This heartbreaking footage shows the burial ceremony of a famous Hong Kong-American pop star who took her own life after not being able to cope with depression.
The late Coco Lee was buried at the Shimenfeng Memorial Park in her mother’s hometown of Wuhan, in central China, on 21st October.
Her ashes were laid to rest in a mausoleum next to her father, who reportedly died several months before she was born.
Her mother reportedly made the decision to bury her there in hopes the two would be reunited in the afterworld.
The funeral itself was private, but the public was invited to the opening of a commemorative exhibition at the memorial park.
The exhibition called “Coco Lee: the girl from Wuhan is going home,” honours her life and achievements. It was organised by her family and city officials and will be open to visitors until May of next year.
Her elder sisters, Nancy and Carol, accompanied the ashes on the journey to Wuhan, their mother’s hometown, which they said Coco has always felt a special connection to.
Coco was born in Hong Kong in 1975 where she grew up and later moved to San Francisco at the age of nine.
At 18, she returned to Hong Kong in 1993 and participated in TVB’s New Talent Singing Awards.
Her rendition of Whitney Houston’s “Run to You” earned her the first runner-up position, leading to her first recording contract and the beginning of her career.
She was also known for voicing the famous Disney character Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of the 1998 animated film Mulan.
Coco died in hospital on 5th July after attempting suicide. The 48-year-old had been suffering from a long-time depression.
Many fans were heartbroken by the news and gathered at her funeral to pay their final respects and lay down flowers in her memory.
Her ashes were reportedly placed behind a tombstone engraved with symbols of the sun and the moon, accompanied by the epitaph “The sun warms people, the moon loves people,” meant to depict Coco’s warm and beautiful image she was known for.
