Popular people attract large crowds. With this simple idea in mind many wealthy Chinese resort to exotic strippers to perform at funerals of their relatives to ensure a large following. Not exactly our idea of mourning.

Authorities are cracking down on the habit, condemning it as "uncivilized". Both organisers and performers have recently been punished in the attempt to eradicate a recently introduced use. Strippers at funerals have nothing to do with tradition, but surely they ensure large attendance, a mark of honour for the deceased, obtained no matter how.