Funeral Director's Notes

At the junction of the earthly world and the afterlife, there is a funeral parlor that carries countless farewell stories. This is the world of undertaker Lin Yu, and it is also the stage where the story of "The Undertaker's Notes" unfolds. Lin Yu has been associated with funeral parlors since he was a child. Under Zhang Bo's careful guidance, he not only mastered professional skills such as body plastic surgery and farewell ceremony preparations, but also understood the heavy responsibilities and meaning behind the profession of a funeral director. Every farewell is the last dialogue between the living and the deceased; every sorting of relics is an affectionate review of the life process. In the book, Lin Yu recorded all kinds of stories of the deceased. There is a girl who died alone. She carefully built a suicide chamber and even carefully classified the suicide tools. She was kind during her lifetime, but she was not gentle enough to herself; there are also tragic figures with misplaced identities, such as Fang Fugui, whose identity was changed by plastic surgery in Mo Yan's "The Thirteen Steps". From the perspective of a mortician, Lin Yu re-examined the human struggle and the pain of the times behind such absurd plots. In the process of dealing with these life and death matters, Lin Yu also experienced his own growth and transformation. He witnessed the grief and relief of the living, and felt the fragility and tenacity of life. In the face of misunderstandings and prejudices against the funeral industry from the outside world, he stuck to his original intention and used professionalism and warmth to bid farewell to the deceased and provide comfort to the living. "The Funeral Director's Notes" is not only a documentary about the funeral industry, but also an affectionate hymn to life. With a unique perspective, it leads readers into the mysterious and tender corner of the funeral home, feeling the delicate balance between life and death, and triggering profound thinking about the meaning of life.