Why not advocate burial now and ask for cremation?

In the eyes of many of our older generation, there is a saying called? Rest in peace? Therefore, in the history of China, most people will be buried underground after death, so that they can rest in peace. But in today's society, cremation is advocated more, which is contrary to our traditional culture. So why do people advocate cremation instead of burial now? This is because burying a decomposed corpse will produce bacteria or viruses, thus polluting the environment and water sources, and burial often requires a lot of land resources, so burial is not recommended.

After death, human bodies generally rot without special treatment, and some bacteria or viruses will be produced in the process of decay, which will affect the environment, especially our water source. For some people who died of illness, they will carry this virus, so burial may spread the virus here and infect others. Cremation is to burn a corpse into bones and ashes. Due to high-temperature disinfection, viruses and bacteria are all removed, reducing environmental pollution. Especially now the population is increasing.

The impact of population increase is also reflected in another aspect, that is, the shortage of land resources. As a result, there are more people, and there is less land that can be used naturally. If everyone needs burial, especially in China, the land resources that need to be used are very huge, and in order to develop cemeteries, trees are sometimes cut down, which will have an unnecessary impact on the environment. In the past, there were enough resources for burial because of the small population, but now it is not allowed.

The ashes produced by cremation will be placed in the urn, which can alleviate the shortage of land resources to a certain extent, and this way is more environmentally friendly and friendly to the environment than burial, so now China and other countries advocate cremation.