--FILE -- Un locale residente cinese brucia joss carta moneta a piangere i suoi parenti a un tempio in città Fengshan, Liucheng county, Liuzhou city, a sud mento
--FILE--A local Chinese resident burns joss paper money to mourn her relatives at a temple in Fengshan town, Liucheng county, Liuzhou city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 5 March 2015. While pollution in China is typically associated with coal-fired power plants or the country's ever-expanding fleet of exhaust-belching automobiles, state media attributes at least some of the smog to another source: the burning of dead bodies. In a country short on land for burial plots, many families cremate their deceased loved ones, in addition to burning stacks of fake money for them to spend in the afterlife. While particulate matter from funeral pyres may sound like a minor problem when compared with the towers of smoke emanating from the China's innumerable factories, local governments are nevertheless spending millions of yuan to encourage cleaner disposals of the dearly departed, state media reported on Wednesday, citing a new government report.
