Staying in the cheapest possible hotel in Shaoguan, China, in early 2009, I encountered the most modern & innovative of Chinese inventions: a toilet that automatically bathes your feet when flushing.
A Taoist ritual I witnessed on a visit to Changsha in 2010, probably in the Yunlu Palace on Yuelu Mountain. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunlu_Palace
Burning of a joss paper house as part of the mourning of a death in Huashi, China, in 2008. Joss paper burning is supposed to provide the deceased with property in the afterlife.