Health Talk: Making peace with the end

In modern Chinese society, death is often considered a taboo subject, unsuitable for discussion among family or in public. However, the art exhibition "Bring Death Back into Life," which opened in Beijing on June 28, 2025, has begun to change that.

CGTN's Health Talk talked to Jing Jun, a professor at Tsinghua University's School of Social Sciences and the academic advisor for the exhibition. He shared his insights and observations on this profound topic.

"Death is multifaceted," Jing said. It can be terrifying and painful, but also generous. In one example he shared, a 12-year-old child decided to donate his corneas to other children so they could "continue seeing the world" for him.

This illustrates the concept of reverse care, in which terminally ill individuals, facing the end of life, provide comfort and care to others. 

"When we held the art exhibition "Bringing Death Back into Life," we saw people moved to tears," Jing said. He believed that visitors were in a way breaking the taboo of staying quiet about death by coming to the exhibition.

Executive Producer: Zhang Jingwen

Producer: Yang Sha

Directors: Xu Wen, Zhong Xia, Li Yue, Chai Shouyu

Editor: Song Jianning

Videographers: Zhang Jingwen, Wang Hongyuan, Fu Pengwei, Wang Rongxin

Cover Designer: Xu Xi