Nothing is sacred, even in tradition-bound China.

As the country prepares for tomorrow’s Qingming Festival, a time when people are supposed to visit and honor the gravesites of their ancestors, online companies are offering to perform the ceremony instead.

Several dozen Qingming replacement services have been advertising on Taobao, a Chinese hybrid of eBay and Amazon. For 500 yuan ($80), they will send someone to clean a gravesite, mourn for the dead, decorate the grave with flowers and candles, and read a eulogy. The buyer will even receive a video as proof.

Additional services are also available. One seller is charging 300 yuan ($48) to have someone kneel and bow three times in front of the relative’s tomb. Extra flowers can cost as much as 488 yuan ($78).

It’s considered disrespectful not to visit graves during Qingming (also known as Tomb Sweeping Day), so business has reportedly been slow for the professional grievers.

But I can imagine a similar service for other inconvenient or uncomfortable chores. How about hiring someone to go to confession in your place? Or paying someone to stand in line for you at the DMV?

For the right price, someone might even forgive you for hiring a substitute mourner.