On March 31, a valet sweeping ceremony was held in the rain in Ling'an Cemetery in Nan'an District, Chongqing.
The reporter saw at the scene that a ceremony needs to be completed by three etiquette teachers.
An etiquette teacher gently recited the message beside him.
An etiquette teacher was the officiant, and completed the processes of wiping the tombstone, decorating the tombstone, donating fruit, donating cakes, donating flowers, tribute tea, tribute wine, tying blessing belts, and lighting electronic incense candles.
Another etiquette teacher is responsible for taking pictures or videos of the service and passing them on to the relatives of the deceased.
According to the relevant person in charge of Ling'an Cemetery, the cemetery has implemented valet sacrificial sweeping services since 2017, and the service fee ranges from tens to hundreds of yuan.
Since 2020, the impact of the epidemic has caused many people to be unable to return to their hometowns for the Qingming Festival, and the demand for valet sacrificial sweeps has increased year by year.
Since 2022, the cemetery has completed more than 600 valet sacrificial sweeping services, and more than 200 surrogate sacrificial services have been reserved for Qingming Festival.
In order to establish a new trend of changing customs and changing customs, the items used for valet sacrificial sweeping are all green and ecological, such as using flowers instead of paper money and electronic incense candles instead of traditional incense candles.
Although the form is changing, what remains the same is the memory and remembrance of the loved ones.
(Reporter Zhong Yan produced Lu Huiqian)
Responsible editor: [Cheng Chunyu]