Not going to the hospital, you wouldn't know how many patients there are; not coming to the mortuary, you wouldn't know how many dead people there are.
Normal workplaces start at 8 o'clock. Due to Binjiang's local customs of consulting a Yin Yang Master for auspicious times in weddings and funerals, the mortuary operates 24 hours. Citizens can send in the body for cremation anytime, and arrangements are then made for cremation.
Sending a body for cremation is similar to a funeral procession. Each family hires musicians, and all available relatives come along, with one convoy of vehicles following another. Many cars can't come in and have to park by the roadside outside.
The halls for holding memorial ceremonies are almost never rented; people just register on arrival and then push the body on a small cart to line up outside the cremation workshop. Looking around, it's all people.
