Gyeonggi-do "This Chuseok, Please Perform Online Ancestral Rites"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has urged people to refrain from traveling during this Chuseok holiday and to utilize online memorial and ancestral rites services to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

On the 25th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it has prepared quarantine measures for visitors to ancestral graves and funeral facilities during the Chuseok holiday, in accordance with the guidelines from the Central Disease Control Headquarters, and has communicated these measures to each city and county as well as memorial facilities.

The online memorial and ancestral rites service is available through the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s e-Haneul Funeral Information System (www.ehaneul.go.kr). By registering as a member, users can create a memorial space for the deceased by managing portrait photos, setting up ritual tables, and uploading pictures. The memorial space can be shared with family and relatives via SNS, and all participants can leave messages of remembrance.

Meanwhile, indoor enshrinement facilities must implement measures such as a daily visitor quota system, restricting entry to those not wearing masks, mandatory use of electronic entry logs (QR codes), closure of ritual rooms and bereaved family lounges during the holiday period, and prohibition of bringing in or consuming food.

Additionally, when visiting memorial facilities in each city and county within the province, visitors must confirm entry availability in advance. Due to COVID-19, some facilities operate by reservation only (10 public, 4 corporate) or do not operate during the holiday period (4 public, 1 corporate).

Furthermore, even during outdoor ancestral rites, individuals must strictly adhere to personal quarantine rules such as wearing masks at all times, maintaining a distance of at least 2 meters from others, and refraining from actions that may spread droplets or involve physical contact.

Lee Byung-woo, Director of the Welfare Bureau of the province, urged, "For this Chuseok, please refrain from visiting as much as possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and actively use the online ancestral rites services."

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