Yesterday was the first day of the Qingming holiday, and the major mausoleum also ushered in the peak period of worship and sweeping. The reporter visited many mausoleum in our city and found that compared with the traditional sacrificial methods in the past, the sacrificial methods such as online memorial and Heaven mailbox sending thoughts are increasingly praised by people, however, the business of “sweeping tombs on behalf of customers” launched by each cemetery is still deserted. Heaven mailbox sustenance grief Yesterday morning, in Sanshan Cemetery, Mr. Wang, a citizen who came to sacrifice, put a postcard full of words into the mailbox. “Write to tell mom over there that we are all doing well, don’t worry.” Heaven mailbox is to express grief through letters, and pass miss to lost relatives and friends. During the Qingming Festival this year, several funeral parlors and Mausoleum in our city set up Paradise mailboxes at the entrance. Many citizens lined up in front of the mailboxes to write down what they wanted to say to their deceased relatives. Postcards were filled with deep thoughts. According to the staff of the cemetery, nowadays, more and more citizens accept the worship method of heaven mailbox. “After the festival, we will recycle these postcards in a unified way to help family members ‘send ‘relatives and friends in heaven.” In Zixin community, Jin’an district, residents posted blessing wish card (as shown in the figure) on a “blessing wall” to place their thoughts on the deceased relatives. Community residents also worship Revolutionary Martyrs by singing songs and reciting poems. “Micro sacrifice” will be promoted During the Qingming Festival, many commemorative websites appeared on the Internet, providing memorial services. In addition to this mature “Online Memorial Hall”, new ways of offering sacrifices and mourning for lost relatives and friends through WeChat clients are also quietly emerging. In a number of concentrated public offerings held recently, the reporter noticed that by scanning the two-dimensional code on the propaganda poster, citizens could broadcast the sacrifice process to relatives who could not attend the sacrifice. Cemetery staff told reporters that “micro sacrifice” is a new civilized sacrifice scanning method launched this year. In addition to the live broadcast function, users can also enter the name of the sacrificial person after logging in, write a message, generate a dedicated page, share it with friends, and let family and friends remember the lost relatives together. The staff said that the “micro sacrifice” was the first attempt in the public sacrifice activities, mainly hoping to guide the citizens to change to the direction of civilized sacrifice, and will be extended to private sacrifice in the future. “Scanning on behalf of customers” is still deserted In order to facilitate the customers who live outside and cannot go back to the countryside to sweep tombs, many Cemetery in our city have launched the service of “worship and sweeping on behalf of customers. “The customer provides the tombstone number and name of the deceased. We provide services such as sending flowers, wiping and cleaning the tombstone and repairing the tombstone according to the time required by the customer.” According to the staff of Sanshan Cemetery, during the service, they will also take photos and videos for customers to view. The price of this service is 300 yuan. However, this service has not been accepted by too many citizens. “There are only a few appointments every year, and most people come to visit the tomb in person.” The staff said frankly that many clients living in other places made a special trip to visit the Tomb Sweeping Day and took the opportunity to get together with other families. (Fuzhou Daily reporter Lin Yun/Wen Liao Yunlan/photo)
