Get to know encoffiners: Preparing the dead for final journey

Updated: 2016-03-30 11:45

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Get to know encoffiners: Preparing the dead for final journey

Two encoffiners clean the body of a volunteer at a funeral home in Jiaxing city, East China's Zhejiang province, July 3, 2012. [Photo/IC]
The encoffiners usually work on a 24-hour rotation so that they are present when a body requires make-up and preparation.