Today China "celebrates" the day of the ghost and dead. This tradition is to respect and remember family members, friends or other close people who have gone over to the other side. So how do you pay your respect to the dead this when living in a huge place like Beijing where there are no cemeteries like in the west? People go out in the street here and light up paper and keep a small bonfire burning for a while. On my way home from the gym I caught a group of people saying their prayers to their long gone love ones...
I also found a place where they have evening "street dances" every night from 20-21 for anyone who wants to join. Half of the people dance, the rest half just comes to watch the other people dance. A lot of curious people in this city :) Mom, you should try one of these when you come here next March! Almost all the people are women in your age :)
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