This year, the first vocational undergraduate program in the funeral industry in China was officially established. There are many high scoring candidates who have applied for this major, such as a candidate who scored 601 in the Zhejiang Provincial College Entrance Examination and chose Funeral Management at Civil Affairs Vocational University without hesitation. Behind the increasing number of young people breaking taboos and becoming "life ferryman" is not only the rational driving force of the job market, but also the continuous progress of life education, and the gradual opening and benign transformation of social concepts. The profession that was once labeled as "unpopular" and "sinkhole" has now become a darling of the job market. Last year, a teacher from Chongqing Urban Management Vocational College revealed that the employment rate of funeral and burial majors was close to 100%, and students were even pre booked by multiple units before graduation. As a vocational major, the admission score line has exceeded that of undergraduate majors for several consecutive years. In April of this year, Guangzhou Funeral Service Center recruited corpse cremation workers, only requiring a college degree, but it attracted many talented students from prestigious universities to submit resumes, and the fierce competition was astonishing. The Market Research and Investment Forecast Analysis Report on China's Funeral Service Industry predicts that by 2026, the market size of China's funeral industry will reach 411.4 billion yuan. Compared to the huge demand in the market, there is a clear shortage of talent supply. According to data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there are 4605 funeral service institutions nationwide, with only 9 vocational colleges offering related majors. The total number of graduates is less than a thousand per year, and the talent gap for funeral homes nationwide is around 10000 people per year. Not only that, the professional requirements of the funeral industry are gradually increasing. From handling corpses to planning funeral ceremonies, to providing psychological support for family members, practitioners need to have a multidisciplinary knowledge background, covering psychology, management, cultural education, etc. This is not only a technical job, but also a humanized service. When facing the families of the deceased, every word and action of practitioners can become a soothing force. It goes without saying that the attractiveness of good employment, stable employment, and decent salaries to young people is the foundation of reality. However, on the other hand, the reason why the new generation of young people can break taboos and dare to choose the funeral industry is also related to the promotion of occupational diversity and positive interpretation of funeral culture on social media. Just like the candidate with a high score of 601, the reason why he developed a strong interest in this major is that he watched a video sharing of a plastic surgeon on social media, breaking the stereotype of the funeral industry. At the same time, the popularization of life education is also subtly influencing the career choices of the new generation of young people. In recent years, there has been an increasing number of public discussions on life and death issues, and the concept of life education has gradually permeated into school curricula, family education, and social activities. Life education helps young people face life and death squarely, breaking their fear and avoidance of death. Under the influence of life education, young people are more willing to combine their career pursuits with social values and choose to become "life ferryman", building a bridge of understanding and comfort for the deceased and the living. Funeral is not equivalent to cremation. Nowadays, the expansion and upgrading of the funeral profession from junior college to undergraduate level indicates that this field is being incorporated into a higher-level education system. Multidisciplinary knowledge such as psychology, sociology, law, management, anatomy, and environmental engineering are being integrated into professional teaching. Research on funeral culture, bioethics, and the industrialization path of funeral services are also gradually receiving attention. Some universities have also added practical courses on body preservation, plastic surgery techniques, and simulation models, introduced 3D printing technology for customizing personalized body repair models, used virtual reality (VR) technology to simulate funeral scenes, learned big data analysis to optimize funeral service processes, and promoted funeral services from traditional to modern, experience driven to scientific management. Although the funeral industry is gradually gaining more recognition, young people who enter this field still feel more or less discrimination and prejudice in society. This bias is sometimes hidden in well intentioned persuasion, and sometimes manifested in eye contact and physical avoidance. However, it is precisely these young people's courageous choices that have not only injected new vitality into the industry, but also invisibly leveraged those deep-rooted prejudices. As a practitioner in the Chinese funeral industry once said, "A funeral is a gift left for the living. We must use professionalism and care to heal the emotional rifts of the deceased's family." Funeral work is endowed with the meaning of bidding farewell to the deceased and healing the living. When they express their admiration for life with a perfect farewell, they also deserve more warm and sincere applause from society. (New Society)