Trio stole corpse to sell as bride, says Chinese media

Body taken from tomb for ritual ‘ghost wedding’ in which single people who have died are joined for a marriage in the afterlife Police in northern China have detained three people suspected of stealing a woman’s corpse to sell as a bride in the ancient Chinese rite of the ghost wedding, where single people who have died are joined for a belated marriage in the afterlife. Related: Chinese 'ivory queen' charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusksContinue reading...