At the Gravesite

Ah Chia’s and Ah Tah’s (my paternal grandparents) grave. Notice how Ah Chia (grandmother’s Hakka title is mentioned first, by fairly recent family tradition). Slabs of red granite on a hill slope overlooking an outer suburb of Melaka.

We decided to go to the grave site for Chinese New Year. An unusual thing to do and in fact taboo (‘choy, choy’) for some Chinese. But we did it anyway. Just a bit of cleaning, paying our respects and a bit of busy-body comments about other graves! The usual.