Tomorrow, Ching Ming Festival! National condolences, flags flowed at half-mast!

Ching Ming Festival, also known as Outing Qing Festival, Xingqing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, etc., the festival is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-sweeping Festival originated from ancient ancestor beliefs and spring rituals. It has two connotations of nature and humanity. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival. Tomb-sweeping to worship the ancestors and outings and outings are the two major etiquette themes of the Ching Ming Festival. These two traditional etiquette themes have been passed down in China since ancient times and continue to this day. In order to express the deep condolences of the people of all ethnic groups across the country for the sacrifice of martyrs and compatriots who died in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the State Council issued a notice today, deciding to hold a national mourning event on April 4, 2020. During this period, the national and foreign embassies and consulates lowered their flags to mourn, and public entertainment activities were suspended throughout the country. Starting at 10 o'clock on April 4, people across the country observed a three-minute silence. Cars, trains, and ships sounded their horns, and air defense sirens sounded. Every martyr who sacrificed for us should be remembered by us, Wang Bing, Feng Xiaolin, Jiang Xueqing, Liu Zhiming, Li Wenliang, Zhang Kangmei, Xiao Jun, Wu Yong, Liu Fan, Xia Sisi, Huang Wenjun, Mei Zhongming, Peng Yinhua, Liao Jianjun, etc. On March 14th, the 'Notice on Doing a Good Job in Sacrifice and Sweeping for the Ching Ming Festival in 2020' was released, which proposed to strengthen the guidance of zoning and classification: high-risk areas may temporarily postpone the opening of funeral and interment service institutions to provide sacrifice and sweep services, and suspend the organization of collective sacrifices and sweeps. . In low- and medium-risk areas, places with a high concentration of ashes (placement), relatively closed indoor ceremonial and sweeping places, and service items that are prone to gathering people may not be opened or opened later. At present, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Zhengzhou and other provinces and cities have proposed to suspend on-site sacrifice and sweeping activities. For example, Beijing implements reservation flow restriction, opening online reservations and telephone reservations; Hangzhou's larger cemeteries implement first appointments and then sacrifice sweeps, and each tomb is limited to about 3 people; Shandong explicitly suspends group sacrifice sweeps, and strictly implements appointment sacrifices. Scan and wait. In addition, Jiangsu Zhenjiang, Nanjing and other regions have also introduced measures such as cloud sacrifice sweeping. At the moment, the epidemic has not completely ended, and the Qingming Festival is coming soon. Sticking to the traditional method of sacrifice and sweeping will only increase the risk of contracting new coronary pneumonia. Taking good care of your own protection and ensuring your health is the best comfort for the deceased. Academician Zhong Nanshan has also made it clear that the epidemic will be fully controlled until at least the end of April. For everyone's safety and in order to preserve the hard-won anti-epidemic results, please suspend all Qingming festival sweeping activities in 2020!