| Show 80 Pallbearers 6 Bands in Colossal Chinese Funeral The greatest funeral held in century China was that of the war warlord warlord warlord lord Marshal Wu Vu Pei-fu Pei in Peking on January 24 1940 1040 says Colliers Behind his catafalque which was carried by 80 pallbearers and accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- companied by six bands the mourners carried sized life-sized paper reproductions of his earthly possessions possessions possessions pos pos- sessions to be burned and thus in effect sent to heaven with him Among them was fas as his automobile the stage of his private theater with its actors and his large bodyguard bodyguard bodyguard body body- guard of soldiers on horseback the construction of which along with scores of other paper articles required required required re re- re- re the labor of people for seven weeks |
