The Teletubbies live in Hong Kong? A bombshelter maybe? On closer inspection, I saw this:
Still, I was confused. Until a local clarified it for me, "It's a tomb".
A TOMB! Eeeek! And they are EVERYWHERE!
Ancestors are a big thing in Hong Kong (and most other far east countries). My local friend told me a lot of effort goes into honnoring the ancestors. But from a more objective point of view, I can see it's a bit more than honnor these people show their ancestors. It's fear.
Hong Kong and Chinese people are very scared of ghosts and most of their "religion" is about protecting themselves so the ghosts will leave them alone. Every time I see someone practicing a superstition I ask them why, and the answer is always "to keep the ghosts away..."
Ancestors even have their own public holiday, Ching Ming day (5 April). On Ching Ming day people visit these tombs and "apease" the ancestors with decorations, fireworks (the neighbourhood can get pretty noisy on this day) and burning "gifts".
I find the latter of the apeasing formalities facinating! The chinese believe they can "send gifts to the afterlife". They burn paper gifts as offering to the ghosts that have come from the gates of hell to keep them happy and away. These paper gifts they buy at supermarkets and burn them at the tombs. So what kind of gifts do they send? Well... they can send anything the shop sells, from shoes and hats to money and McDonalds(I wouldn't have believed it if I didnt see it myself). Anything to satisfy the grumpy ghost so he doesn't come haunt me in my house. No employment opportunities for the Ghostbusters in Hong Kong then.
(Paper McDonalds Offering)
