"Visiting Ancestral Graves Online"... Incheon Family Park Lunar New Year Holiday Operation Suspended
Park officials at Incheon Family Park are demonstrating the 'Online Ancestral Grave Visiting Service.' September 8, 2020.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Following last year's Chuseok holiday, the operation of Incheon Family Park will also be suspended during this year's Lunar New Year holiday.
On the 13th, Incheon City announced that to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), all facilities of Incheon Family Park, except for the crematorium, will be temporarily closed during the Lunar New Year holiday period from February 11 to 14.
Incheon Family Park, where about 150,000 deceased are enshrined, is the largest urban funeral facility in the country, attracting approximately 350,000 visitors during holiday periods. Especially due to its year-round operation, it is a facility that requires intensive COVID-19 prevention measures.
Accordingly, instead of operating Incheon Family Park during the Lunar New Year holiday, the city plans to provide an online memorial service on its website from February 8 to 21.
In the online memorial service, visitors can choose between flower offerings and ancestral rites tables. By pressing the start memorial button, they can select ritual foods one by one according to the procedure to place on the ancestral rites table or offer flowers.
Incheon Family Park will accept online memorial pre-registrations on its website from February 18 to 27. When bereaved families apply, photos of the urns will also be taken and provided. Last Chuseok, 5,068 people applied for the online memorial service, showing strong response.
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An official from Incheon City said, "As COVID-19 has not subsided, we have decided to temporarily close Incheon Family Park as an extraordinary measure for the safety of citizens and visitors." He added, "The online memorial service also operates condolence content and a photo gallery for bereaved families to check on each other and build bonds despite difficulties in visiting due to COVID-19, so please make good use of it."
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