Divorced Chinese women stare death in the face to regain control of their lives
Participants lie in shallow pits to contemplate that their lives are precious after all
A divorcee in southwest China has started a down-to-earth movement that helps women recover from failed marriages by lying in mock graves to combat suicidal thoughts as they recover from their heartbreak, a national newspaper reported.
On a hillside in Chongqing on Monday, 13 women took turns to lie in freshly dug pits as part of the “grave classroom” programme. Plagued by depression, the women lie in the pits as they contemplate life and death on the path to regaining their strength, according to the China Youth Daily.
Liu Taijie, the group’s founder, said that after her divorce she lost hope and attempted suicide but managed to pull herself together by changing her perspective on life and death.
“I was abandoned by my husband. I was despised by my family. I was deceived by a pyramid selling scam. I wanted to die,” she said in a video published by People’s Daily.
