The latest national policy on burial
1. Cremation should be carried out in areas with dense population, less arable land and convenient transportation;
2. Burial is allowed in areas that are not qualified for cremation temporarily;
3. The areas where cremation and burial are allowed shall be designated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at the corresponding levels shall report to the civil affairs departments of the State Council for the record;
4. If the remains that should be cremated are buried in the ground, or the remains are buried in other places other than cemeteries and rural public welfare cemeteries to build graves, the civil affairs department shall order them to make corrections within a time limit.
Burial, one of the funeral methods after human death, is popular all over the world. Generally, people's remains are put in coffins first, and then the coffins are buried in the soil. Tombstones (epitaphs) are available or not, and in some places, only gravestones are erected without words. There may be a memorial platform in front of the grave for future generations to pay homage to. In China, burial has been gradually replaced by cremation. The state has designated the area as a cremation area, and burial is prohibited. At present, most economically underdeveloped areas such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou and Sichuan are still dominated by burial, and most urban areas have been banned from burial.
what responsibility should I bear for burying without authorization?
The responsibilities for unauthorized burial are as follows: in violation of regulations, occupying cultivated land to build kilns and graves, or building houses, digging sand, quarrying, mining and borrowing soil on cultivated land without authorization, which damages planting conditions, or causes land desertification and salinization due to land development, the land administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a time limit, and may also impose a fine; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. It is not illegal in the area stipulated by the state.
to sum up, each of us will die at the end of our lives, and each of us is just a passer-by in this world. In rural areas of China, after years of inheritance, it has formed its own unique culture. This kind of culture contains the traditional geomantic culture thought, and also contains the deep memory of the deceased relatives.
Legal basis:
Article 2 of the Regulations on Funeral Management
The policy of funeral management is to actively and step by step carry out cremation, reform burial, save funeral land, get rid of funeral customs, and advocate civilized and thrifty funeral management.
Article 3
The civil affairs department of the State Council is responsible for funeral management throughout the country. The civil affairs departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the funeral management within their respective administrative areas.
Article 4
Cremation shall be carried out in areas with dense population, less arable land and convenient transportation; Burial is allowed in areas that do not have the conditions for cremation.
areas where cremation and burial are allowed shall be designated by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at the corresponding levels shall report to the civil affairs departments of the State Council for the record.
article 7
the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government shall, according to the funeral work planning and funeral needs in their respective administrative areas, put forward the number and layout planning of funeral facilities such as funeral parlours, crematoriums, columbariums, cemeteries and funeral service stations, and submit them to the people's governments at the corresponding levels for examination and approval.
Article 8
For the construction of funeral parlours and crematoria, the people's governments at the county level and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures with districts shall put forward plans and report them to the people's governments at the corresponding levels for examination and approval; The construction of funeral service stations and columbariums shall be examined and approved by the people's governments at the county level and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts; The construction of cemeteries shall be submitted to the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for examination and approval after being examined and approved by the people's governments at the county level and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts.
the use of foreign capital to build funeral facilities shall be submitted to the civil affairs department of the State Council for examination and approval after being examined and approved by the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.
the establishment of public welfare cemeteries for villagers in rural areas shall be reported to the civil affairs department of the people's government at the county level for examination and approval after being examined and approved by the people's government at the township level.