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Six Chinese customs foreigners can't understand

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-12-08 10:20

5. Burning the paper money. The burning of money and gifts takes place everywhere, especially on tomb-sweeping day (qingming festival) and on the anniversary of a loved one's passing.

Six Chinese customs foreigners can't understand

Chinese burn paper money to honor departed family members as a rare blue moon rises over Beijing on August 21, 2013. Chinese often burn 'gifts', such as paper houses, cars and money, to honor the dead and help them in the afterlife.

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