Tomb Sweeping Festival: China pays 'virtual' respects to ancestors
. On the surface, the website looks like any usual shopping site, although it also allows people to have their own memorial halls for their loved one so family and friends can join.
Funeral company Fu Shou Yuan International launched its own online tomb sweeping service on 12 March. It operates in more than 30 Chinese cities. In its first week,George Chen, whose grandparents are buried in Shanghai, visits their tombs every year but will be marking this year's Tomb Sweeping Day online for the time being.
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