A special bathing ritual for a living man is held in Shanghai Longhua funeral parlor on Dec. 17, 2014. Usually the preparation of the body is done in front of family members and relatives. This time, encoffiners cleaned the body of “the departed”, washed his hair, put the dress on him and did make up. The special bathing ritual aims to guide the public to show respect to the deceased. (CNS/ Zhang Hengwei) |