A group of new employees have arrived at Changsha Mingyangshan Funeral Home.
At first glance, this group of young people in black uniforms blended into the solemn atmosphere of the funeral home, making them inconspicuous. Looking closer, these young faces born in 1995 and 2000 are already distributed in various positions, providing professional etiquette services to everyone who walks into the funeral home with complex emotions.
Are the salaries in the funeral industry high? Do relatives have any taboos? What are your future career plans? On the eve of Qingming Festival, the reporter walked into Changsha Mingyangshan Funeral Home and chatted with these young funeral practitioners about their daily work.
△Mingyangshan Funeral Home. When it was built, it was planned to be a garden-style sacrificial place.
Boys and girls who specialize in broadcasting and performance have found new careers in funeral parlors
On February 3 this year, the Changsha Funeral and Burial Affairs Center issued a recruitment notice, open to the public for recruitment positions including emcee, scrivener, etiquette, decoration, etc. of 27 staff members. Li Zhijie, a boy born in 1998, and Peng Qiqi, a girl born in 2000, saw this announcement and got a slightly special new job - master of ceremonies in the auditorium.
△The master of ceremonies is leading newcomers to practice and familiarize themselves with the work process.
"In the beginning, my elders encouraged me to apply after seeing the recruitment announcement, and my first reaction was that I was very surprised." Peng Qiqi told reporters that she graduated from Tianjin Normal University with a major in acting and had never understood the funeral industry. . Her family members were relatively open-minded, and her grandfather, father, and boyfriend expressed their support one after another and took turns doing her ideological work, so she decided to give it a try.
In order to prepare for the exam, Peng Qiqi searched a lot of funeral-related information on the Internet and learned about the working environment of a funeral parlor. "I just discovered that looking at this industry through colored glasses is really because I don't understand and am unfamiliar with it." Peng Qiqi said that on the first day she came to work, she was truly impressed by the work content.
The master of ceremonies position generally adopts the model of old and new. Peng Qiqi, who has just arrived, can only attend the farewell ceremony with the master and learn from it. The first farewell she saw was for a man who was dying of cancer. When the master's voice rang out and told the audience about the scene where the deceased had dinner and fished with his relatives, Peng Qiqi burst into tears.
"Master's voice is very steady and conveys full of emotion. Not to mention that relatives will feel sad, even if I have no contact with the deceased, I feel particularly sad. This is indeed something I need to study hard." Peng Qiqi said, She had some hosting experience when she was in college, and originally thought that hosting would be an easier job for her to start. "Now I find that what is more important to me is to learn how to take good care of the emotions of the family members and become familiar with the ceremony process more quickly."
△Peng Qiqi (left, in black) and her colleagues listen to the master of ceremonies in the Wynn Hall host.
Li Zhijie is also from Hunan and graduated from Guizhou Normal University majoring in broadcasting and hosting. After graduating from college, he worked in electrical appliance sales for a while, always traveling around. Because he is getting married to his girlfriend soon, he is becoming more and more interested in finding a stable job.
"When I came for the interview, my father sent me here. He and I looked at the working environment together, and after understanding it, I had no worries." Li Zhijie said that even during the interview, the interviewer would also ask about his family members. the opinion of.
Currently, Li Zhijie has officially been at work for more than ten days. In his opinion, the work intensity and pressure of the master of ceremonies in the hall are easier than before, and the salary is acceptable. "I have regained a little sense of accomplishment. Hosting is indeed a job that I love very much." He said with a smile that even though his schedule is not heavy yet, he has already adapted very well.
htmlThe undertaker in 1999 was shocked when he came into contact with the fallen body for the first time.
html Zhao Kai, a boy in 1999, was an apprentice undertaker at Mingyangshan Funeral Home.Zhao Kai studied at the Funeral College of Changsha Civil Affairs Vocational and Technical College, and came to Mingyang Mountain for an internship in his junior year. “The short-term goal is to pass the funeral home’s recruitment exam and become a full-time employee when I graduate in June this year,” he told reporters.
△Zhao Kai is cleaning up the face of the deceased.
Choosing to work as an embalmer was actually a coincidence for Zhao Kai. At the time of the internship interview, the students’ employment direction has not yet been determined. But Zhao Kai, who had 2 years of experience in enlisting in the army, was chosen at a glance by Squad Leader Liang of the mortuary class. "Maybe he thinks those who have served in the military are more capable of enduring hardships and are more courageous." Zhao Kai laughed twice. His master, Ban Zhang Liang, has been an embalmer for more than ten years and was also a soldier before coming into contact with this industry.
△The workshop of the dressing class where Zhao Kai works.
There are a total of 16 mortuaries in the mortuary class, but not all of them can independently complete the mortuary work, especially the mortuary work of the remains of abnormal deaths. Zhao Kai, who is still a newcomer, basically comes into contact with corpses with intact limbs, but there are times when he is deeply impressed.
"It was a person who fell from a building. From the front, everything looked normal. When I turned him over and changed his clothes, I found a big hole in the deceased's back, and the internal organs inside were clearly visible. I was really shocked. Jump." Young Zhao Kai recalled it quite vividly and used his hand to indicate the location of the hole on his body. "So I and the master sewed up his back together before we could continue the work."
Squad Leader Liang continued: "This is not very special. I have encountered a person who fell from a high height before and suffered physical injuries. It was so serious that it took more than ten hours just to sew, and you had to squat on the ground to sew, and you couldn't do it on a cart." Zhao Kai nodded in agreement. Although there are only a few simple descriptions, the actual operations test the care and patience of the undertaker.
△The basement floor of Mingyangshan Funeral Home.
The mortician is a very mysterious profession to outsiders and is the profession that has the most contact with the deceased. Most of the time, Zhao Kai and his colleagues stayed in the workshop on the basement floor of the funeral home. The structure of Mingyangshan Funeral Home is as follows - the activities of the living are on the ground, and the transportation and care of the deceased are underground.
"Actually, my family is a bit reluctant to accept this career. My brother-in-law always advises me to change my career. I can only slowly change their minds." Zhao Kai said.
is about to graduate, and Zhao Kai, who grew up in Shanxi, has finalized his future plans - to live and work in peace and contentment in Changsha. In his opinion, Mingyangshan Funeral Home can be regarded as a big platform in the national funeral industry; after further discussion with his girlfriend, Changsha's consumption level is relatively friendly to young people among new first-tier cities. "After that, I hope to continue to improve my work skills here, emulate the outstanding seniors in the industry, and provide a better life for my family." Zhao Kai said.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zeng Yuxuan
△Zhao Kai is cleaning up the face of the deceased.
Choosing to work as an embalmer was actually a coincidence for Zhao Kai. At the time of the internship interview, the students’ employment direction has not yet been determined. But Zhao Kai, who had 2 years of experience in enlisting in the army, was chosen at a glance by Squad Leader Liang of the mortuary class. "Maybe he thinks those who have served in the military are more capable of enduring hardships and are more courageous." Zhao Kai laughed twice. His master, Ban Zhang Liang, has been an embalmer for more than ten years and was also a soldier before coming into contact with this industry.
△The workshop of the dressing class where Zhao Kai works.
There are a total of 16 mortuaries in the mortuary class, but not all of them can independently complete the mortuary work, especially the mortuary work of the remains of abnormal deaths. Zhao Kai, who is still a newcomer, basically comes into contact with corpses with intact limbs, but there are times when he is deeply impressed.
"It was a person who fell from a building. From the front, everything looked normal. When I turned him over and changed his clothes, I found a big hole in the deceased's back, and the internal organs inside were clearly visible. I was really shocked. Jump." Young Zhao Kai recalled it quite vividly and used his hand to indicate the location of the hole on his body. "So I and the master sewed up his back together before we could continue the work."
Squad Leader Liang continued: "This is not very special. I have encountered a person who fell from a high height before and suffered physical injuries. It was so serious that it took more than ten hours just to sew, and you had to squat on the ground to sew, and you couldn't do it on a cart." Zhao Kai nodded in agreement. Although there are only a few simple descriptions, the actual operations test the care and patience of the undertaker.
△The basement floor of Mingyangshan Funeral Home.
The mortician is a very mysterious profession to outsiders and is the profession that has the most contact with the deceased. Most of the time, Zhao Kai and his colleagues stayed in the workshop on the basement floor of the funeral home. The structure of Mingyangshan Funeral Home is as follows - the activities of the living are on the ground, and the transportation and care of the deceased are underground.
"Actually, my family is a bit reluctant to accept this career. My brother-in-law always advises me to change my career. I can only slowly change their minds." Zhao Kai said.
is about to graduate, and Zhao Kai, who grew up in Shanxi, has finalized his future plans - to live and work in peace and contentment in Changsha. In his opinion, Mingyangshan Funeral Home can be regarded as a big platform in the national funeral industry; after further discussion with his girlfriend, Changsha's consumption level is relatively friendly to young people among new first-tier cities. "After that, I hope to continue to improve my work skills here, emulate the outstanding seniors in the industry, and provide a better life for my family." Zhao Kai said.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zeng Yuxuan
