An elderly son in eastern China followed local customs by lying on his late mother’s bed to comfort her soul, only to contract a severe disease.
According to the mainland media outlet, Hongxing News, the man surnamed Chen, who is in his 60s and from a remote rural area in Zhejiang province, is an only child.
His mother, 86, had been in good health and worked in the fields everyday.
However, following this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, she died unexpectedly after a bout of diarrhoea and vomiting.
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