The first women's body cremation class was set up in Ji'nan
among all the departed persons, the body cremate is the guardian of the last stop of life. For many years, cremation classes in Ji'nan are all male. The funeral parlour in Ji'nan recently set up the first cremation class for women's remains. On the 17 day, the reporter followed Zhang Fenglian, the squad leader of the women's cremation class, to experience the zero distance contact with death.
17 12:30, the reporter came to Ji'nan funeral home, women cremation class members have begun busy work. In the cremation workshop, the 24 hour duty system is carried out, but according to the custom of Ji'nan, the family members of the dead generally choose the remains of the deceased after 12 points, and from 12 to 15 a day is the peak of the cremation. Reporters dressed in work clothes, wearing hats and masks, followed their creators to experience their work.
42 year old Zhang Fenglian and two other women cremation classes are currently responsible for the deployment of cremation stoves and cremation boxes after cremation. As the remains were transported from the farewell hall to the cremation workshop, Zhang Fenglian appeared calm in the face of the cold corpse. According to the information on the documents, it was registered on the record table one by one and then the cremation furnace was started. When the remains are cremated, check the data records again and confirm the cremation. "Each deceased has different constitution and cremation time, averaging about forty or fifty minutes." After the ashes came out, Zhang Fenglian and his colleagues checked the information again, carefully collecting ashes and putting them into the urn. In this process, Zhang Fenglian has been instructed that the movement must be very light, the delivery of the bone ash box must be stable, hands to the family, "this detail is to express the care of the living and respect for the dead, not to be ignored at all."
the outdoor temperature in March was still a little cool, but as soon as the room at room temperature was close to 40 degrees, the reporter felt the temperature "straight up". Several stoves went back and forth a few times, and the sweat came out. Zhang Fenglian said that the hardest part is summer. When the hottest time is, the highest temperature in the workshop can reach 50 degrees.
it is understood that the funeral parlour in Ji'nan has about 8000 cremation cremation a year. Choosing this job means paying the price that ordinary people can not imagine. Besides the hardships of the environment, there are also pressures from society and even family members. A member of the women's cremation class, who did not want to be named, said that she had never mentioned her situation with her friends, and that she seldom took part in the wedding and was afraid of other people's taboo.
"my father is an old employee in the funeral parlour, and I have received education from" fear of life and death "as a child. Zhang Fenglian said the greatest touch of the job was the compassion for her life. "It's sad to see some young people even the body of their children, especially some young people who have ended their lives." Life is alive, no matter how beautiful it is before life. After death, it is a handful of bones. Everyone here is equal. When people are alive, they should know how to cherish life and love life.
at the end of the experience, the reporters found that they did not say good-bye.