<p>Xu Kangfei, 52, with his apprentice and two other cosmeticians has been working in the Wenzhou Funeral Home since last Monday. <br /><br />The most complicated part of their work is restoring the shape of head and facial features of those who suffered grievous injuries.<br /><br />Xu was scrupulously combing the messy hair of a young woman, whose body was lying on the mortuary slab with a serene expression on her face. <br /><br />"I want to make it as neat as shown on her photo -- she has beautiful pitch-black long hair," said Xu, a mortuary cosmetician who is responsible for cleaning, embalming and putting make-up on the bodies of the victims of Saturday's high-speed train collision before cremation. <br /><br />The woman, Mu Linan, was a stewardess on train D301, which rammed into train D3115 near Wenzhou in east Zhejiang province July 23. <br /><br />Xu tenderly cleaned her wounds on the body and head, and then applied foundation and blush on her face. <br /><br />"It's the ultimate respect to the deceased and the ultimate comfort for their families," Xu said. "No matter how difficult it is, we are trying our best to satisfy all." <br /><br />"Besides the major injuries, even a slight scratch must also be carefully dealt with," Xu said. <br /><br />Despite his 27 years of professional experience, Xu was still overwhelmed when he saw the decomposed bodies of the train crash victims for the first time. His apprentice, 21-year-old Ji Shuohong nearly fell unconcious. <br /><br />On Thursday, they spent a whole day repairing the head wounds of a 16-year-old boy in accordance with the photo provided by his parents. After their job was done, the parents looked at their boy for a while and then put a coin-filled piggy bank beside his body. A family of three killed in the crash touched the cosmeticians most.<br /><br />"When their bodies were discovered in a crushed carriage, rescuers found the father still tightly embracing his son. Their bodies were only parted after being taken to the funeral home," Xu said. <br /><br />"I dressed the four-year-old boy in a red sport suit, once his best clothes. I also put blush on his face to make him look healthy," he said. <br /><br />The train crash left 40 dead and 191 injured.</p>
<p>Xu Kangfei, 52, with his apprentice and two other cosmeticians has been working in the Wenzhou Funeral Home since last Monday. <br /><br />The most complicated part of their work is restoring the shape of head and facial features of those who suffered grievous injuries.<br /><br />Xu was scrupulously combing the messy hair of a young woman, whose body was lying on the mortuary slab with a serene expression on her face. <br /><br />"I want to make it as neat as shown on her photo -- she has beautiful pitch-black long hair," said Xu, a mortuary cosmetician who is responsible for cleaning, embalming and putting make-up on the bodies of the victims of Saturday's high-speed train collision before cremation. <br /><br />The woman, Mu Linan, was a stewardess on train D301, which rammed into train D3115 near Wenzhou in east Zhejiang province July 23. <br /><br />Xu tenderly cleaned her wounds on the body and head, and then applied foundation and blush on her face. <br /><br />"It's the ultimate respect to the deceased and the ultimate comfort for their families," Xu said. "No matter how difficult it is, we are trying our best to satisfy all." <br /><br />"Besides the major injuries, even a slight scratch must also be carefully dealt with," Xu said. <br /><br />Despite his 27 years of professional experience, Xu was still overwhelmed when he saw the decomposed bodies of the train crash victims for the first time. His apprentice, 21-year-old Ji Shuohong nearly fell unconcious. <br /><br />On Thursday, they spent a whole day repairing the head wounds of a 16-year-old boy in accordance with the photo provided by his parents. After their job was done, the parents looked at their boy for a while and then put a coin-filled piggy bank beside his body. A family of three killed in the crash touched the cosmeticians most.<br /><br />"When their bodies were discovered in a crushed carriage, rescuers found the father still tightly embracing his son. Their bodies were only parted after being taken to the funeral home," Xu said. <br /><br />"I dressed the four-year-old boy in a red sport suit, once his best clothes. I also put blush on his face to make him look healthy," he said. <br /><br />The train crash left 40 dead and 191 injured.</p>