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Life is a happy event for the whole family, but death is a taboo thing for everyone.
In the eyes of Wu Jinna, the undertaker, death is something that everyone needs to face, and it should be treated with due respect just like life.
Since stepping into the industry, Wu Jinna has been working with corpses every day, processing up to 5,000 corpses a year.
Everyone around her didn't understand her decision, and even her mother felt that she was covered with bad luck and didn't want to touch her hands for many years.
But Wu Jinna is the only one who believes that it was this job that gave her a purpose in life and taught her how to respect a deceased person.
So why did Wu Jinna insist on stepping into this industry in the first place, and is she married now?
(The information in this article is from official media, and it has been repeated at the end)
A profession that is not understood
It is said that in front of any profession, as long as you do not break the law and do not violate the moral bottom line, and rely on your own hands to earn money, you should be given corresponding respect.
But Wu Jinna, who is an undertaker, has never been recognized by the people around her, and "mildew" is a label that hangs on her all year round.
Once something unpleasant happened at home, Wu Jinna became the "culprit", even if the relatives didn't say it, the disgust in their eyes stabbed Wu Jinna more than once.
She can choose to ignore the strange eyes of these relatives and friends, but the dislike of her biological mother is the last straw that crushes her.
What impressed Wu Jinna the most was a festival to worship the gods at home, when she also returned to her home to worship together.
It's just that before starting, the mischievous children of relatives accidentally knocked the fruit on the worship table to the ground, and Wu Jinna hurriedly picked up the fruit on the ground and put it away.
Just as she turned around and sat down, her mother quickly replaced the pot of fruit with a new one, and the whole process was carried out in front of Wu Jinna's eyes.
At first, she didn't understand why the good fruit had suddenly changed, and she didn't react when she looked down at her hands.
It turned out that her mother felt that her hands were not clean, and the things she touched were dirty, and it was ungodly to worship the gods with such fruits.
This is her first year as an undertaker, and it is also the year that has suffered the most rumors, Wu Jinna knows that others do not understand this profession, but she chooses to take this path, and she is ready to be ostracized.
When she got close to the body of the deceased for the first time, completed the grooming and bathing of the deceased independently for the first time, and received the grateful eyes from the deceased's family for the first time, she felt that she had chosen the wrong path.
And what prompted her to embark on the profession of mortuary was not a sudden whim, it was an incident that happened to her many years ago, which became the regret of her life, but the mortuary gave her this opportunity to make up for her regrets...
The mortuary gave her life
When Wu Jinna was in junior high school, in addition to her parents and grandfather, her aunt was the one she loved the most.
At that time, my parents were busy with work, and my grandfather was old, so many times my aunt came to take care of them at home, and it was these years of getting along that made the relationship between them deeper.
But the advent of a car accident made Wu Jinna lose her aunt forever, and she didn't even see her aunt for the last time at that time.
Because the speed of the car was too fast, her aunt's face was ruined and it was difficult to distinguish, and Wu Jinna, who was only in her early 10s at the time, was too young for her parents to let her see her aunt.
It wasn't until her aunt was pushed into the cremation oven with the coffin that Wu Jinna found out that she had completely lost her aunt, and her dedication to the last side also made her regret it for half her life.
When the profession of mortuary was known to Wu Jinna, she made up her mind to become an excellent undertaker.
Because she knows the heartache of losing her loved ones, and she also knows that everyone wants to say goodbye to their relatives for the last time, it is decent, so she wants to use this way to make up for her regrets.
This was her initial idea, but as she became more aware of this profession, she understood the meaning of its existence.
The most impressive time for her was when she was studying and working in Japan, and she was working on a restoration for a girl who was only 14 years old.
At that time, Wu Jinna was already a very professional and well-known mortuary, so many special and complex cases would be handed over to her.
Before opening the coffin, everyone told her to be mentally prepared, even with such a reminder, Wu Jinna was still startled the moment she opened it, and the girl's face was almost unrecognizable.
It was a day when the girl had just arrived in Japan to prepare for the fencing competition ten days later, but no one expected that a flying car accident would cost her life forever.
Wu Jinna, who came back to her senses, looked at the photos of the girl before her death, and her heart was mixed, she knew that the process of helping the girl to be embalmed and repaired was very complicated, but the only thing she could do at this moment was to get the best repair of the girl's body and face.
Wu Jinna was heartbroken and regretful during the whole process, whether it was the process of bathing, stitching, and bone fighting, she was careful.
In the end, it took eight hours for the girl's face and body to be restored to the maximum extent, and when her body appeared in front of her family again, everyone couldn't help but cry out loud.
After the farewell ceremony, the girl's grandmother held Wu Jinna's hands tightly, and said with tears in her eyes:
"In a few years, I will leave the aftermath of my bathing and embalming to you"
For Wu Jinna, this moment is the greatest recognition given to her by others, and it also makes her more determined to go on this road.
Entrepreneurship: Never regret it
After working as an undertaker in Japan for ten years, Wu Jinna decided to return to China with her team and technology, and she wanted to break the stereotype of people's thinking about the profession and what happened after death.
She wants to tell everyone that the death of a loved one should not be a taboo thing, everyone will come to the end of their life, but the farewell to their loved ones should be decent.
In order to show the greatest respect to the deceased, she carefully arranges every step of all mortuary training.
The rules in many industries are not wrong at all, such as saying goodbye to the family of the deceased after the end, and the word "goodbye" cannot be used, which is a kind of respect for the family of the deceased.
When contacting the deceased, the whole bathing process is not like bathing ordinary people, and the precautions are meticulous to every step.
If a certain step is not in place, it will either cause the body to spasm and suddenly twitch, or the body of the deceased will be accidentally damaged.
For the family, every scar on the body of the loved one will make them feel extremely heartache.
When Wu Jinna was an intern, she bathed the deceased for the first time, but because her technique was not gentle and skillful enough, she accidentally rubbed off a piece of the deceased's hair, and she felt guilty for a long time that time, and she couldn't let go.
Since then, she has not dared to be sloppy once, prudence is the first priority in her job, and the second is to be patient enough to follow every rule of the industry.
When touching the body of the deceased, they are not allowed to touch it directly with their hands, especially after an hour after their death, and even their relatives cannot easily touch it.
Because from the first second after death, the body of the deceased will continue to change, and at this moment, a large number of bacteria will appear, and once contacted, it is easy to become infected.
After death, although the body looks stiff, it is actually very fragile, and the mortuary must be extra careful during the whole process.
The whole process of bathing takes more than an hour, sometimes even longer, but for many years she has kept her charge at about 1,500 yuan, which is an acceptable price range for many family members.
After so many years in this industry, Wu Jinna has already come into contact with more than 70,000 corpses, and more and more people understand her during this period, but there are still many people who can't accept it.
She knew what death and contact with the dead were in most people's minds, so for so many years, she never went to other people's weddings, not because she looked down on the work she did.
It's that she respects those who don't understand her, but she will do it for the rest of her life as a mortuary, even if everyone keeps her away, she won't change her mind.
Today, Wu Jinna not only runs a funeral service company, but also met a husband who understands and supports her, and has given birth to a lovely child.
When someone asked whether she would let her children inherit this career, Wu Jinna said very calmly that she would respect her children's wishes, but she would also tell her that this industry is not cold.
Its existence is not only to let the family and the deceased say goodbye to the deceased, but also to allow the deceased to leave this world with dignity.
Resources:
Liaoning Satellite TV: The undertaker tells the most unforgettable experience in the industry, and spends eight hours repairing the little girl in kendo丨There is a protagonist invited
Please invite the protagonist: The mortuary: The family dislikes the bad luck of entering the mortuary, and wears isolation gowns to watch the ceremony丨 Please invite the protagonist