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Original: Tan Mintao
Here, death is just a number, and in the early stages of the epidemic, those who died because they couldn't get tested were not even numbers.
Spring flowers are blooming, but some people are forever stuck in winter.
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The weather forecast says that on March 26th, Wuhan will be cloudy with light rain.
Under the dark clouds, the sky in Wuhan is gloomy. At the HanKou Funeral Home, family members are lining up to collect the ashes. There is no mourning, no crying. When someone tries to take a photo with their phone, someone immediately stops them.
The sporadic photos taken are being spread on social media, and then they are deleted and restricted.
Some people ask, why can the photos of coffins in Italy and Spain be spread as usual, but the photos of HanKou Funeral Home are deleted? No one gives an explanation, no one gives an answer.
In this way, all we can see are the sporadic photos of HanKou Funeral Home, accusing the sadness and speaking of the desolation.
Today, someone posted a picture on Weibo with the caption: "The entrance of Wuhan Funeral Home is filled with people waiting to collect the ashes."
But soon, the picture was deleted.
A girl from Wuhan said: "Why is it that when someone posts a picture of people queuing at HanKou Funeral Home, it gets deleted and restricted? I went through the whole process of collecting the ashes. The community made an appointment in advance, and we lined up at the funeral home for four hours from 8 o'clock in the morning. How much sadness and indignation do the relatives feel, but they can only accept it. How many people who were not diagnosed in the end became a cold box? Have they all been forgotten? Are they not worth mentioning?"
Who will answer this girl's question? Have they all been forgotten? Are they not worth mentioning?
Someone replied on Weibo: "The deaths of ordinary people don't count compared to maintaining stability, how sad."
Someone else said: "In today's society, we are no longer allowed to mourn!"
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In contrast, videos and photos of Italian funeral homes filled with coffins and videos of Spanish morgues are constantly being pushed and spread.
Why is this? Is it because when the whole country is celebrating the resumption of work and watching the epidemic ravage other countries, mentioning how many people have died and commemorating those who have passed away through photos is considered negative energy?
I am very puzzled. The death photos of other countries can be spread, but our death photos have to be deleted.
What's more, the tragedies experienced by other countries are not enough to spread through photos, they also need to be shown in videos. But even a photo of people queuing to collect ashes at HanKou Funeral Home is restricted from being spread. Why is it so difficult to face what is happening to us?
Someone commented: "Hearing the cries from afar feels heart-wrenching, but the cries around us are considered too noisy."
It seems that as long as we cover the mouths of those around us, the painful cries will cease to exist, and we can continue to dream of being the best in the world.
Someone further questioned: "The photos of HanKou Funeral Home are restricted, but videos of Italian coffins can trend on social media. Isn't that turning a blind eye?"
We have made videos of Italian coffins go viral in China, but when it comes to Italy publishing obituaries for all the deceased, it is being covered up.
Those who have passed away, besides their relatives, not many people know what they have left behind in this world.
I wonder, they must feel very wronged, wronged to the point where they have nowhere to express their sadness and misery.
At their farewell, their family members couldn't even accompany them on their final journey. How tragic.
There is a kind of sorrow called: unable to say a few words before leaving, unable to touch the seven-foot coffin after death.
And in Wuhan, many families of the deceased are experiencing this scene.
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We publicize the deaths of other countries, but delete and restrict the scenes at our funeral homes.
Here, death is just a number, and in the early stages of the epidemic, those who died because they couldn't get tested were not even numbers.
When death occurs in other countries, it seems to have little to do with us, but when death occurs here, it becomes a sensitive topic.
When death is right beside us, we can empathize more deeply. Now that photos of deaths are being spread during this nationwide fight against the epidemic, everyone can't help but feel sad.
And they are trying to beautify the disaster. In the face of disaster, a performance is about to begin. Talking about death is considered inappropriate in their eyes.
They believe that as long as they stop talking about the disaster, they can smoothly pass through.
Now, no one apologizes or takes responsibility, and no one comes forward to say sorry.
Everything is so quiet.
Quiet to the point of fear, suffocation.
I am always afraid that this epidemic will end up being celebrated, without accountability, without reflection, without responsibility, only victory and cheers.
And all I can do is shout again and again: If you can't shout for the truth and accountability, then please don't applaud for flattery and hypocrisy!
The sky is still gloomy, and the line at HanKou Funeral Home is still long. There is no crying in the line, no mourning in the funeral home, but on the internet, there is a wave of deletions.
Listen, the cries are accumulating in people's hearts, crying out with sadness and helplessness.
No one is responsible, but that doesn't mean there is no responsibility.
Spring flowers are blooming, but some people are forever stuck in winter.
And in that winter, we just didn't have a good Chinese New Year, but they are forever frozen in the winter of 2020.
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