[Commentary] April 4 is the Chinese Lunar New Year Festival in 2020. On the same day, when the reporter visited the Diamond Hill Cemetery in Hong Kong, there was no peak of people. Many citizens said that the SAR government ’s epidemic prevention work was excellent, and that the crowds sweeping the graves did not gather. It was moderate and there was a gap between different families.

[Explanation] In view of the current severe epidemic, Xu Deyi, Deputy Director of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, once again reminded the public to think twice about offering sacrifices, and called on the public to postpone the plan to sweep the grave on the first day of the Qingming Festival to reduce the flow of people and reduce The risk of spreading the new coronavirus.

The reporter visited Diamond Hill Cemetery on the day of Tomb Sweeping Day and found many police officers supervising and inspecting violations of the gathering of more than four people on the roadside. Volunteers from the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department ensured order throughout the cemetery. Citizens who come to worship have a sense of protection, keep the distance of worship, and wash their hands with alcohol hand sanitizer immediately after the worship. The cemetery also circulates broadcasts of the SAR government ’s fight against the epidemic. The epidemic prevention announcements are posted everywhere and alcohol hand sanitizers are installed. The cemetery management office also shut down two underground furnaces for burning paper money to avoid crowds. Over-aggregation.

[Commentary] Mr. Liang, a citizen, said that tomb-sweeping at the Ching Ming Festival is a Chinese custom and must come in accordance with tradition. He believes that police flow control is in place, saying that as long as anti-epidemic measures are taken, he will not worry about spreading the epidemic on the spot.

[Concurrent] Mr. Leung, Hong Kong citizen

Today, it is considered to be a larger number of people. At the beginning, there were more people. Now is the grave-sweeping day. Tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival is a traditional festival (event), a traditional custom, for the Chinese. Wearing masks to take preventive measures will not (infectious diseases), several people and several people worship together, (police) flow control. The police are doing well, and the Hong Kong Auxiliary Medical Team has volunteers (to help).

[Commentary] Ms. Liu, a family of four, came to sweep the tomb. She said that the epidemic prevention measures were in place. Hong Kong people are very self-disciplined. They kept a distance of about 1.5 meters from each other during the worship and reduced the worship time. She very much agreed with the government ’s proposal. "Diversion tomb sweeping" proposal.

[Same period] Ms. Liu, a Hong Kong citizen

We all saw in the (cemetery area) that as long as there were more than four people, everyone immediately dispersed, and many people did so. Sometimes there is no way. Everyone knows that (at most) four people (gathering) is a criterion, so I think Hong Kong people are like this, and they are very self-disciplined to do this. We left as soon as we finished, and it was less than an hour since we arrived and left, just get rid of it (tomb sweeping) as soon as possible.

[Explanation] A spokesman for the SAR Government has also suggested that the current epidemic situation is still grim. Hong Kong citizens who wish to take advantage of the Ching Ming Festival to visit the ancestors in the Mainland should consider postponing the itinerary according to the latest epidemic prevention and quarantine measures implemented by inland provinces and municipalities on entry persons .

Reporter Zheng Xing reports from Hong Kong

Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]