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Staff of the film " tomb sweeping ceremony for a customer

the people in China are paying their respects to dead ancestors Digital, as the country continues to face the Corona Virus Outbreak .

Qingming Festival , also known as tomb Sweeping day, is usually a time when people visit The Graves of friends and family, to beautify the environment and Offerings to their spirits.

But amid fears of a new Outbreak , the government advised people to stay and keep social distance.

That's led to some of the cemeteries, so that people come to, as long as you have booked a slot, while others, the prohibition of visit.

But other companies and burials have modern technology, as they are looking for ways for families to continue the centuries-old tradition.

Li Quanxi, an official from the Beijing civil affairs bureau, said: “We want to motivate the people to transform social traditions in the midst of the Corona-Virus Outbreak . "

What is Qingming Festival ?

Qingming Festival is one of The Most important events in the calendar for the commemoration of the ancestors, not With You .

the people clean The Graves and burning items such as incense sticks and paper Offerings - Sometimes quite large - in honor of The Dead , and transferred money and other goods, to love the one in the hereafter.

A Woman burns incense in front of The Tomb sweeping festival

The Tomb sweeping period between 28 March and 12 April.

sacrifice online

It is not entirely unknown to your reverence online, but with the proliferation of Covid-19, there are now people who have No Other option.

"Cloud-tomb sweeping" allows people to "virtually" clean graves and make Offerings for the spirits.

A web site that is the service. On The Surface , the site looks like any common shopping Website, although it also allows people to make their own memorial halls for your loved one, so family and friends can join in.

related can light a candle, burn money and offer objects such as Chinese Rice Wine and beer. There is even an option for the online-grave cleaning.

funeral company Fu Shou Yuan International is launching its own online tomb sweeping service on 12 March. It is available in More Than 30 Chinese cities. In its first week,

George Chen, whose grandparents are buried, who visited in Shanghai, their graves every year, but the labelling will Sweep in this year's tomb day online at The Time .

He told Shanghai Daily : “the Old traditions are deeply rooted, but it is quite understandable, because it is a special time. and visit The Scene when the epidemic Ends . "

someone to do it For You via Live Stream

During the participation in the "cloud tomb sweeping" means that you will receive, send offers, it does not include the physical cleansing of a loved one's grave.

some of the burial spots are now watching with relatives, A Chance to purify the grave via a Live Stream . Others will send you photos of the cleaned grave.

A cemetery in Shanghai offers packages, where a "valet " sweep" starts of less than 35 yuan (£4).

Staff will hold a ceremony on behalf of the customer

Babaoshan funeral parlour, in Beijing, also offers live Streaming services.

Zhou Weihua, Deputy Director of the parlor, said the Chinese news Agency Xinhua that live-streaming is a Future trend might be.

“Help-customers-sweep tombs and not hold commemorative activities only meets the demand in this particular period of time, but it also offers more opportunities for people to remember their Deceased Family Members in The Future . "

What Wuhan is?

China 3,199 deaths from the coronavirus was reported, with 2,559 of which is in Wuhan, where The First cases recorded at the end of Last Year .

The town is still in a lockout, which is expected to end on 8. April, and the government has announced that cemeteries will remain closed until 30. April.

Wuhan civil affairs department said it would organize the "uniform rules to keep the Staff at the cemeteries, a collective ceremony in honor of The Deceased ".

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Source of news: bbc.com