China News Service, Beijing, April 3 (Xinhua) Comprehensive news: This year's Qingming Festival, many places in China are promoting civilized and low-carbon memorial services. Online memorial services, flower memorial services, valet memorial services, family memorial services and other memorial services are accepted by the public.
"We have launched the 'cloud memorial scan' service with real-life views of the tomb, opening a personal online memorial hall for each deceased buried in the cemetery, and uploading pictures of their tombstones. Family members can visit the WeChat official account to pay homage to their deceased relatives online." According to Lin Yi, executive deputy general manager of Ningxia Yinchuan Fushouyuan, there are currently nearly 5,000 people who have registered on the cemetery website for online memorial scans.
Beijing has also launched an online memorial portal to provide people with online memorial services such as sending messages, laying flowers, lighting candles, etc.; Hangzhou has launched an online memorial platform, and people can choose to create a memorial hall to commemorate the deceased;
The demand for "valet cleaning" also reaches its peak around the Qingming Festival.
"I am the representative of the etiquette department of Changchun Jiulongyuan Social Cemetery. Your children cannot come to visit you due to the epidemic, so I have been specially entrusted to convey their condolences…" After reading the memorial text, Liu Lifang, the head of the etiquette department of Changchun Jiulongyuan Social Cemetery Service Center, bowed deeply in front of the tombstone again.
It is one of Liu Lifang's jobs to perform sweeps on behalf of clients. The complete detailed scan process usually takes about 15 minutes, and this process will be sent to the customer in the form of photos and videos.
"At the beginning, everyone didn't really agree with it. It wasn't until the (new coronavirus) epidemic happened last year that people began to inquire about this type of service." Liu Lifang told reporters that in reality, there will always be people who cannot return to their hometowns to worship for various reasons. At this time, "valet worship and sweeping" reflects a kind of humanistic care.
China’s tourism market accelerated its recovery during the Qingming Festival holiday. According to data from Harbin Taiping International Airport, with the change of summer flight season, Harbin Airport plans to operate 3,439 flights per week, a year-on-year increase of 7.0%, and the average number of flights per day is 491, which has exceeded the pre-epidemic level. Harbin Airport is expected to transport 165,000 passengers during the short holiday period. (End) (Participating reporting: Yang Di, Guo Jia, Wang Lin and Shi Yifu)
