Drone Lifts Coffin Up Mountain Sparks Debate: How Drones and AI Are Changing the Funeral Industry

In a mountain village in Zunyi, Guizhou, a modified six-rotor industrial drone was used to lift a 467 kg coffin up the mountain; with continuous rain and slippery mountain roads, the video sparked discussion across the internet. Drone transport teams in the mountainous areas of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan already take on coffin transport and Qingming offering lifting, and a team in Laibin, Guangxi charges auspicious amounts of 88, 168, and 188 yuan. Funeral settings have also seen drones scatter ashes, cloud-based tomb sweeping, and the use of AI to make photos of the deceased move and speak, so-called "digital resurrection."