【Explanation】In order to guide the masses to change their funeral concepts and promote land-saving ecological burial, a few days ago, the Fuzhou Civil Affairs Bureau and the Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Finance jointly issued the "Fuzhou City Ashes Sea Burial Award Supplement Measures (Trial)". This is also the first ecological burial bonus policy in Fujian Province.

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All fees for sea burial are free, then when we will still be driving at sea, we will also provide you with snacks, and when the sea burial is over, we will issue you a sea burial certificate.

In the past few days, the telephone of the Funeral Affairs Center of the Fuzhou Civil Affairs Bureau has been ringing non-stop, and citizens have come to consult in an endless stream.

Liu Zhijie, deputy director of the Funeral Affairs Center of Fuzhou Civil Affairs Bureau

The enthusiasm for mass participation is very high, and many people call to consult our policies, and secondly, to make an appointment for sea burial.

【Explanation】The applicable object of the columbarium sea burial award supplement refers to participating in the columbarium sea burial activity organized by the Fuzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, and the deceased was registered in Fuzhou City before his death, and the applicant applied for a 3000,<> yuan award supplement from the Fuzhou Funeral Affairs Center. Fuzhou City Ashes Sea Burial Activity also provides free sea burial services for deceased residents who are not registered in Fuzhou, but the reward and compensation policy does not apply.

Liu Zhijie, deputy director of the Funeral Affairs Center of Fuzhou Civil Affairs Bureau

Through the way of rewarding and compensating, we guide the public to participate in sea burial activities, and take sea burial as a feature (measure) of our ecological burial.

Liu Zhijie told reporters that Fuzhou began to hold ashes at sea burial activities in 1997 and has held 17 sessions. This year, more than 250 sea burial appointments have been received, exceeding the highest number in the past, and appointments are continuing. In order to meet the needs of the masses, the funeral affairs center opens telephone appointments for sea burials throughout the year, and organizes timely appointments according to the number of appointments.

Liu Zhijie, deputy director of the Funeral Affairs Center of Fuzhou Civil Affairs Bureau

This year, the entire Fuzhou sea burial, (to) "Life Hymn, Love Minhai" as the theme, with "Sleeping Sea" as the activity codename, this year is 2023, that is, "Sleeping Sea 2023", which means that the deceased sleeps in the sea.

Chen Kai, deputy secretary-general of Fuzhou Funeral Association

It should be said that sea burial this way is gradually deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, more citizens choose sea burial and other ecological burial methods of burial, tree burial, flower bed burial and other new forms, from the earliest when we implemented the ecological burial method may only stay in the heard, but many people did not really participate directly, that after years of publicity, we changed from the sea burial we adopted a centralized public sacrifice, this burial method to make it more ceremonial, so everyone is more likely to accept this way. From a traditional funeral habit to a way of civilization and simplicity, this is a great change in the funeral industry in recent years.

Reporter Wu Shengwei reported from Fuzhou, Fujian

Responsible Editor: [Lu Yan]