Millions of Chinese people are expected to flock in cemeteries to pay respect to their ancestors in order to observe and commemorate "Tomb Sweeping Day," the ancient Qing Ming festival.
The festival is traditionally observes with family members paying visit to their departed loved ones's graves or burial ground to pray and offer to their ancestor's spirits some food, tea, wine, joss paper or libations.
However, the tradition has been influenced with the modern and high-tech world today. One of the cemetery in Nanjing, China has offered special service for people who do not have time to go to the tombs of their loved ones.
Staff of the Yuhuatai Gongdeyuan cemetery will act as you and will clean the tombs, place bouquets and gives rituals and prayers to the client's departed loved ones. The client can watch this ritual via livestream using Wechat app.
Shanghai Daily also reported that plenty of the cemeteries offer online memorial pages where clients can pay respects through burning virtual candles and gifts online. Some services also includes embed QR codes on tombstones wherein the family can scan the code which allows you to access memorial photos and videos of the departed.
Despite all of this modern changes in the tradition, Chinese people never ceased to forget to remember their ancestors and pay with respects and prayer in any way.
