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Hong Kong’s Taoist funerals: the superstition and how to stop your soul being dragged into the coffin

See inside a decades-old funeral home in Hung Hom and learn about Taoist funeral customs in 21st century Hong Kong.

(Photo: SCMP’s Martin Chan)

July 3, 2017
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