female corpses for 'ghost marriages'

[seasidemike]

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction:



http://shanghaiist.com/2013/03/05/4_chinese_graverobbers_jailed_for_ghost_marriage_corpse_trafficking.php

 

[Jazzy]

Ritual ghost marriages, which may date back to the 17th century BC, are increasingly rare in contemporary China - Mao Zedong tried to eliminate them when he assumed power in 1949 - but they are still practised in rural parts of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei and Guangdong provinces. Families often employ a matchmaker to help find a suitable spouse for their deceased loved ones.

What seems strange to us, is perfectly normal to them.

 

[Evil Eye]

Sounds like a scam