Locker-style charnel house gaining popularity in China

Locker-style charnel house gaining popularity in China

BEIJING, China - A man prays at a locker-style charnel house in Beijing, China, on July 21, 2014, amid their rising popularity as an alternative to increasingly expensive cemetery graves.

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