In some vocational and technical colleges in China, there are a few very special majors. Modern funeral technology and management? It is such a major. What was this profession originally called in China? Makeup artist? Or? Body plastic surgeon? Because of a Japanese movie, this profession is often called? Enter the teacher? . With the improvement of funeral service, becoming a teacher? This title may be more suitable to summarize this work.
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In the past, the work of sorting out the remains of the deceased was generally done by the staff of the funeral parlour part-time, and the makeup technology was really not excellent. We can only try to respect the dead and comfort the living. Now the requirements for the funeral industry are higher. They should not only make up the deceased, but also make the deceased look as natural and beautiful as possible, so that the last impression of the deceased in the eyes of relatives will be better. There are related records in the Book of Rites:? Move the body to the bed, fold it with a quilt, and die for clothes. How to swallow feet with angle wedge teeth? .
Dressing up for the deceased is not only for the deceased, but also for the friends and family of the deceased. The work of modern funeral workers can help them accept the departure of their loved ones and slightly alleviate their pain.
Now some people will joke that if they really can't find a job, they will go to the funeral home to work. In the past, this situation was likely to happen. For a long time after the founding of the People's Republic of China, people who were willing to work in funeral homes were all for urban hukou or orphans. At that time, ordinary people and staff thought that working in a funeral home was no different from burning bodies.
▲ Modern funeral parlour
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But now it's completely different, especially in some big cities. Funeral homes already have many professional funeral service teams. Joining such a professional team is not easy. Some reporters have interviewed some female undertakers, and we can learn more about this industry from their stories. To engage in this industry, we must first put our minds right. Everyone is instinctively afraid of corpses, but not their relatives. Therefore, the funeral industry can only treat every deceased as their own relatives, because it is difficult to persist in this industry if it is only because of high-paying jobs.
Secondly, we should have enough professionalism.
Mentioned above? Modern funeral technology and management? This major needs to learn four major courses: basic funeral services, funeral equipment, anti-corrosion and cosmetic surgery, and cemetery design and management. Students should learn and deeply understand all the knowledge related to this industry from the aspects of culture, service and morality.
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The internship courses of this major are arranged in funeral homes or cemeteries. From freshman year, students need to go to funeral homes or cemeteries around Tomb-Sweeping Day to experience life and increase their perceptual knowledge. The professional practice from sophomore year is to rotate all professional positions in funeral homes and cemeteries.
Therefore, it is not so easy to be a contractor. Professional contractors need long-term professional study to provide better services to customers.
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Judging from the self-reports of these female contractors, the salary of their job is really quite satisfactory, and it is not uncommon for them to earn more than 10 thousand yuan a month. But besides long-term study, there are also many difficulties to overcome in life. There are some unwritten rules in the profession of being a mortician, such as not attending weddings and birthday parties of relatives and friends, not shaking hands with people, not saying goodbye to people, and walking well all the way.
▲ photos of female undertakers
In these female undertakers' cosmetic boxes, there are all kinds of cosmetics. They all have superb makeup artists, but most female undertakers can't make up themselves, let alone their relatives and friends. Professional female undertakers no longer have psychological fear of corpses, but it is very difficult to make up and reshape some bodies that died abnormally, which also makes them feel great pressure.
On the question of whether it has an impact on personal love life, most female funeral workers say yes, and it is very big. Generally speaking, the families of these female undertakers have long accepted their careers. However, the blind date is hard to accept. A female undertaker said that during the blind date, the other party left as soon as she learned about her job. Although such rude things are not common, most blind date objects said that there would be no further contact.
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And not only female undertakers, but all people who work in funeral homes face this problem. There are also many female contractors who say that although the salary is high, the proportion of singles is also high. Maybe their ideal target is their peers.