CCTV News: According to the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, April 5th is the second day of the Qingming Festival holiday, and the number of people who worship in the country has dropped significantly compared with yesterday. According to statistics, on April 5, 62,900 funeral service agencies nationwide provided on-site memorial service, and 377,300 staff participated in the service guarantee work. A total of 13.6422 million people were received on site tomb-sweeping throughout the day, a decrease of 58.69% from yesterday; 3.2651 million vehicles were guided, a decrease of 56.48% from yesterday. Among them, 8.8112 million people chose green and low-carbon methods such as flower memorial service, accounting for 64.59% of the total number of people on-site memorial service; 991 online memorial service platforms serve 220,300 people. A total of 6,887 ashes were buried in various funeral service agencies throughout the day, of which 429 were adopted for ecological burial methods such as sea burial and tree burial, accounting for 6.23% of the total burial number on the same day. Local civil affairs departments and funeral service agencies strictly implement various service guarantee measures, actively carry out convenient and beneficial services, and constantly guide the people to choose civilized and low-carbon worship methods. Up to now, no emergency safety incidents have occurred in funeral service agencies across the country, and the public's memorial activities are safe, stable and orderly.
Tomorrow is the last day of the Qingming Festival holiday, and it is expected that many people in various places will still go out to pay homage. The Ministry of Civil Affairs will continue to pay attention to the memorial service activities in various places, urge and guide local civil affairs departments to strengthen safety management, strengthen guarantee measures, and continue to provide convenient and efficient memorial service to the people. At the same time, we remind the general public to pay attention to local weather changes and traffic conditions information in a timely manner, consciously abide by local memorial requirements, choose staggered trips and civilized low-carbon memorial services, and jointly achieve the goal of safe and clear-headedness.
