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community Scmp World 2026-04-17

Woman in China discovers she visited the wrong family tomb

During the Tomb Sweeping Festival in Guangdong, China, a woman accidentally discovered she had been visiting her great-grandfather's tomb at the wrong location for two years. The unexpected discovery highlights the peculiar nature of daily life in the region.


China is a land where the unexpected becomes part of daily life, and these quirky excursions often add a touch of excitement to mundane routines. In southern China, during this year’s Tomb Sweeping Festival in early April, a woman surnamed Wu discovered a surprising piece of information while sweeping the tomb of her great-grandfather – a man from another village informed her that her family had been visiting the wrong grave for the past two years. Wu, a resident of Guangdong province, recounted...

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