Is cremation a funeral or a funeral?

In Chinese mainland, the funeral industry is a social public service industry managed by the civil affairs department, and there are also regulations on the specific operation of funeral. According to the regulations, cremation belongs to the scope of burial, that is, the remains are cleared to the extent that they can enter graves or ashes. Funeral refers to farewell ceremony or other funeral ceremony, which usually means that the deceased takes their bodies to the cemetery or ashes storage for some ceremonies, prayers, flowers and other activities. Cremation belongs to funeral, and funeral is one of the main links in the funeral process.

With the development of society and the change of people's ideas, the funeral industry is constantly changing and progressing. Different policies and measures have also been introduced in various places, such as encouraging "ecological burial" in some places, that is, saving, environmental protection and green funeral methods. In the process of funeral and interment, it is the direction of sustainable development of funeral and interment industry to combine outstanding social traditions with modern science and technology and green ecological concept.