(Fighting against New Crown Pneumonia) In the epidemic, it is clear that "cloud sacrifices" and "generation sacrifices" are quietly rising
Shijiazhuang, April 1st, China News Service: Different kinds of clear and bright under the epidemic: "cloud sacrifices" and "generation sacrifices" quietly rise
China News Agency reporter Ruda Li Qian
Among 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 two staff members approached and gently wiped the tombstone, and presented a flower basket to the martyrs. Afterwards, all the staff bowed deeply to the tombstone. Since March 31, the cemetery has swept away all the martyrs in the park in batches. This process not only preserves the video materials and leaves them to the martyr's family to send their griefs remotely, but also allows all sectors of society to collectively mourn online through live broadcast.
The Chinese have a tradition of cautious pursuit. Qingming Festival seems to be just a festival, but in fact it is full of Chinese people's thoughts on their ancestors, gratitude, and inheritance of ancestral spirit. Affected by the new coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic, many people are unable to return to their homes to scan graves as in previous years, so online "cloud sacrifices" or "cemeteries on behalf of the cemetery" have prevailed this year. Many netizens yelled: "Mind is more important than form."
Chinese officials are also vigorously advocating this form of memorial service. Fan Yu, deputy director of the Department of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, said at a press conference in Beijing on April 1 that in order to consolidate the results of epidemic prevention and control, this year vigorously promote off-site sacrifice and sweeping methods, including online sacrifice and sweeping, and promote family reflection. Carry out public service on behalf of sacrifices.
The Martyrs Cemetery visited by reporters in the North China Military Region is one of China's famous martyrs' cemeteries with large scale and high architectural specifications. In the park are buried 318 revolutionary martyrs who have sacrificed in North China during the history of the revolution, and the ashes of more than 650 martyrs and veterans. Chinese aid doctors Norman Bethune and Ke Yihua are buried here.
Ren Zhaoyuan, secretary of the party committee of the Martyrs Cemetery of the North China Military Region, said that before the epidemic was completely resolved, the park did not organize or accept mass sacrifices, and encouraged relatives of martyrs who were willing to sacrifice scans to offer sacrifice to the nearest sacrifice and scandals. It is reported that the Qing Dynasty before and after the Qing Dynasty was the peak of the festival. The cemetery received about 300,000 people from the community. This year's cemetery has achieved personnel diversion through a variety of methods to ensure that the flow of sacrifice personnel is controlled within 30% of the previous year.
Shijiazhuang citizen Zhang Xiaobei said that since his grandfather participated in the Anti-Japanese War that year, he heard his grandfather tell the story of the Anti-Japanese War from an early age. So he and his family go to the cemetery every year to worship the martyrs. Affected by the epidemic this year, he and his family chose to read poems at home and conduct "cloud offering sweeps" such as "cloud offering flowers" and "cloud messages" on the Internet.
"It can avoid the gathering of people, and it is also very ritual. Although the epidemic has 'restricted' our steps, it has given us a new way of thinking about life." Zhang Xiaobei said that he now sends a new way of sacrifice to the circle of friends , Received praise and support from many people around.
According to the Martyr's Cemetery of the North China Military Region, in the online memorial column of the park's official website, the public has left as many as 15,000 messages in the past two days.
Along with the launch of "cloud festival sweeping" services in various places, related topics have been constantly raised on the Internet. On the Weibo platform, there are about a dozen topics related to "Cloud Offering", among which the number one topic has reached about 5 million readings.
According to Wang Zhimeng, secretary general of the Hebei Funeral and Interment Industry Association, there are 255 various types of funeral and interment services in Hebei that can provide sacrifice and sweep services. This year, affected by the epidemic, except for some institutions that are limited by hardware conditions, there are currently 197 funeral and interment services in the province. Can provide people with online sacrifice service.
Wang Zhimeng said that the "sacrifice of cloud offerings" and "sacrifice of offerings on behalf of ancestors" have long been proposed by the state, and people are still in the process of cognition. Affected by the epidemic this year, funeral service agencies around the country provided a variety of sacrifice services to satisfy people who could not attend the sacrifice on the spot, and propagated through various methods to guide the people to change from on-site sacrifice to online sacrifice. Great tolerance and understanding. From the data currently available, it seems that the number of people who have accepted green offerings such as "cloud offering sweeps" and "sacrifice offering sweeps" this year has increased significantly compared to the same period last year. (Finish)