[Commentary] Wipe tombstones, clean up fallen leaves, and present flowers. On April 4, the Qingming "Salute to the Heroes and Martyrs" was held in Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery. More than 40 cadres and employees from the Department of Retired Military Affairs of Shandong Province, the Department of Retired Military Affairs of Jinan City, and the Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, representing people from all walks of life, dressed in formal attire, with solemn expressions, bowed and saluted in front of the tomb of the martyr and the monument of the unknown martyr. Hua Lan expressed his respect to 1614 revolutionary martyrs.
[Same period] Wang Lei, staff member of Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery
In our park, the ceremony of holding a sacrificial ritual was held. The whole activity was divided into two parts. One was to wipe the tombstones of the martyrs and to present flowers to each tomb of the martyrs. The second is to hold a sacrificial ritual sweeping ceremony on the square, on behalf of all sectors of society to pay tribute and nostalgia for the heroes.
[Explanation] In addition to organizing the sacrifice-sacrifice activities, Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery also launched a series of "cloud services" initiatives such as "online sacrifice scan" and "online visit", so that people from all walks of life can remember the heroes and leave their sorrows without leaving the house.
[Same period] Wang Lei, staff member of Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery
Affected by the epidemic this year, in accordance with the requirements of superiors, our park no longer accepts on-site sacrificial activities. In order to satisfy everyone's feelings of remembering the martyrs, our park opened an online memorial section on March 25, people from all walks of life, citizens, and us All martyrs and relatives can use this platform to commemorate martyrs and remember their ancestors.
【Explanation】 In order to further promote the heroic spirit, the Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery also moved the offline events held in previous years to online, and the citizens watched the video through the website. Many citizens said that using a new way to understand the revolutionary story is a good experience.
[Same period] Wu Ting, a citizen of Jinan
This form is actually very good. By watching the video, the inheritance of this heroism is actually not missing. Especially in the current epidemic situation, in fact, we also have many heroes in the contemporary era, just like our revolutionary martyrs, the revolutionary martyrs were bloody battlefields at that time, and the current heroes may be fighting against some unseen viruses. They are also our contemporary heroes. .
(Reported by Yang Fei in Jinan)
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]