胡适是20世纪初新文化运动的倡导者和主将之一,他不仅积极推进文学改革,提倡使用白话文,同时大力倡导科学,反对迷信,尤其是在丧葬礼仪这一特定的社会风俗的改革方面,比同时代的其他先进知识分子倾注了更多的热情和心血。胡适首先揭露和批判了传统丧礼的种种弊端。虽然他对20世 Hu Shih was one of advocators and masters of the new cultural movement in the early 20th century. He not only actively promoted literary reform and advocated the use of vernacular, but also strongly advocated science and superstition. In particular, in the reform of specific social customs of funeral etiquette, More passion and effort than other advanced intellectuals of the time. Hu Shi first exposed and criticized all the malpractices of the traditional funeral ceremony. Although he is on the twentieth century