Wednesday/ Tomb Sweeping Day

A little shrine on the sidewalk near the hotel in Sheung Wan area in Hong Kong.

Wednesday was Tomb Sweeping Day.  I found the colorful little shrine on the sidewalk in Hong Kong near the hotel (those are incense sticks in the tray). Some enterprising individuals have started to offer tomb sweeping as a service, but it is not without controversy.  Can one really outsource the activities that go with remembering someone very personal and close?  (No – the point that the cartoon from the South China Morning Post is also making).

Cartoon from the Wednesday edition of the South China Morning Post addressing the use of tomb sweeping services instead of doing it oneself.

 

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