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Original title: Sending pain of love to overseas Chinese in Qingming season to pay tribute to the deceased
China News Agency, Beijing, April 4 (Reporter Wu Kan) Today in Ching Ming, the way Chinese and Chinese abroad remember their deceased under the epidemic is different than in previous years. Although they cannot return to their places of origin to worship their ancestors, they use various methods, such as “cloud sacrifice sweep”.
Light an incense stick for deceased relatives, spread the loess into the house, and tell the children the stories of the ancestors … On Qingming Day, Lu Jinlian, President of the Traditional Chinese Culture Association in Zurich, Switzerland, used this method to remember ancestors at home. Although they have lived in Switzerland for many years, worshiping ancestors during the Qingming Festival is still an important annual family activity for the Lu Jinlian family.
“The more we travel, the stronger the nostalgia. In previous years, our family went to Fo Guang Shan, Switzerland, to pay tribute to the deceased. This year, due to the epidemic, we will pay tribute to our deceased at home.” In accordance with custom, they took their children to sweep graves and lay flowers in Qingming, prayed for their deceased relatives in church, or climbed to look into the distance, and asked the floating clouds to bring the wandering pain. to the shoots in the graves of their places of origin.
In Arras, the capital of Calais in northern France, French overseas, Chinese and local politicians flocked to the monument to the Chinese workers of World War I on the eve of the Qingming Festival. During the event, Chinese and French friends jointly read the commemorative speech of Chinese workers in World War I and unveiled a new plaque featuring the actions of Chinese workers to commemorate the contributions of Chinese workers to the victory of the First War. World.
In Malaysia, to prevent the epidemic, the government has formulated strict Qingming Festival sweeping regulations, including the time to sweep the graves in Yishan in 90 minutes, and no more than 6 people in each family sweeping the graves. Malaysian Chinese strictly abide by regulations and simplify grave-sweeping procedures, but the sincerity of ancestor worship remains unchanged.
Zhou Bangjian, a Chinese living in Sitiawan, Perak, Malaysia, went to the Manjung Gutian Cemetery in Perak to sweep his grave on the eve of the Ching Ming Festival. He said that this year only he and his wife went to the cemetery to clean the cemetery, organize the food and sacrifices, and quickly complete the service. “Understand that the measures to limit the number of grave sweepers are for the prevention of epidemics, so we are willing to fulfill and complete the purpose of sweeping the graves.”
In order to provide the public with a more complete understanding of Chinese Ching Ming customs and culture, the Singapore Chinese Cultural Center recently launched a series of online activities to introduce the origin of the Ching Ming Festival and the customs of the cult of Chinese ancestors. Although the government introduced strict regulations for ancestor worship and epidemic prevention, overseas Chinese flocked to public columbariums and Choa Chu Kang cemeteries in Singapore to sweep the graves under the premise of following the rules of prevention of epidemics.
Argentine compatriot Liu Fangyong spoke with his parents in China before Qingming and commissioned them to go to the graves of their ancestors to make sacrifices. “In previous years, I would take the time to return to China during the Qingming Festival and make a special trip back to the countryside to pay tribute to my ancestors. This year, due to the epidemic, I cannot return to China, so I can just ask my parents to go there for them. “
Liu Fangyong told reporters that overseas Chinese in Argentina attach great importance to traditional festivals. Those who cannot return to their hometown at the Ching Ming Festival generally entrust their relatives to sweep the grave on their behalf. “There are also some relatives of overseas Chinese who are buried in Argentina. They will go to the Qingming cemetery to worship and offer a bouquet of flowers, and some Chinese will burn paper money on their balconies in memory of their loved ones.” “
Zhou Jianhong, President of the Qingtian Association in Barcelona, Spain, used the online memorial platform “Cloud Sacrifice”, an online memorial platform for Zhejiang people abroad from Qingming, to express his thoughts for the dead relatives. through offerings of clouds, aroma of clouds. , cloud candles and writing messages.
In order to meet the overseas Chinese slaughter and sweeping needs during the epidemic, many overseas Chinese cities have launched “cloud slaughter sweeping” and “representative sweeping” services. Jiangmen opened an online slaughter and sweep platform, many cemeteries in Foshan launched services such as the free offering of flowers and sweeps, and Fuzhou opened an online sacrifice sweep platform for the “Ching Ming Monument.”
“This slaughtering and sweeping method meets the needs of the large number of Chinese abroad to express their thoughts, and it is environmentally friendly and environmentally friendly, and is not restricted by time and space.” Zhou Jianhong said that due to the epidemic, he has not returned to his hometown for two years and has paid tribute to the “cloud”. Relieve the feeling of missing your loved ones. (End up)
