[Commentary] 2020 is the 20th year for Yu Wanfu and Zhang Lanxiang to become "tomb-keepers". The two of them stand firmly in the garden cemetery in Wollongong, Gansu, responsible for the cleaning, management and protection of more than 6,000 tombstones in the two areas Burials, monuments and other work, as well as the daily greening in the area are also taken care of by the couple. The work is small and complicated, and it is common to walk ten kilometers a day.

Recently, the reporter saw the busy couple in the cemetery. Her husband Yu Wanfu introduced that in the past, it was the busiest time during the Tomb Sweeping Day. Nowadays, with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, almost no people in the park can see the sacrificial sweepers, but Work is still not easy.

[Same period] Yu Wanfu, staff member of the garden cemetery in Wollongong, Gansu

Qingming is the busiest time. Like this year, there are very few people paying ceremonies. Like in previous years, it is now the peak period. The whole health cannot be done. All the work in this cemetery is in our charge. Hygiene, burial, monument setting, maintenance, and greening, planting trees, watering, etc. are all these activities.

[Commentary] Wife Zhang Lanxiang said that there is no large area of ​​lighting in the cemetery at night. When I first came, I was still scared. When I went to the toilet at night, I needed my husband to accompany me, but I got used to it after a long time. . The husband's character is very cheerful. Although he works in a relatively solemn place, the two usually talk and laugh together, and they live a comfortable life.

[Same period] Zhang Lanxiang, a staff member of Wollongong Garden Cemetery, Gansu

I did n’t get used to it when I first came, because you can see that there is no electricity or water on it (before), and when the wind blows when you enter this cemetery, the branch feels cool when the tree rings, and the whizzing one I feel that after a long time, I can say that I have a relationship. You see that we have been there for twenty years. They said that you have been in such a long time. Customers have come to ask us that you can stay for such a long time. We also think that I am doing good deeds and good deeds.

[Commentary] The couple said that in the past two decades, they have seen too many scenes of life and death, and many customers are also very respectful of them. Whenever they see scenes that make people cry, they will also feel very uncomfortable. After working for a long time, I also have a special experience of life. I am always in awe and always grateful.

Reporter Gao Ying Cui Lin reports from Lanzhou, Gansu

Editor in charge: [Zhou Zhaojun]