A day in the life of a mortician

It is a job that faces death every day, a job of creepiness, a job without much pay. But some young people treat the job of mortician as a life-long career and have discovered the meaning of death and life.

6 am: early departure

Zhang Yang, 27, leaves home in the cold winter morning. Donning earphones from an mp3 player, Zhang hops on a bus at 6:30 am. His work begins from 7 am to 2 pm or a nightshift from 12 am till next morning, dealing with at least 20 bodies from hospitals a day.