Writer breathing new life into cemeteries

Guizhou native Li Kuanding, 70, is not only one of the most established novelists in Southwest China but also a successful businessman who founded Haitian Yuan, a cemetery of about 250,000 square meters.

Li doesn't like others to see his creation simply as a common cemetery. In his eyes, Haitian Yuan is more like a park of beautiful landscapes for the dead to rest and for visitors to reflect on life.

Since Li established the cemetery in 1993 in the suburbs of provincial capital Guiyang, it has consistently been the most popular in the area.