China Scene: North

Graduate's bright idea leads to unique Spring Festival job

A university graduate in Tonghua, Jilin province, has created a business opportunity by selling "tomb sweeping" services for those who cannot visit the cemetery to honor the memory of the dead during the Spring Festival holiday.

Xiao Su, in his early 20s, came up with the idea when he found many graves covered by snow and left untouched. He then advertised the service online, saying he could clean gravesites and burn a stick of incense to comfort the dead.