(Fighting against New Crown Pneumonia) Ching Ming in the epidemic

China News Service, Beijing, April 3rd: Qingming in the epidemic: live broadcast of sacrifice to reflect on the feelings of the family in the cloud

China News Agency reporter Du Yan

"Mom, how are you over there? We won't be able to see you this year at Laoshan (Laoshan Columbarium in Babaoshan Funeral Home, Beijing)", "This epidemic, at home, wondering how to cook, I want to bring you Taste "...

This is a memorial ceremony for the Qingming · Cloud Festival Acacia Laoshan Church of the Ashes Memorial Ceremony on the afternoon of the 3rd, and a live webcast was also performed. Talking to the daughter of a deceased, she sent not only a recording but also pictures of dishes.

Ching Ming Festival is a traditional festival for Chinese children to go far, to respect their ancestors, and to promote filial piety. For the Ching Ming Festival under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Beijing adopted a time-sharing appointment method to reduce the number of on-site sacrifice sweepers, and advocated that the citizens offer online sweeping sacrifice or make appointments for sacrifice.

From March 21 to April 1, Beijing's funeral and interment services received an average of 36,000 sacrifice citizens daily, compared with the same period last year. The number of people who choose to offer online sacrifice and service on behalf of sacrifice has increased significantly.

The reporter saw in the Laoshan Columbarium that there were few people here, but the wireless network passed on the infinite thoughts of relatives and friends.

"Different from ordinary sacrifice, the purpose of this sacrifice ceremony is to make family members feel the warmth in the situation." Wang Jing, a spokesman for Laoshan's ashes hall, said that memories of mother's trance and mother's taste come through the five senses Feeling, therefore, during the ceremony, familiar dining tables, familiar mirrors, familiar teapots, etc. were arranged, and the scene was reproduced through vision and hearing, so that the relatives at both ends of the network "meet".

Inside the memorial hall, on the two sides of the memorial wall, the names of nearly 10,000 deceased people are displayed one by one; on the heavenly scene, the family members "sacrifice" or "sacrifice poems" floated like clouds: "Some people are already in time "I miss my parents, I miss the days I spent with them" "Many years later, in the evening under a lamp, I think of it and smile quietly" ...

Dong Ziyi is the host of this ceremony. In his opinion, everyone may be a grandfather or grandson in a family, a mother or daughter, and real family recordings and family messages make everyone in front of the screen feel the same.

When people are still immersed in the memories and smiles of their loved ones, the ceremonial master lights up the heart lamp on behalf of the family of the deceased, letting thoughts cross time and space; Leap "cloud" in the sound.

Dong Ziyi and the ceremonialists bowed on behalf of the family of the deceased.

At the end of the ceremony, he watched the sand flow out of the ceremonial master's hand, and merged it into several characters of "Apocalypse Qingming · Yunji Acacia". Dong Ziyi said that it is hoped that such a ceremony will make people more grateful to their ancestors, cherish life, and realize the pricelessness of family relationships.

In addition to being the host, Dong Ziyi ’s main job in this Qingming Festival is to answer the appointment call for on-site festival sweeps or sacrifice. "There are many Beijing residents, but also many foreigners, overseas students, etc. call to make appointments for sacrifice. Their individual needs. "

For an ordinary sacrifice, the staff must prepare the sacrificial rituals, go to the scene to wipe the dust in the urn box, hold the flowers for three bows, and commemorate the narration of the family members who wrote it down. Pass it on to the relatives and friends of the deceased. "

From April 4th, three consecutive days will be the peak day of the Qingming Festival. The number of people who can receive an appointment for the festival in Laoshan Columbarium in one day has reached the maximum limit. Wang Jing said that the development of science and technology has made it possible to "sacrifice without leaving home and to offer sacrifices online without risk", and this "cloud" sacrificial event has introduced "holographic projection reminiscent scene + hanging screen projection barrage", Inject warmth into the Qingming Festival Sweep under epidemic prevention and control.

"This is an attempt of the" Internet + "funeral service. More than 500,000 people watched the live broadcast, far more than the number of close relatives and friends of nearly 10,000 families connected by the ashes." Wang Jing said that he hopes that the online memorial service will break through time and space Geographically restricted "sacrifice of civilization, green thinking" releases the grief of loved ones in the cloud, restores the scene of family exchanges, and allows people to live optimistically in the end. (Finish)