New Deal of Funeral Reform in China

Funeral reform refers to actively promoting cremation and reforming funeral customs. Funeral reform refers to actively promoting cremation, reforming burial, getting rid of old funeral customs, and managing funerals frugally. Cremation is the direction of funeral reform. However, cremation is not completely compulsory for the masses. Advocate cremation, gradually limit burial, and finally completely replace burial with cremation. Where cremation conditions are not available for the time being, the local government shall, in line with the principle of being conducive to the development of production, construction and development, make unified plans for land for burial, and establish cemeteries in townships or natural villages in barren hills and wasteland. Advocate the burial method of deep underground without leaving graves. Reform the old funeral customs. The purpose of the reform is to break the superstition and extravagance of watching Feng Shui, choosing graves, setting up sheds, paving sacrifices, holding funerals, smashing banners, burning incense and paper, and sending and receiving handfuls, and vigorously advocate civilized, thrifty and economical funeral customs. Reduce extravagance and waste. Establish a good fashion of socialist spiritual civilization.

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20 14 April, Beijing issued "Implementation Opinions on party member Cadres Taking the Lead in Promoting Funeral Reform", requiring party member cadres in Beijing to consciously implement "four prohibitions" and "five advocates" in funeral reform, and explicitly requiring that the area of single or double ashes graves should not exceed 1 m2.

20 14, 1 1, Yunnan carried out funeral reform, explicitly requiring that the number of cadres' graves should not exceed 1 square meter. Netizens have been talking about this. It is undoubtedly a good policy if cadres can remain clean after death. From April 20 18, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province officially promoted the funeral reform, and proposed that by the end of 20 18, every village would have a public cemetery; By the end of 2020, the city's cremation rate will reach 100%.