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Qingming Festival is the one day a year where many Chinese people visit cemeteries to pay their respects to their ancestors, typically by praying, cleaning the graves, or leaving offerings. 。
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。lazy 。
busy to make it down, one cemetery is offering to do your duty for you -- and livestream it as proof.。
The Yuhuatai Cemetery in Nanjing has started to offer its services on China's largest social media platform, WeChat. 。
Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Chang/Epa/REX/Shutterstock (7933248d) Taiwanese Burn Paper Money at an Ancestral Tomb at a Cemetery in Yilan County Northern Taiwan 04 April 2015 Ahead of the 05 April Tomb-sweeping Day Chinese All Over the World Observe Tomb-sweeping Day Or Qingming Festival by Cleaning Up Ancestral Tombs Burning Paper Money and Incense Sticks and Making Offering of Food and Fruits to Ancestors Taiwan Yilan County Taiwan Tomb Sweeping Day - Apr 2015 Credit: David Chang/Epa/REX/Shutterstock 。
But the service has drawn much flak.。
"Somethings cannot be replaced by others. This is something related to your ancestors, your loved ones...and you're using a substitute?" said one netizen on Weibo. 。" said one netizen on Weibo.。
"You're entrusting a stranger to your loved ones' graves and paying them money. Really, do you not feel ashamed?" another asked.。
"Don't bother having a grave. Just upload a photo on a website and visit it every year," one person said, sarcastically.。Mandatory Credit: Photo by Uncredited/AP/REX/Shutterstock (6778272g) A woman prayed to pay respects to her ancestor during the Qingming Festival outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, . Qingming Festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day is an annual festival where Chinese people honor the dead Malaysia Tomb Sweeping Day, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Credit: Uncredited/AP/REX/Shutterstock 。
Qingming falls on April 4, and is typically celebrated in countries such as China, Malaysia and Singapore.。