Source: Beijing Daily
Original title: Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on the second day of Qingming Holiday
On the second day of the Qingming Festival, the city’s 231 ritual and sweeping sites received a total of 285,000 worshippers, a decrease of 15.7% compared with the first day of the Qingming holiday, but still higher than the first two peak days in 2022. On that day, 10,240 people came to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, the largest number of tomb-sweeping sites in the city.
On April 4, the weather was partly cloudy, the temperature was suitable, and the air quality was good, making it suitable for travel. The Qingming Festival has always been the most popular time for the festival sweeper. In order to do a good job in the service guarantee work on peak days, all cemetery staff will be suspended and work in advance. In the Futian Cemetery, at 6 am, people with flowers in their arms entered the garden for sacrifice. At the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, 60 volunteers took up their posts that day, responsible for the distribution of free flowers and the maintenance of environmental order. It is understood that during the Qingming Festival and Sweeping Peak Day, at least 60 volunteers will be on duty every day at the revolutionary cemetery while all employees are on duty.
According to statistics, the top five grave-sweeping sites for the number of people who entered the park that day were: Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery (10,240 people), Babaoshan People’s Cemetery (8,707 people), and Jingyun Cemetery (7723) On the second day of the Qingming Festival, the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery was sacrificed. The largest crowd), Badaling People’s Cemetery (6523 people), Tianci Cemetery (6421 people). On April 5, the Qingming Festival, the city will usher in the last peak day of the Qingming Festival in 2022. According to statistics, 141,000 people have made reservations for ritual sweeping at 68 large-scale grave sweeping sites in the city.
Since the launch of the Qingming Festival Sweeping Service Reception Day in 2022, funeral service agencies in the city have received nearly 2 million people in total, and the number of worship services has exceeded last year. During the 17 days from March 19 to April 4, various funeral service agencies in the city have received a total of 1,994,722 worshippers. (Wang Qipeng Yao Jing)
