Tomb Sweeping Festival-Online tombs to honour dead
Beijing News reports
Chinese internet users are turning to online tombs as an easier ways to pay respects to deceased relatives and others during an annual festival to honour the dead, state media reported
At least five million people have logged on the web sites allowing them to offer the dead everything from simple message to the burning of electronic version of incense in the run-up to the yearly Tomb Sweeping Festival , the Beijing News reported
Chinese turn out in droves for the festival each year to clean the graves and tombs on their ancestors as assign of respect, leaving behind myriad offering to comfort them an the after life. The paper said the huge growth in online offering is likely due to large part to an increase in people paying respects to revered historic figures rather than direct relatives
Link Agence France-Presse
Beijing News reports
Chinese internet users are turning to online tombs as an easier ways to pay respects to deceased relatives and others during an annual festival to honour the dead, state media reported
At least five million people have logged on the web sites allowing them to offer the dead everything from simple message to the burning of electronic version of incense in the run-up to the yearly Tomb Sweeping Festival , the Beijing News reported
Chinese turn out in droves for the festival each year to clean the graves and tombs on their ancestors as assign of respect, leaving behind myriad offering to comfort them an the after life. The paper said the huge growth in online offering is likely due to large part to an increase in people paying respects to revered historic figures rather than direct relatives
Link Agence France-Presse
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