Virtual afterlife created for Hong Kong's dead
A virtual graveyard which lets Hong Kong mourners remember their loved ones without leaving their homes or buying flowers went online Thursday.
The site enables users to pay tribute to dead relatives and friends by creating an online memorial page with pictures and messages.
It allows users to send virtual flowers and offerings to comfort the dead in their afterlife, such as virtual chickens, fruit, roast suckling pig and paper money. The website, memorial.gov.hk, has been set up the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to help people pay tribute to their loved ones 'anytime and anywhere online in a warm, personalised yet solemn manner.'
