Chinanews.com Taiyuan April 2nd Topic: Qingming Festival in 2020: What changes is the way of offering and sweeping is the same as the cultural roots

Gao Ruifeng

The pear blossoms wind up to Qingming. Different from the previous "million words and thousands of words to pay for paper money" sacrifice sweeps, in Qingming Festival in 2020, due to the aftermath of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China has pressed the "pause button" on "live sacrifice sweeps" in many places. Sacrifice, family memory and other ways to remember their loved ones and pin their thoughts on them.

Wipe off the dust on the monument, present a bunch of flowers, and read a memory of a loved one written by a loved one ... The staff took a video of the whole process. This is the process of valet cleaning for the staff of Yong'an Cemetery in Taiyuan, Shanxi. "We will transmit the video and photos of the sacrifice sweeping process, or broadcast live video according to the requirements of the family members," said Zhang Hongfei, the person in charge of the park. At present, more than 200 families have chosen the "sacrifice offering" service.

Although the way of offering sacrifices is different, the cultural roots of the family members, the filial piety, and the filial piety of the filial piety, which have been infiltrated from generation to generation, have not changed. Photo by Gao Ruifeng

"There are also people who come to the garden to sacrifice and sweep." Zhang Hongfei said that for family members who do not understand the policy of suspending the "live sacrifice and sweep", the garden collects sacrifice uniformly, and the staff gathers at designated places to burn the sacrifice and sweep. "In addition, the park will organize a small public festival on the day of Qingming Festival and present a bouquet of flowers to each deceased in the park."

The Qingming ritual of sweeping customs has been settled for thousands of years, condensing filial piety, and carrying the family's common memories. Taiyuan citizen Chang Feng said that affected by the epidemic, he and his family chose to sacrifice their dead father at home. "Putting tribute, offering incense, and kneeling ... read a retrospective written with my sister, and talk about the living conditions of the family like the family, with a head on the ground, and my heart is solid."

After the suspension of "on-site sacrifice scans", local funeral and funeral service agencies carried out public service "sacrifice sacrifices" services. Many governments encouraged people to use APPs and small programs to create "memorial cottages" and carry out "sacrifice clouds" and "cloud message" sacrifice scans and advocate Off-site green festival sweeping method.

Behind the sacrifice is a strong affection for family. The staff member Li Yulan has a deeper memory of the retrospective reading for her. She said that there is no need for gorgeous words, such as the retrospective mother "to give half a catty of milk to the three siblings a bowl of water" and the retrospective father "sitting you at the age of thirty The plain text on the back seat of the bicycle, "these plain text," is a tearful feeling of missing the feelings on the paper.

In memory of loved ones, what matters is the true feelings and has nothing to do with the "luxury" offerings and sweeping offerings. From "million words and thousands of words to pay for paper money" to "the cloud" end to think about the sacrifice of the sacrifices, although the methods of sacrifices and sacrifices are different, the cultural roots of the family, the filial piety and the filial piety of the family, have been infiltrated from generation to generation.

Zhang Hongfei is no stranger to "sacrifice sacrifice". "I did the same thing 20 years ago, and bought sacrifices for family members who could not return to other places." He said that at present, the pace of work is fast and the population is highly mobile. As cognition improves, sacrifice and sweeping sacrifice methods such as sacrifice sacrifice and online remote sacrifice will become more and more popular. (Finish)