China News Service, Wenzhou, April 2 (Fan Yubin, Lin Zhiquan, Shu Xuying) Acacia is sent during the Qingming Festival. Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many overseas Chinese and Taiwan compatriots cannot return to their hometowns this year to find their roots and worship their ancestors and reunite with their families. They have chosen "cloud sacrifice sweeping". "Sacrificial sweeping on behalf of", "home memorial service" and other ways to express condolences.

　　Ye Jiangfeng, an overseas Chinese from Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, a hometown of overseas Chinese, has been running a clothing business in Verona, Italy for nearly 40 years.

"My father passed away last year, and it's a pity that I couldn't go back this year." Ye Jiangfeng said in an online interview that the global epidemic is still spreading, and in order not to cause trouble to the motherland and hometown, he decided to stay in Italy.

　　"This will not only avoid the fatigue of boats and cars, but also avoid crowd gathering and cross-infection." Ye Jiangfeng's family in Yueqing also understands Ye Jiangfeng's decision.

Similarly, Ye Changqing, the elder sister who is far away in Belgium, also responded to the proposal of her younger brother Ye Jiangfeng and expressed her condolences with "cloud sacrifice sweeping".

　　How can we worship our ancestors across the ocean?

Ye Jiangfeng learned from the Yueqing Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese that his hometown had launched the "Cloud Sacrifice" service.

"I am going to build an online sacrifice hall on the online sacrifice platform." Ye Jiangfeng said that the online commemoration of the ancestors organized by the hometown government was very timely.

The relatives of overseas Chinese in Qingtian, Zhejiang sent photos of the sacrificial sweeping process to overseas Chinese Wu Kai.

　　Lin Jiaji, an overseas Chinese from Yueqing, Wenzhou, and the president of Zhejiang Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has lived in the United States for many years, and worshiping ancestors during the Qingming Festival is an important family activity every year.

"In the past, I would make a special trip to my hometown to worship my ancestors during the Qingming Festival."

　　"I can't be there in person, and my heart is always empty." The epidemic forced Lin Jiaji to stop returning home.

In his opinion, the Qingming Festival Sweep is a way for him to express his nostalgia for his deceased relatives and his nostalgia for his hometown.

This year, he entrusted his relatives in his hometown to go to the ancestors' tombs to perform sacrifices and sweeps on his behalf.

"My nephew cleaned the tomb, wiped the tombstone, sent flowers, and even took a photo and sent it to me."

　　"Through the photos, the past seems to be in front of me." Lin Jiaji used the Internet to say a few words to his deceased parents, "Although the way of paying tribute to my parents has changed, my feelings towards my parents and my hometown will not change. "

　　On the day of Qingming Festival, Lin Jiaji and his family are going to write messages for the deceased relatives through the online sacrifice platform, offer flowers, and pray for blessings to express their thoughts and make up for the regret of not being able to go home to worship.

　　Qingtian, Lishui, Zhejiang is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with 330,000 overseas Chinese in more than 120 countries and regions in the world.

This year, "cloud sacrificial sweeping" and "substituting sacrificial sweeping" have also become a different way of Qingming sacrificial sweeping in Qingtian, the hometown of overseas Chinese.

　　Tomb-sweeping day is approaching, Chen Shichao, an overseas Chinese relative in Renzhuang Village, Renzhuang Town, Qingtian County, is sweeping the graves of his late wife and grandmother.

Chen Shichao's two children are in Spain, and his other relatives are in Belgium, Italy and other countries. He was entrusted by his family to go up the mountain alone as a representative of the family to perform sacrifices. Send condolences.

　　In order to meet the needs of the people for sacrifice sweeping under the epidemic, Qingtian County will implement reservation sweeping rituals from 2020.

During the Qingming Festival this year, the Qingtian County Civil Affairs Bureau will take sacrifice sweeping measures such as reservations, staggered peak hours, and current restrictions to ensure that sacrifice sweeping activities are not crowded or gathered, and has launched the "cloud sacrifice" service, where the public can offer sacrifices to heroes and martyrs online. ancestor.

　　Qingming Festival on the Clouds, a family on both sides of the Strait.

In the hometown of Taiwan compatriots - Jishan Township, Yuhuan City, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, from 2020 onwards, the Jishan Branch of the Taiwan-affiliated Taiwan Compatriots Association in Yuhuan City has launched the services of "Cloud Sacrifice Sweeping" and "Sacrificial Sweeping Sweeping" through videos and photos. Help Taiwan compatriots who cannot return to their hometowns to cherish their ancestors and express their condolences.

　　In the past few days, the staff came to the local cemetery by appointment. In front of the tomb, they observed a moment of silence, laid flowers, trimmed the grass and trees, wiped the tombstone... Volunteers recorded it in the form of photos and videos, and sent it to Taiwan compatriots in Taiwan as soon as possible. Affectionate nostalgia.

　　"I'm really sorry that I couldn't go to the ancestors' tombs to worship and sweep, but my thoughts have not changed. I am very grateful to the volunteers for their help. A stone in my heart finally fell to the ground." Mr. Jia, a Taiwan compatriot, said gratefully after receiving the photo .

　　Mr. Chen, a Taiwan compatriot who is far away in Taiwan, said: "Thanks to my family and friends in my hometown for helping my brothers to visit the graves of ancestors in recent years, I hope the epidemic will end soon and I can come back to see the new look of my hometown."

　　In order to reduce gatherings, civil affairs departments across the Yangtze River Delta have jointly issued a proposal for the Qingming Festival sweeping, advocating safe sweeping and not returning to the hometown, and giving priority to off-site methods such as family memorial services to cherish the deceased and place their condolences.

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