[Explanation] Affected by the epidemic this year, many people cannot return to their homes to scan graves as in previous years, so online "cloud sacrifices" or "cemetery sacrifices" on the cemetery are popular this year. On April 3rd, the reporter learned at the Funeral Administration Office of Shijiazhuang that this year they launched a free "cloud offering sweeping" service, through e-mail, call phone, "Yanzhao Life Culture" public account message and set up at the gate of the People's Memorial Hall "Paradise Mailbox" and other methods, soliciting messages and cards from the masses of worshippers and mourners from various channels to advocate green civilization sacrifices in the form of family memory meetings.
[Contemporary] Xing Guohui, Deputy Director of the People's Memorial Hall of Shijiazhuang Funeral Administration Office
You can follow our WeChat public account, scan the QR code to pay attention to the public account, there is a memory space in the public account, click on the blessing area, and you can create a blessing hall for (deceased) relatives and friends. Various background images and background music for everyone to choose.
[Explanation] Between the green pines and cypresses, all the staff members of the martyrs cemetery in the North China Military Region dressed in black clothes and stood in front of the martyrs' tombstones. The staff gently wiped the tombstone and presented a flower basket for the martyrs. Afterwards, all the staff bowed deeply towards the tombstone. Recently, the cemetery swept away all the martyrs in the park in batches. In this process, not only the video materials were kept for the martyrs' families to send their mourns remotely, but also live broadcasts were made online to let all sectors of society mourn collectively.
[Contemporary] Ren Zhaoyuan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Martyrs Cemetery of the North China Military Region
Before the epidemic is completely resolved, the cemetery does not organize or accept mass sacrifices. We encourage relatives of martyrs who are willing to sacrifice to sweep the sacrifice to the nearest sacrifice and sweeping sacrifice. This year, we implemented personnel diversion through various methods to ensure that the flow of personnel for the festival was kept within 30% of the previous year.
Shijiazhuang citizen history
Every year in Qingming, I (the city) and my family go to the martyrs cemetery to sacrifice sweeps. This year due to the impact of the epidemic, I chose to "cloud sacrifice sweeps" at home and mourn online.
[Explanation] With the launch of "cloud festival sweeping" services in various places, related topics are constantly being raised on the Internet. On the Weibo platform, there are about a dozen topics related to "Cloud Festival Scan", among which the number of top-ranked topics has reached about 5 million. Mr. Li, a citizen of Shijiazhuang, said that in memory of his ancestors, no matter what he wanted, the "cloud offering sweep" can allow people to conduct green offering sweeps in a way that spans time and space, avoiding crowd gathering.
[Contemporary] Mr. Li, a citizen of Shijiazhuang
Expressing your heart by presenting flowers and leaving messages online can also achieve the purpose of sacrificing ancestors and mourning.
[Explanation] Affected by the epidemic, various funeral service agencies in various places provided a variety of sacrifice services to meet the people who could not go to the site to sacrifice and guide the people to change from on-site sacrifice to online sacrifice. The people also showed great tolerance and understanding. This year's Qingming Festival, home nostalgia, online sacrifices, and flower sacrifices have gradually become the new fashion of modern funeral civilization.
Reported by Xing Lu, Li Qian, Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Editor-in-chief: [Ji Xiang]