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On Symbolic Structure of Mortuary Practices between Korea and Toraja - Tradition and Changes of Changjiang Civilization - Sekine, Hideyuki Many people have shown interests in Funeral rites(喪禮) and ancestor-memorial ceremonies(祭禮) of South Korea and Aluk Todolo of Toradja because of peculiar mortuary practices of Asia. This paper aims to investigate the correspondence of the symbolism of them on the basis of the theory that the Korean race and Toradja were the same races which originated from the Changjiang Civilization. The race that originated in the Changjiang　civilization had scattered in various parts of Asia by the aggression of the race that originated from the Hwang Ho civilization. Part of that people established themselves in central southern part of the South Korea peninsula via the Shandong peninsula, and other people established themselves in islands in Indonesia via Yunnan. The basic symbol structure among them must have been maintained among them if the prototype of their mortuary practice have the same root in the Changjiang civilization. Pioneering research of Hertz clarified that symbolic structure of rebrial is still effective as an analysis tool of mortuary practice. According to his theory, ‘the state of the soul’, ‘the position of the soul’, ‘mental state of the person going into mourning’, and ‘the relationship between a dead person and bereaved family’ parallel the physical change in decomposition of a corpse. That basic structure has remained in mortuary practice of Korea and Toradja. But, it is undergoing change is brought on by religions from abroad, customs of regions, social structures, and etc.