Salem pauses to honor Chinese ancestors during Qingming ceremony
Holding a single joss stick putting out wisps of incense, they stood before the shrine to Chinese ancestors at Pioneer Cemetery.
Reverently, they bowed and then moved away. They planted a single smoking joss stick into the ground at the shrine.
Next to the shrine, others tossed paper into flames burning in a small fire pit. One man peeled open a pack of fake $100 bills, spilling them into the fire. By the ceremony, the…
