Huasheng Online News on November 21 (Reporter Xie Tianyi) There was no burning of paper money and other sacrificial items, no fireworks and firecrackers, and no noise of gongs and drums. On November 19, in the Qu Yuan Funeral Home in of Quyuan Management District of Yueyang City, a group of people Villagers are "quietly" attending to the funeral of their family members.
In recent years, Quyuan Management District has vigorously carried out the activities of "curing bad habits, curing bad habits of weddings and funerals, and establishing new civilized practices", actively created a city-wide demonstration area of "curing bad habits, and establishing new practices", and explored a way to promote rural civilization and civilized customs through funeral reform. The new approach to promoting rural governance and promoting rural revitalization has created a special landscape.
(Street of Sanzhou Village)
"The urban and rural funeral reform work in our district has been advancing steadily and orderly since its launch in May 2017, and six hundred percent was achieved after October of that year." Responsible for the Civil Affairs Bureau of Quyuan Management District According to reports, the cremation rate of urban and rural residents in the region after death, the rate of residents being buried in cemeteries after death, the rate of urban residents going to funeral parlors for centralized mourning after death, the living tomb demolition rate in the region, the red and white records of all administrative villages and communities in the region The establishment rate of the board of directors, the simplified funeral arrangements in the district and the prohibition rate of fireworks and firecrackers all achieved 100%.
Demolition of "Living Tomb" and "Luxury Tomb" The first shot of renovation was launched
With the loud noise of the excavator, a "luxury tomb" in Liujiashan, Yinan Village, Yingtian Town, Quyuan Management District was successfully demolished . The scene where Yingtian Town launched the first shot of renovating the "luxury tomb" has been fixed in the minds of many people.
In the past few years, the trend of building "living tombs" and "luxury tombs" was prevalent in Quyuan's management area. Such cemeteries can be seen deep in the woods and in the fields, occupying a large amount of forest land and cultivated land, and destroying the ecological environment. In order to promote the reform of civilized and ecological funerals, guide the masses to consciously get rid of bad funeral customs, and establish a new trend of scientific, civilized, frugal, green, and environmentally friendly funerals, Quyuan Management District uses the demolition of "living tombs" and "luxury tombs" as a breakthrough to vigorously promote funeral reform.
"Yinan Village, as a national civilized village, is at the forefront of funeral reform." Tian Biao, secretary of the Yinan Village branch, said that in the past, bad habits such as heavy burials and poor maintenance, excessive care, and mass burials were prominent in Quyuan Management District. A funeral can cost as little as 90,000 to 100,000 yuan, and as much as more than 100,000 yuan, which not only increases the burden on the people, but also causes negative social impact. By promoting funeral reforms and bringing new civilized trends into every household, these bad habits have been stopped.
In order to actively promote the funeral reform, the Quyuan District Committee established a leading group for funeral management. The secretary of the district committee serves as the leader, the district chief serves as the executive deputy leader, the deputy district chief in charge serves as the deputy leader, and the main leaders of relevant departments serve as members. . The township (subdistrict office) established a leading organization accordingly and signed responsibility certificates at all levels. When it came to the demolition of "living human tombs", leading cadres at all levels in the district took the lead in demolishing the "living human tombs" of their own relatives first, and then demolished other "living human tombs", so the masses did not have any objections.
"In the process of dismantling the living tombs, many touching stories happened." Tan Guoxiong, secretary of the Party branch of Sanzhou Village, said that an old man spent more than 20,000 yuan to build a "living tomb". I heard it was going to be demolished, but the old man disagreed. Village and town cadres repeatedly came to persuade the old man patiently, and the old man finally agreed to demolish the tomb. However, on the day of dismantling the tomb, the old man still couldn't help crying.
"When cremation was first introduced, some elderly people could not accept it." Tian Biao said that the village Red and White Council also played an important role in how to understand the ideological work of the elderly. 49 red and white councils have been established in the district, achieving full coverage at the village level. The Red and White Council has helped the elderly to have great changes in their thoughts and ideas. The concept of keeping funerals simple and not doing anything else has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the elderly. "Everyone in the village who is over 60 years old has signed an agreement. After a hundred years, the body will be cremated and the funeral will be simplified."
Since the funeral reform was launched in October 2017, 765 living tombs have been demolished in the district, with a death toll of 1,468. , all were cremated.
Create a civilized and harmonious "back garden of life"
The newly paved cement road is clean and tidy, and the neat and orderly tombs are solemn and solemn. This is the newly built Liujiashan Cemetery in Quyuan Management Area. It is a place of concern for the living and the "back garden of life" where the souls of the deceased rest.
(Liujiashan Cemetery)
"This kind of cemetery looks neat and beautiful, and the transportation is very convenient. Later generations come to visit the tomb and pay homage. It is much easier to walk than the overgrown roads of traditional burial ." Retired former Sanzhou Village elder Party secretary Zhong Xingping calculated an account and found that by using the cemetery, each household could save tens of thousands of yuan on repairing tombs and purchasing coffins compared with burial in the ground. According to the Huimin funeral award and subsidy policy, if a person chooses to be cremated and have a land-saving and ecological burial after a hundred years, their family members can also receive a subsidy of 1,000 yuan.
Quyuan Management District regards the construction of the "back garden of life" as an important starting point for deepening the work of changing customs in rural areas, using sincere and considerate services to solve problems for the people, providing humanized services, and creating a harmonious cemetery. In 2017, the district invested more than 15 million yuan to build four new rural public welfare cemeteries, achieving full coverage of towns, villages (communities). So far, 3,305 finished tombs have been built in 5 cemeteries in the district. It not only eliminates the problem of deforestation and building tombs, but also protects green waters and green mountains; it also solves the problems of ostentation and feng shui.
Zhong Xingping recalled that a famous old party member in the village died of cancer more than two years ago. This old party member strongly supported funeral reform during his lifetime. As early as during his illness, his family quietly prepared a wooden coffin for him. When the village cadre went to visit him, he took the initiative and said: "The burial cost is too high and it is a waste of land. I am a Communist Party member. Help me sell the coffin. After I die, just hold a simple memorial service." "The body was cremated." This old party member played a very good leading role.
The person in charge of the district’s publicity department said that through extensive publicity, the funeral reform policy has become a household name in the district. It has become a new trend to keep funerals simple, weddings to be arranged, and not to do any other things.
"Everyone is a descendant of Qu Zi, and every household represents Qu Yuan's image." In Qu Yuan's management area, ecological awareness and civilized habits are gradually taking root in the hearts of the people, and are externalized in form, an ecology with blue sky, clear water, clean villages and beautiful scenery. The picture scroll is displayed in front of the world more beautifully.
