Grandma summons family to rehearse her funeral
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-08-29 14:52
Granny Li, 79, held her own funeral rehearsal in Dianjiang, Southwest China's
Chongqing Municipality, and had her children practice what they would need to do
for the real thing, starting from learning how to cry, according to the
Chongqing Business Herald News Tuesday.
Li got the inspiration half a year ago at her sister's funeral. "None of my
sister's children knew how to cry loudly and tears are not enough to pay the
tribute," Li said.
She brought two cassette tapes of people crying back from the funeral and
asked her children to practice every ten days.
"We can't talk her out of it, and you can't blame her for these worries at
her age," Li's son said.
"We can't do anything because it's none of our business," Li's neighbor Liu
Qulan told the reporter in a telephone interview.
A member of the local villagers committee expressed concern over Li's mental
health and he said he would try to cheer her up.
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