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	Exhumation was an important burial practice among overseas Chinese and has been documented.~~ ~~ When a Chinese man died, the body was (in most cases) eventually shipped back to China.~~ ~~ Relatives would take up the bones and boil them before they were sent off on their long journey.		Exhumation was an important burial practice among overseas Chinese and has been documented. When a Chinese man died, the body was (in most cases) eventually shipped back to China. Relatives would take up the bones and boil them before they were sent off on their long journey.

	The Chinese believed that when the flesh decomposed the devil was driven out. It was customary for them to leave dishes of food on the graves, and also numerous small confetti-like papers with small holes in them, the idea being that through these the devil could not get to the body of the deceased, but would become confused if he attempted to find his way among all the supposed obstructions.		The Chinese believed that when the flesh decomposed the devil was driven out. It was customary for them to leave dishes of food on the graves, and also numerous small confetti-like papers with small holes in them, the idea being that through these the devil could not get to the body of the deceased, but would become confused if he attempted to find his way among all the supposed obstructions.