How to deal with the original cemetery in rural cemetery reform?

With the increase of population in China, cultivated land resources are increasingly scarce. Compared with the cremation method advocated by the state, this kind of burial in rural areas greatly wastes cultivated land resources. At the same time, with the promotion of new rural construction, unified rural planning needs land preparation, which may become a stumbling block to planning and bring serious problems to rural areas. So now many places are discussing the reform of rural cemeteries.

According to the relevant laws and regulations of our country, it is illegal to occupy cultivated land to build graves regardless of the length of time. Therefore, in principle, village cadres have the right to ask farmers to move graves, restore the original state of cultivated land, and maintain the farming conditions of cultivated land. However, it is not advisable to ignore the villagers' voices, blindly transform rural cemeteries, force villagers to move old graves, and even level graves brutally and violently with shovels and excavators at night. Doing so will only meet with strong opposition from the villagers. It backfired.

Therefore, although we affirm the purpose of rural cemetery reform, we should also listen to the voices of villagers and conform to the folk customs. Fully consider the attitudes and views of villagers; Village cadres should arrange the address of graves. In order to better promote the reform of rural cemeteries, voluntary villagers can be given certain economic compensation to make them feel at ease and willing to cooperate with their work. When delimiting the area of moving graves, we should unify the size and make reasonable arrangements. Only in this way can the reform be carried out more smoothly, and the scattered cemeteries will be concentrated to facilitate rural planning and achieve the effect of benefiting the country and the people.