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Chinese couple build their own tombs ... inside their house

Graves set up in their living room and a bedroom and the pair have lived with the grim forecast of their passing for 30 years, news website reports

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The couple eating next to one of the tombs. Photo: Yunnan.cn
Eva Li

An elderly couple from southwest China has built two graves for themselves inside their home and lived with the reminders of their own mortality for 30 years, according to a news website report.

Liu Xiangwu and his wife, both in their 80s, built the two tombs at their home on a mountain in Zhaotong in Yunnan province - one in the living room and the other in a bedroom, Yunnan.cn reported.
The couple pictured outside their home. Photo: Yunnan.cn
The couple pictured outside their home. Photo: Yunnan.cn

Pictures show the grave in the living room with writing on it and two coffins above.

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The elderly couple eat on a small wooden table in front of the tomb, the report said.

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The couple has no children and spent 970 yuan (US$140) building the tombs 30 years ago and later bought two coffins for their future use.

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