。活在現代的詩人，面對各種處理死亡的儀式，為生命的嚴肅意義、死亡的莊嚴價值，分別發出詠歎的詩篇。仔細閱讀這些詩篇，不僅能對各種葬式有輔證參考的價值，也能對人類的生死觀、鬼魂觀、價值觀有著更深刻的悟解。更重要的是，現代詩人在詠歎嚴肅的殯葬作品中，現代詩的內涵也因此而有了深刻的哲思意味，也為死亡教育提供不少好材料。 Everyone has to face the dead destination. If Humans died, the living people will hold funerals for the dead. This not only is the rule of universe, but also the eternal task of sentient beings. By the cultural tradition of Han’s people, there was the core concept that the dead should be buried into underground to get the peace. So inhumation was the orthodox funeral in ancient China. Nowadays, Cremation is the main trends by cross-strait. Beside the inhumation and cremation, there were many different funerals, such as celestial burial, anti-corrosion burial and donating one’s body. Modern poets faced so many funerals, their souls were shocked when they met the serious meaning of life, the solemn value of death. We can find excellent poetry written by modern poets about these. I carefully studied these poetic works, and found these works not only had the secondary evidence of funerals but also could help the appreciation of life–and–death views, ghost concept and value propositions. I would say that the modern poets improved their philosophical depth in order to write the funerary poetry, and provided good themes for death education.
