The elders said they didn't want to be cremated when they died! Keep it at home and keep it in a liquid nitrogen tank for a long time! Is this a crime?

At present, there is no legal support for your elders' wishes, and at the same time, this way is contrary to the traditional concept and custom of "being buried in the ground" in China. At the same time, there is no law explicitly prohibiting it, because there is no universality of this precedent in the past, and it has not risen to the level of legislative norms, and the law is blank.

However, Article 2 of the Regulations on Funeral Management in the State Council "The policy of funeral management is: actively and step by step implement cremation, reform burial, save funeral land, get rid of funeral customs, and advocate civilized and thrifty funeral management". In other words, the state only advocates the above two funeral methods. Although other methods are not prohibited or advocated, they are contrary to traditional concepts, habits and customs, and have impacted the public order and good customs of society. From the point of view of justice and rationality, it should be banned.

In another case, the elderly must be ethnic minorities or special believers with certain customs and act according to local folk customs. The legal basis is Article 6 of the Regulations on Funeral Management? "Respect the funeral customs of ethnic minorities; If you voluntarily reform the funeral customs, no one else can interfere. "