Appointments for tomb sweeping in Beijing start today! Where to make an appointment? How to operate? Attached is the specific time for appointment acceptance!

Qingming Festival is a traditional festival for commemorating ancestors and expressing grief. This year's Qingming Festival falls at a critical period in the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. In order to provide good tomb-sweeping services under the epidemic prevention and control situation, Beijing has started accepting appointments for tomb-sweeping from today. Where can I make an appointment? The specific appointment acceptance time is as follows:

1. Where can I make an appointment for tomb sweeping in Beijing?

1. Appointments for tomb sweeping in Beijing can be made through the Civil Affairs Bureau’s WeChat public account and funeral agency phone calls. The time is from 7:00 to 16:00, and appointments are divided into 9 time periods. Whether the reservation is made online or by phone, the number of people visiting each tomb per day shall not exceed 3. People returning to Beijing from other places or from abroad who have not been in home quarantine for 14 days cannot make an appointment.

2. Starting from 12:00 today, the city will officially begin accepting reservations for Qingming Festival tomb sweeping. The reservation acceptance period is from March 19 to April 11, and reservations for the next day's tomb sweeping will be stopped after 15:00 p.m. on the same day.

3. Citizens who have successfully made an appointment must arrive at the cemetery entrance to queue up according to the appointment time, actively show the appointment code (number), undergo identity verification and temperature testing, and those with abnormal temperature will not be allowed to enter the park. Those who visit the tombs must wear masks throughout the process, strictly observe order, and consciously obey the diversion guidance of the staff.

4. After completing the tomb sweeping, please leave the park in time and do not stay in the cemetery. Li Quanxi reminded that if you really need to go to the site to sweep the graves, please try to avoid the peak days and peak times of sweeping graves during the Qingming Festival, and bring your own sweeping and cleaning supplies.

Regarding the possible situation where there is no appointment for Qingming Festival, Li Quanxi said that during the Qingming Festival this year, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic and ensure the safety and order of people's tomb sweeping, those without an appointment will not be allowed to go there. If you are unable to make an appointment within the appointment acceptance period, please wait until the epidemic is over before going to pay respects to the deceased. We hope that the general public will understand during this special period.

The Beijing Municipal Party Committee's Social Work Committee and the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau invited Comrade Li Quanxi, deputy commander-in-chief of the Municipal Qingming Temporary Command and second-level inspector of the Municipal Party Committee's Social Work Committee and the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, to answer questions related to the Qingming Festival that are of concern to the general public.

1. In view of this year's epidemic prevention and control situation and people's demand for tomb sweeping, what suggestions do you have for people's tomb sweeping methods?

Li Quanxi: In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, we urge the general public to "memorialize rationally and sweep the graves in a civilized manner" and try not to go to cemeteries or columbariums to pay homage in person. Instead, choose new ways of memorializing at home, sweeping the graves online, and sweeping the graves on behalf of others as much as possible. You can also visit the graves after the epidemic is over. There is no time limit for commemorating your loved ones, and we will also provide you with thoughtful services. For people who really need to visit the site to pay homage during the epidemic, a new model of appointment registration and time-limited flow control will be implemented. This is an effective way to limit the gathering of people. We ask for the understanding and support of the general public.

2. How to log in to the Qingming Festival online memorial service platform? What tomb-sweeping functions can be provided?

Li Quanxi: In order to reduce the risk of epidemic transmission caused by tomb-sweeping trips, we have developed an online tomb-sweeping service platform to help citizens realize their wishes to pay tribute to their loved ones and express their grief. Citizens can log in to the Capital Window, the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau or the official website of each district government, click on the "Online Tomb-Sweeping Day" topic, select the object of memorial, fill in the message person, select the memorial message, select the memorial items such as flowers, candles, incense, and wine, click Submit, enter the content page to view, and complete the online memorial.

3. How to make an appointment for tomb-sweeping service? What services are provided?

Li Quanxi: In order to facilitate the people and more effectively prevent and control the epidemic, various funeral service agencies will provide tomb-sweeping services on behalf of the general public. Citizens can click on “Tomb Sweeping Reservation” in the “Beijing Social Construction and Civil Affairs” WeChat public account to enter the “Beijing Unified Identity Authentication Platform”. After passing the real-name authentication, the system will automatically jump to the homepage of the "Tomb Sweeping Reservation Service System", click "Tomb Sweeping on Behalf of Others", read the "Tomb Sweeping on Behalf of Others Instructions", and then click the "Tomb Sweeping on Behalf of Others" button below to enter the tomb sweeping on behalf of others information filling page and apply for the tomb sweeping service provided by the cemetery. Click Submit Appointment, and the page will generate an acceptance number after the application is successful. The cemetery can provide basic services such as cleaning and wiping tombstones and laying flowers free of charge. Other service requests can be agreed upon with the cemetery.

4. All funeral service units in the city implement "appointment-based tomb sweeping" during the Qingming Festival. How to make an appointment and how to operate it?

Li Quanxi: There are two ways to make reservations for tomb sweeping: online and by phone. Both methods will be available at 12:00 on March 19. To make an online reservation, citizens can click on "Tomb Sweeping Reservation" in the "Beijing Social Construction and Civil Affairs" WeChat public account to enter the "Beijing Unified Identity Authentication Platform." After passing the real-name authentication, the system will automatically jump to the homepage of the "Tomb Sweeping Reservation Service System". After clicking "Tomb Sweeping Reservation", first read the "Reservation Instructions" and then click the "Reservation" button below to fill in the reservation information. After the person making the reservation has filled in all the reservation information, click "I promise that the above information is true and valid", and then click the "Submit Reservation" button to complete the tomb-sweeping reservation. The system will automatically generate a QR code, which will be presented for inspection when entering the park for tomb-sweeping.

Citizens can make reservations by phone through the reservation phone numbers published by various funeral service agencies, truthfully inform their personal name, mobile phone number, number of people traveling with them, method of travel, date and time of tomb sweeping, and the agency will give them a reservation number, which will be verified upon entry. Citizens can enter after their temperature is tested normal. The reservation acceptance period is from March 19 to April 11, 2020. Reservations for the next day's tomb sweeping will be stopped after 15:00 in the afternoon of the same day. If the selected time is full, please select another time.

5. Can I go to the tomb-sweeping ceremony without making an appointment? Can I still go to the tomb sweeping ceremony without making an appointment?

Li Quanxi: During the Qingming Festival this year, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic and ensure the safety and order of people's tomb sweeping, people without an appointment are not allowed to go there. If you are unable to make an appointment within the appointment acceptance period, please wait until the epidemic is over before going to pay respects to the deceased. We hope that the general public will understand during this special period.

6. Are all cemeteries and tomb-sweeping sites owned by funeral service agencies in the city open due to the epidemic? How are the opening hours for tomb sweeping determined? Can I visit the memorial shrine during holidays?

Li Quanxi: Although affected by the epidemic this year, all 223 cemeteries and tomb-sweeping sites belonging to the city's funeral service agencies are open to the general public for tomb-sweeping. The cemeteries and tomb-sweeping sites will provide memorial services from March 21 to April 12, 2020, from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily, with no holidays.

7. In order to strengthen epidemic prevention and control and prevent crowds of people from visiting graves, what specific measures have the various cemeteries and tomb-sweeping sites taken?

Li Quanxi: In order to reduce the gathering of people, we make reservations in 9 time periods from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. Regardless of whether each citizen makes an appointment online or by phone, the number of people who visit each tomb per day shall not exceed 3. People returning to Beijing from other places or from abroad who have not been in home quarantine for 14 days cannot make an appointment. Citizens who have successfully made an appointment must arrive at the cemetery entrance and queue up according to the appointment time, actively show the appointment code (number), undergo identity verification and temperature testing, and those with abnormal temperature will not be allowed to enter the park. Those who visit the tombs must wear masks throughout the process, strictly observe order, and consciously obey the diversion guidance of the staff. After completing the memorial ceremony, please leave the park in time and do not linger in the cemetery. Here we would like to remind the general public that if you really need to visit the site to pay homage to the dead, please try to avoid the peak days and peak times during the Qingming Festival, and bring your own tomb-sweeping and cleaning supplies.