On the shopping website, many merchants have also opened the service of "sweeping graves on behalf of customers", and the price ranges from several hundred yuan to as high as 8,000 yuan.
Although there are many merchants who sweep graves on behalf of customers, the turnover is mostly zero. The most popular one is an online shop in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, which sells four pens a month at a price of 280 yuan.
Some buyers said in the evaluation: "People can't go back in other places, but fortunately you helped me."
At a time when the population is moving more and more frequently and more and more people become strangers, many people feel guilty that they can't go home to sweep graves.
Borrowing tools from the Internet can also "sweep graves" thousands of miles away, which has become the realistic basis for the rise of new grave sweeping methods.
In the opinion of experts, online sacrifice and remote sacrifice are low-carbon and environmentally friendly, which are worth promoting, but the way of "sweeping graves on behalf of customers" is debatable.
Although there are supporters of "sweeping graves on behalf of customers", more are opponents. Supporters believe that with the development of society and technology, folk customs also need to develop, and WeChat can pay a New Year call and broadcast "grave sweeping" live; Opponents believe that "valet sweeping graves" tends to be commercialized, lacking sincerity and sincerity, and becoming a mere formality.
In Xiao Fang's view, "sweeping graves on behalf of customers" is somewhat nondescript and lacks a sense of ceremony. It's okay for brothers and sisters and other blood relatives to sweep graves, but it's immoral to let unrelated people sweep graves. It's better to worship online or in the distance.