In the Qingming Dynasty this year, all funeral service places in our city implemented methods such as making appointments to sweep tombs and sweeping civilized sacrifices
Statistics from the Civil Affairs Bureau show that since the opening of the online reservation, the number of people booking the festival sweep in the city has exceeded 60,000, of which April 3 to 5 will be the peak of the festival sweep.
Reservation process Poke ☞ Qingyuan this year's Qingming Festival sweep requires an appointment!
In addition, the Qingyuan Guangdong Transport Bus Company will open and encrypt the Qingming Festival Sweeping Cemetery Bus Line to and from various cemeteries in the city from this week.
The festival requires an appointment to measure the temperature, and fireworks are prohibited
At about 10:00 a.m. on March 28, the reporter came to the Qingyuan City Xiaolongshan Cemetery located in Dongcheng Street, Qingcheng District, and set up a sign at the entrance of the cemetery to remind the four types of personnel not to participate in the festival sweeping activities, at the same time, the cemetery staff guided the people who came to the festival sweep, wore masks, checked body temperature, showed the sacrifice sweep appointment code, and entered the cemetery in an orderly manner, and there was no long-term congestion at the entrance of the cemetery.
The cemetery is quiet and solemn, and there are banners in conspicuous places that read, "Fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited, and the new fashion of civilized worship trees" is hung, and most of the worshippers bring their own sacrifices to commemorate relatives and send mourning, including many people holding flowers. Many citizens believe that the use of flowers to sacrifice is both civilized and environmentally friendly, and it can also be used to mourn the death of relatives.
"Fireworks and firecrackers are not allowed at this year's festival, but incense candles, offerings, etc. can be placed." According to the staff of the cemetery, considering the needs of the public to have flower offerings, a flower sales point has also been set up in the park. The cleaning staff said that in recent years, it is obvious that the number of flower festivals has been increasing, and their cleaning workload has also decreased.
The cemetery staff said that the average daily flow of the cemetery is 24,000 people, and the time periods that can be reserved every day are 7:00-10:00, 10:00-13:00, and 13:00-16:00, and each time period is limited to 8,000 people. According to preliminary statistics, on the 27th and 28th, the cemetery received about 10,000 people, and it is expected that more than 20,000 people will enter the garden on the day of the Qingming Festival.
The downtown area opened a special bus line for the Qingming Festival sweeping cemetery
Qingming is coming, in order to facilitate the public to sweep the tomb, Qingyuan Guangdong Transport Bus Company will open and encrypt the Qingming Festival Sweeping Cemetery Bus Line to and from the cemeteries in the city from this week. The Qingming Line implements a segmented charging system for unmanned ticketing, and supports all kinds of bus ride cards, preferential cards, mobile phone payments, and UnionPay payments.
To Qingyuan City, you can take the No. 206 bus Ximentang to Shengping, running from 06:30 to 17:40, the whole fare is 8 yuan (segmented fee), 60 buses on weekdays, increased to 72 during the Qingming period, 202 North Station to Jinjin, the running time is 06:15 to 18:50, the whole fare is 4 yuan (segmented fee), 42 buses run on weekdays, and increase to 54 departures during the Qingming period.
To Qingyuan Yiyuan Cemetery (formerly Zhonghua Cemetery), you can take the 223 Ximentang to Yuantan (Yinying Line), running from 07:00 to 17:30, the whole fare is 6 yuan (segmented charges), running 6 times.
In addition, Qingyuan Guangdong Transport passenger station Qingming period long-distance tickets have been sold, the public can pay attention to the Qingyuan Yueyun WeChat public account to buy Qingming small holiday travel round-trip tickets in advance online, after the success of the order, the mobile phone will receive a notification SMS of successful ticket purchase.
Qingyuan Guangdong Transport reminds that the Qingming Special Line will strictly implement disinfection and epidemic prevention measures, please rest assured to ride. During the ride, please consciously wear a mask, do a good job of personal protection, and cooperate with the driver and passengers in epidemic prevention and guidance.
It is expected that the number of people to worship during the Qingming holiday will reach its peak
This year, the city's Qingming Festival sweeping service reception day is from March 19 to April 12. According to the Statistics of the Civil Affairs Bureau, as of now, more than 60,000 people in the city have made online reservations, and the peak of the festival will appear on April 3-5. The Civil Affairs Bureau reminds the public to arrange the time for the festival sweep reasonably, to make the wrong time for the festival sweep, and to choose to take public transportation as much as possible to avoid crowd congestion.
This year's Qingming Festival sweep is divided into two types of reservation methods: First, online reservation. Citizens can pay attention to the "Qingyuan Release" or "Qingyuan Daily" WeChat public account and fill in the relevant information to make an appointment. The second is to make a reservation by phone. Members of the public can make telephone reservations through the funeral service telephone number announced by the funeral service agency.
There are also funeral service agencies that provide online worship and intercession services. Among them, the sacrificial service of Xiaolongshan Cemetery is performed by the staff by writing messages and offering flowers. "At present, only a few daimyōs have been received." Hou Zhixi analyzed that it is a Qingming tradition to be cautious and finally chasing the distance, coupled with the closure of the cemetery during the Qingming Period last year, it is estimated that many citizens will choose to perform on-site sacrifices this year.
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Source: Qingyuan Daily
Written by: Huang Huizhen He Fan
Edit: Luo Lu
Proofreader: Cai Shuo
Editor: Fan Wolf, Wang Keying
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