David Pendery, Taiwan Tales: Tombs Are Not for the Dead; An expat reflects on his participation in a Hakka tomb sweeping activity and experiencing culture shock after 15 years in Taiwan. Taipei Times, May 17, 2015.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/05/17/2003618457
Note:
(a) 拾骨葬
zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/拾骨葬
(b) Paul Yee, Bone Collector's Son. Vancouver: Tradewind Books, 2003.
(i) www.paulyee.ca/storiesPastDetail.php?Bone-Collector-s-Son-2003-5
(ii) The Bone Collector's Boy; Grades 4-8 (under the heading "Resources for Teachers).
www.paulyee.ca/teachers_resources/bone_collectors_son.pdf
(c) Chang Tsung-chiu, Chang Jui-chen and Jason Pan, Collector of Bones Keeps Custom Alive; Traditional Practice: Photographs of skulls and bones drying out in the sun caused a stir online, but for bone collector Huang Ming-hsien 黃名顯, it is all in a day’s work. Taipei Times, Dec 4, 2013.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/12/04/2003578290
(d) Yu Sen-lun, The Bone Collector; Huang Chung-mou 黃忠謀 is the sixth in a line of bone washers, an ancient practice of cleaning ancestor's bones. Taipei Times, Nov 21, 2004.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/11/21/2003212020
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