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[source: rednet, jinsha county people's government official website, southern weekend, xinhua daily telegraph]

recently, the civil affairs bureau of jinsha county, bijie city, guizhou province, has widely solicited opinions from the public on the revision of the local funeral management regulations. according to southern weekend, the revised regulations have no major changes compared to the current funeral management regulations, but there has been a lot of public opposition, and some local people have publicly expressed their demand for burial and resistance to cremation.

the media red net published a commentary article "funeral reform and innovation, folk customs and public opinion cannot be lost", saying that the original intention of jinsha county to revise the funeral management regulations this time was to respond to the country's call to promote funeral reform, save funeral land, eliminate funeral customs, and advocate civilized and frugal funerals. the main reason for the public's resistance is "the high cost of cremation" and the conflict at the crematorium that occurred a few months ago. at the same time, the jinsha county crematorium has repeatedly caused dissatisfaction among local people due to work errors, which undoubtedly further aggravated the public's resistance to cremation. these work errors may include improper handling of remains, technical problems in the cremation process, and poor service attitudes, each of which directly touches the emotional bottom line and interest concerns of the people. life and death are major events in life, and funerals are the last thing that relatives can do for the deceased. if the quality of cremation work continues to cause dissatisfaction, it will not only violate the purpose of funeral customs, but also violate public opinion. the public's resistance to cremation will only intensify and will only further hinder the progress of funeral reforms.

it stems from a cremation controversy: the lack of bones after the cremation is not in line with custom

according to southern weekend, the recent boycott of cremation is related to a conflict at the jinsha county crematorium a few months ago. in early july 2024, the 90-year-old mother of li yong (pseudonym), a villager in huilong village, guihua township, jinsha county, passed away. according to convention, she was to be cremated at the only crematorium in the county. "that night, we sent my mother there for cremation. after the remains were taken out of the furnace, only the skull and a few large bones were left, and the rest were ashes. it was hard for us to accept it," said li yong.