Why can't people be buried but cremated when they die?

1. People are cremated after being buried because traditional burial takes up too much cultivated land, and coffins come from forests, which wastes resources;

2. Cremation is a way to dispose of corpses. Specifically, the body is burned to ashes, then placed in an urn, buried in the soil, and scattered in water or air;

Since the 20th century, cremation has been advocated all over the world to save scarce cultivated land.

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Brief introduction to cremation:

A corpse to be cremated will first be placed in a box, which can be a simple cardboard box or a wooden coffin. Most coffin manufacturers will provide a coffin specially used for cremation. In addition, you can also choose a wooden coffin with a built-in carton, which looks the same as a traditional coffin. After the funeral, the inner box will be taken out of the coffin and cremated.

Jewelry, such as watches and rings, is usually taken out and returned to the family before cremation. Other unnatural objects that need to be dismantled are pacemakers, because pacemakers may explode or damage cremators. In Britain and other countries, undertakers are required to remove pacemakers and sign a statement that all pacemakers have been removed before transporting the body to the crematorium.

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