A staff worker places fresh flowers at the tree burial area in Jiu'an cemetery in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province ...

Inhumation is a traditional Chinese funeral custom. People believe that the dead can rest in peace only when they are buried in the earth. Otherwise, their souls will be lost and become wandering ...

Also running short are the traditional paper replicas of items, from cars to homes and other personal effects, that are burnt as offerings at Chinese funerals for the dead to use in the afterlife.

Traditional Chinese funerals usually follow well-established customs, featuring elaborate caskets, lavish floral arrangements, the billowing smoke of burning incense and offerings, and an array of ...