On a high school's playground Lincoln Limos were parked, while an orchestra of 100 musicians played, with super-sized LEDs as a backdrop and glaring cameras everywhere.

But it was not a welcoming ceremony for a celebrity, nor a pop concert -- but rather a very fancy funeral.

This funeral held at Xinhe High School in Wenling City, east China's Zhejiang Province, attracted nearly 10,000 people. Each person attending received cash plus two packs of pricy cigarettes as a gift.

The extravagant funeral, estimated to cost 6 million yuan (9,312 U.S. dollars), has sparked controversy after it was held on Friday, at a school day for students.

Disturbance at School

Based on the information on the LEDs on site, the deceased was a woman aged 82, and it was her children who organized the funeral.