The culture places a strong emphasis on recovering the body of a dead person before closure can properly begin. Their state of limbo reflects one of the emotional struggles for families of Chinese passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. FILE - In this Tuesday, Apfile photo, a woman, one of the relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, reacts as she and others attend a daily briefing with Malaysian officials at a hotel in Beijing, China. Such traditions are strong in rural areas, though they are falling by the wayside as people migrate to the cities. Some set off firecrackers for good luck and to drive off evil spirits. On Tomb-Sweeping Day, families typically visit the ancestral burial plot to clean the graves and present offerings of fruit and burn paper money. FILE - In this Tuesday, Apfile photo, a Chinese man repaints the characters on a tomb of his deceased relative at a cemetery on the Qingming Festival in Beijing, China. The three Li brothers usually visit their mothera?s grave in their rugged village in northeast China, but absent this year is the youngest brother - a passenger aboard the missing Malaysian airliner.
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The Li family wonders how to spend Saturdaya?s annual Tomb-Sweeping Day. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this photo taken Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Li Zhoua?er, father of Li Zhixin, rests next to a pillar at as he waits for news about Li Zhixin who is one of the passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, MH370 at a hotel meeting room in Beijing. Google Digg REddit NewsVine Mixx Facebook Yahoo In this photo taken Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Li Zhoua?er, father of Li Zhixin, rests next to a pillar at as he waits for news about Li Zhixin who is one of the passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, MH370 at a hotel meeting room in Beijing.