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Update：2013-12-10 00:56 Views：
AS the annual Qingming Festival fell yesterday, tens of thousands of people gathered at Beijing Changqingyuan Cemetery in the east of the city to mourn for their deceased loved ones.In front of a special monument engraved with more than 1,000 names, groups of medical teachers and students paid their respects to "the silent teachers" - people who have donated their bodies for medical research.
Bi Shimin, a 24-year-old girl who perished last year, had her name added to the list of body donors on the monument.
Shortly after graduating from nursing school in February 2010, Bi was diagnosed with advanced cancer.
As her life ended, Bi made a decision to donate her body for medical science because she wanted to "leave a legacy to the world after her death."
The Beijing Red Cross said that during the past 12 years since starting a body donation registry in 1999, 12,516 people have signed up to donate their bodies.
So far, medical schools and research institutions have received 1,088 corpses.
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