China Strictly limits the number of visitors to the grave of “Qingming Festival”
In China, on the 4th, many people will come to the ancestor's grave to visit the "Qingming Festival." Authorities are wary of the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection and are severely limiting the number of visitors to the cemetery.
Of these, in the cemetery in Shanghai, China, many people visit the grave every year during the “Qing Ming Festival”, but in order to limit the people who enter the graveyard, it is necessary to make an online reservation system, On the 3rd, people who registered their names in advance visited with gifts.
At the entrance of the cemetery, a person in protective clothing checks the health of each person, and the visitor cleans his ancestor's grave and gives flowers with his mask on and a quiet atmosphere. I was hand in hand.
It is expected that the number of visitors to this cemetery to visit the grave in conjunction with the “Qingming Festival” will decrease to about 160,000, about 30% last year.
A man in Shanghai who visits graves every year says, "There are few people visiting Kotoshi. We could not visit graves with our children. We hope that the whole family will come next year." I was talking.
On the other hand, for those who cannot visit the grave, there are services to clean the grave and provide gifts, and authorities are calling for the use of such services and are wary that the infection will not spread again rapidly.