Bai people's custom of holding funerals.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many kinds of "Dianbo" tombs of Bai ancestors, including vertical caves, earth pits, urn coffins and round pits. Xiangyun Dabo has a "dry column" heavy copper coffin; There are many stone tombs in Patel, Midu.

Bai people living in Bijiang don't need coffins after they die. They put the dead on the board, covered the house with thatch, covered the earth and built the grave. Two or three feet away from the head of the deceased, a double-knife chestnut workshop with a height of eight or nine feet was erected. In addition to hanging clay pots and two sacks full of sacrifices, there are also objects used by the deceased before his death, such as crossbows for men and cloth racks for women, to show their condolences. In the following year, the tomb was built with stone chips and stones. Leave a hole at the head of the tomb to let the souls of the dead in and out. About before the Ming Dynasty, the Nama Bai people were cremated, burned with fire, canned their bones and buried in the family cemetery. After the Ming Dynasty, influenced by the Han Dynasty, burial was gradually changed to coffin burial.

The funerals of Dali and Jianchuan have also changed. Before the Ming Dynasty, cremation was very popular because of the influence of Buddhism, and later it was changed to coffin burial. Men usually wear clothes when they die, and women must wait for their families to come in person when they die. Stop in the hall for about three days and then choose a place to bury; During the suspension of classes, Taoist priests are generally invited to chant Buddhist scriptures to "cross over" the deceased.

In Haidong area of Dali, the patriarch is in charge of the funeral after death, and the patriarch decides the scale of the funeral according to the social status and economic situation of the deceased family. Before the funeral, there are usually rituals with strict rhythm, such as laying silks, reading poems of vernacular languages, and some even have to "sacrifice the direction" to clear the way for the dead.

There are many kinds of tombs, generally called "one-story sedan chair" or "two-flower gate", and the poor only pile soil for graves; The rich set up tombs with "three monuments and four pillars" and "Chengmen Cave", including stone men, stone horses and stone lions.