In the age when an inch of land is worth as much as an inch of gold, cemeteries are also used to serve the living.

The cemetery of Tho Ha
village in Van Ha commune, Viet Yen district,

the northern province of Bac Giang is located at
the village edge but it is not quiet at all.

Villagers
have used the cemetery as the ground to dry rice pancakes,

especially when the
lunar New Year is coming and the demand for rice pancakes is rising.

Rice
pancakes are dried everywhere in the village: on the road to

the cemetery, on
the roofs of tents in the village market, on

the gate of the village temple, at
the river wharf, etc.

Villagers
have taken full play of the space at the village cemetery.

They place poles on
tombs to make shelves to dry rice pancakes.

Kien Trung