In the kindred spirit of capitalism, Shanghai's cemeteries are offering, for the first time ever, economically-friendly prices for all families who will not be burying their loved ones on the date of the Winter Solstice. This December 22nd, cemeteries such as the Songhe Cemetery in the Songjiang District are offering discounts of 400RMB to families willing to select a different festival day to set up tombs. This discounted list has 17 days, including Mother's Day and Father's Day (a double celebration at its best). more ›

Shanghai-based Daedalum Films takes you on a walk through the Song Qing Ling Memorial (宋庆龄陵园), a little known cemetery in western Shanghai home to the remains of Song Qing Ling, numerous other Chinese personalities — and scores of foreigners who came to Shanghai mostly during its early boom years in the mid-1800s and early 1900s, some identified by simple gravestones, and some anonymous. more ›