Why will Qingming also have a holiday this year?

In April this year, China will welcome the first Tomb-Sweeping Day as a legal holiday. How to treat Tomb-Sweeping Day as a legal holiday? Do a good job in Tomb-Sweeping Day this year. What challenges do you face?

We are about to usher in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the first public holiday. It has become an urgent task for the funeral work to do well all the work in Tomb-Sweeping Day this year and let the people live a peaceful, civilized and peaceful Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. It's one of the important traditional festivals in China, and it's a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves, remember ancestors, mourn the dead, and pursue the future cautiously. The State Council decided to designate Tomb-Sweeping Day as a legal holiday, which shows that the Party and the government attach importance to people's demand for memorial service, protect intangible cultural heritage and respect traditional cultural customs in the process of building a harmonious socialist society. This also puts forward higher requirements for civil affairs departments at all levels and funeral service units to do a good job in the management of sacrificial services in Tomb-Sweeping Day. We must attach great importance to it, make preparations early and make careful arrangements.

More than 8 million people die every year in our country. If calculated in 20 years, the stock of ashes and remains will exceed 654.38+0.6 billion. In this way, hundreds of millions of people may go to pay homage during the Qingming period, which is a huge crowd. According to statistics, during Tomb-Sweeping Day last year, there were 7 million people in Shanghai and 6.5438+0.9 million people in Beijing. On the day of Tomb-Sweeping Day alone, the Babaoshan Cemetery in Beijing reached 400,000 person-times. According to media reports, the number of people getting on and off at Spring Festival travel rush peak of Beijing West Railway Station this year is about 300,000, which shows the crowded degree of funeral homes and cemeteries during the Qingming period.

As Tomb-Sweeping Day was not a legal holiday in previous years, most people chose the weekends around Tomb-Sweeping Day or took the initiative to sweep the peak, which dispersed the reception pressure of Tomb-Sweeping Day on that day to some extent. This year, Tomb-Sweeping Day is closed for three days on April 4th, 5th and 6th, so it is inevitable that people will choose to focus on the sweeping in these three days. It is likely that people and traffic will be highly concentrated in a short time, and the congestion phenomenon will multiply, which will inevitably cause great pressure on facilities, places, traffic and crowd guidance. In this regard, civil affairs departments at all levels must attach great importance to it, make full predictions and make preparations as soon as possible.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs will set up the "Tomb-Sweeping Day Work Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs", set up 150 Tomb-Sweeping Day observation points all over the country, implement a 24-hour "double duty" system, master local dynamics, release service information, and closely cooperate with the local Tomb-Sweeping Day Leading Group Office.

How to deal with the new situation and problems in Tomb-Sweeping Day is a new test for civil affairs departments and funeral service units at all levels. What preparations and arrangements has the Ministry of Civil Affairs made?

As early as the beginning of this year, Minister Li asked civil affairs departments at all levels to do a good job in Tomb-Sweeping Day in the spirit of being highly responsible to the people. In this regard, civil affairs departments at all levels and funeral service units should attach great importance to it ideologically, make full preparations in action and deploy it as soon as possible. We should fully understand the extreme importance of doing a good job in Tomb-Sweeping Day from the perspectives of implementing Scientific Outlook on Development, building a harmonious society, improving the government's public service and social management capabilities, and ensuring the improvement of people's livelihood, earnestly strengthen leadership, and enhance the sense of mission, responsibility and urgency. At present, all localities have done a lot of solid and meticulous work.

In order to strengthen organization and coordination, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will set up the "Tomb-Sweeping Day Work Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs", located in the Department of Social Welfare and Social Affairs. In conjunction with the duty room of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a 24-hour "double duty" system is implemented, which is responsible for guiding local work, mastering local dynamics, summarizing local conditions, reporting emergencies, and releasing service information, and closely cooperating with the local Tomb-Sweeping Day Leading Group Office.

At the same time, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will set up 150 Tomb-Sweeping Day observation points nationwide, including 120 cemeteries or funeral homes in cities above prefecture level, 20 cemeteries or funeral homes in county-level areas and 10 rural public welfare cemeteries. These observation points all over the country report the local situation, experience, problems and trends to the Tomb-Sweeping Day Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs every day. This can not only provide a basis for guiding Tomb-Sweeping Day's work, but also provide first-hand information for releasing service information to the society, thus guiding local work.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also held a special seminar in Beijing for more than 260 front-line management and service personnel from all over the country, provincial capitals and other large and medium-sized cities, and trained them in the construction of emergency management system, the preparation of emergency plans, and the prevention and handling of emergencies during Tomb-Sweeping Day. Six units, including Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau, exchanged some practices and experiences during their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day in previous years. Recently, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will make further special arrangements for related matters.

Safety is the top priority of Tomb-Sweeping Day's work and the foundation and core of Tomb-Sweeping Day's work. Emergency system construction and emergency management are the key links of Tomb-Sweeping Day's overall work and the important guarantee of Tomb-Sweeping Day's security.

At present, all localities are making intensive preparations to ensure that people live a safe, civilized and peaceful Tomb-Sweeping Day. Are there any special requirements for making emergency plans?

Safety is the top priority of Tomb-Sweeping Day's work and the foundation and core of Tomb-Sweeping Day's work. Emergency system construction and emergency management are the key links of Tomb-Sweeping Day's overall work and the important guarantee of Tomb-Sweeping Day's security.

Three links should be emphasized in formulating emergency plans: First, formulate emergency plans in combination with the actual situation. All localities should take territorial management as the principle, combine the experience and lessons of previous Qingming activities, learn from the successful practices of advanced areas, and formulate comprehensive, targeted and operational emergency management plans as soon as possible, so as to be comprehensive, systematic, clear, rigorous, properly handled and pragmatic; Second, be prepared for danger in times of peace and give priority to prevention. It is necessary to establish and improve the forecasting, forecasting, early warning and monitoring mechanisms, implement the leadership responsibility system and post responsibility system, and do a good job in training and preplan drills; Third, we must stick to our posts and respond quickly. It is necessary to strengthen emergency duty, establish a 24-hour duty system and a serious accident reporting system to prevent missing and late reporting. Ensure that once something happens, it can be organized in an orderly manner, respond quickly, operate in an orderly manner, and respond effectively.

At the same time, it is necessary to clearly implement responsibilities and do a good job in key work links. Civil affairs departments at all levels should start early, put forward specific work plans in Tomb-Sweeping Day's security precautions, traffic diversion, public services, civilized sacrifices, etc., take the initiative to report to the local government, and be good staff assistants of the government. The main leaders of the civil affairs department should perform the duties of the first responsible person, formulate and implement the safety responsibility system and accountability system. During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, all funeral service units should ensure that all employees are on duty, and the responsibilities are implemented to people, and scientifically and reasonably arrange the scope, time, route and safety service guarantee of mass sacrifice activities; Necessary measures should be taken to alleviate the gathering scale of sacrificial people, shorten the detention time, and if necessary, temporary sacrificial sites can be configured to avoid crowd crowding and eliminate hidden dangers; To focus on the inspection of funeral homes, cemeteries and the surrounding areas, burning sacrificial objects in strict accordance with the provisions, focusing on fire safety during Tomb-Sweeping Day to prevent fire and personal injury accidents. If the responsibility is not implemented and serious accidents occur, they should be investigated and punished according to law and held accountable.

Focusing on the theme of "civilized sacrifice, peace and clarity", we will widely publicize and mobilize through the media, guide the masses to make civilized sacrifices, and consciously resist feudal superstitions and cultural dross; Enhance safety awareness, abide by public order, and innovate sacrifice methods.

With the profound changes in people's ideology, value orientation, lifestyle and consumption power, the ways of mass burial and sacrifice are increasingly diversified. How to publicize and guide modern civilized sacrifice methods and inherit excellent traditional sacrifice customs?

In the past, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, some feudal bad habits and vulgar ways of offering sacrifices occurred in various places to varying degrees, causing people's dissatisfaction. During the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day this year, how to meet the new demands and expectations of the masses and advocate the new fashion and new forms of civilized sacrifice is a new problem to be solved urgently in front of civil affairs departments and funeral service units.

To this end, this year, Tomb-Sweeping Day should start with propaganda and guidance, and take "civilized sacrifice, peace and clarity" as the theme, and the whole country will work together with Qi Xin. Civilized sacrifice is a way of advocating civilization, environmental protection and health, resisting feudal superstitious activities and bad habits of sacrifice, and establishing a new trend of funeral reform; Peace and Qingming means to ensure the safety and order of the sacrificial place and its surrounding environment and the whole process of sacrificial activities, strive to create a peaceful and harmonious sacrificial environment, and fully guarantee the sacrificial safety of the people during their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

When organizing publicity, all localities should closely focus on the theme of "civilized sacrifice, peace and clarity", widely publicize and mobilize through the media, guide the masses to make civilized sacrifices, and consciously resist feudal superstitions and cultural dross; Enhance safety awareness, observe public order, innovate sacrifice methods, publicize and guide modern and fashionable sacrifice methods such as home sacrifice, network sacrifice, agency sacrifice, peak-shifting sacrifice, community sacrifice, TV sacrifice and collective sacrifice.

At the same time, all localities should give full play to the role of funeral associations, rely on the strength of urban and rural grassroots social organizations such as the Red and White Affairs Association, mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties, and do a good job in funeral propaganda with great fanfare. Through the nationwide linkage, the propaganda theme of "civilized sacrifice, peace and clarity" will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that all the safeguard measures in Tomb-Sweeping Day will be supervised by the society, and the funeral reform will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with Tomb-Sweeping Day as an opportunity.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a comprehensive display of funeral work and a test of the government's service ability. While doing a good job in safety, we should strive to achieve warm service, standardized service, high-quality service, civilized service and honest service.

Tomb-Sweeping Day will be here soon. Do you have any requirements and suggestions for civil affairs departments at all levels and local governments?

Tomb-Sweeping Day, the first legal holiday, is coming to us. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a comprehensive display of funeral work and a test of the government's service ability. While doing a good job in safety, we should strive to achieve warm service, standardized service, high-quality service, civilized service and honest service.

The broad masses of cadres and workers in the funeral industry must further enhance their service awareness, improve their service level, and ensure that there are systems, implementation, inspection and rewards and punishments. It is necessary to publicize the on-the-job personnel, service items, quality standards and charging prices. Go to the wall and consciously accept the supervision of the masses; It is necessary to set up a consultation desk and a service supervision telephone to facilitate the masses to sacrifice, listen to their opinions and suggestions, implement their reasonable suggestions in time, and correct existing problems. In particular, funeral service units that combine museums with graves and funeral parlours with large quantities of ashes should not only do a good job in collective sacrifice in Tomb-Sweeping Day, but also take measures to ensure the safety of ashes, prevent the occurrence of loss, damage and misplacement, and ensure the normal funeral activities.

All localities should develop civilized, environmentally friendly and diverse sacrificial offerings that meet different needs and play a leading role in leading the fashion. It is forbidden to sell funeral supplies with feudal superstitions, low tastes and kitsch colors, and guide the masses to consciously get rid of funeral customs, resist superstitions, eliminate ignorance, change customs, protect the environment, establish a new civilized style, and promote the reform of social funeral and sacrificial customs. Do not use Tomb-Sweeping Day to drive up prices, clearly mark service charges and commodity prices, reasonably control the price difference between wholesale and retail, resolutely stop the phenomenon of damaging consumers' interests such as wild speculations, and give full play to the role of state-owned funeral service units in stabilizing prices. It is necessary to let the masses know about consumption, but also to let the masses feel at ease and satisfied with consumption.

Civil affairs departments at all levels and funeral service units should set up a leading group for collective sacrifice activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In places with heavy tasks, especially in large and medium-sized cities, the government should be asked to set up a leadership and command organization, establish a coordination and linkage mechanism for civil affairs, public security, transportation, industry and commerce, forestry, fire protection, publicity and other relevant departments, clarify the responsibilities of each department, strengthen close cooperation, and do a good job in organizing, coordinating, serving, guiding and emergency handling related to mass sacrifice activities to ensure the safety of people's lives.

Since June 65438+ 10/day, 2008, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival have been listed as national legal holidays in China, and the number of holiday days for all citizens has increased from the previous 1 0 to1day.

New Year, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are festivals for all citizens. Among them, Labor Day has been reduced from three days to one day, and Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival have been increased by one day each. The Spring Festival holiday remains unchanged for three days, but it is adjusted to start on Lunar New Year's Eve. There is one day off on New Year's Day and three days off on National Day.

Relevant measures also stipulate that all citizens should take compensatory time off if their working days fall on Saturday and Sunday.

In China, Women's Day, Youth Day, Children's Day and China People's Liberation Army Memorial Day are festivals and anniversaries for some citizens. The local people's governments in areas where ethnic minorities live in concentrated communities shall determine festivals according to the customs of all ethnic groups. If some citizens' holidays fall on Saturdays and Sundays, they will not be compensated.

In addition, the Regulations on Paid Annual Leave for Employees has also been passed in the State Council, and will be implemented on June 5438+ 10/next year. Employees who have worked for more than one year but less than 10 years will be given 5 days annual leave. Annual leave 10 days if it is over/kloc-0 years but less than 20 years; Annual leave 15 days for those who have completed 20 years.