 Ching
Ming Festival is a time for Chinese to go sweep graves and pay respect to their
ancestors. Since it is in spring, the weather is often rainy. In fact a famous
ancient Chinese poem says that in the first line.
A large majority of the
locals here in Hong Kong would follow the Taoist or Buddhist customs when paying
respects to deceased relatives, offering food, burning incense and other paper-made
offerings. It is interesting that those things have changed with times and paper
stereo system, cell phones, and all kinds of modern ammenities are sent to them
by fire.
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right: a furnace dedicated to burning of offerings | 
