Morticians find fulfillment in providing peaceful goodbyes

"To make deceased bodies look better, to bless them with eternal beauty, it requires the morticians to be calm, to be precise, to be sentimental." - Quotes from Departures (2008).

In Beijing Babaoshan Mortuary, Qu Jie and her fellow morticians have been doing this job for years. It's a mysterious line of work, helping the dead to leave this world with dignity.

Qu has had to prepare 100 bodies for burial every month for the past couple of years.