China Demands ‘Eco-Burials’ as Nation Runs Out of Cemetery Space

Posted on April 6, 2016

CHINA, BEIJING : TOPSHOT - A woman pours alcohol over a grave during the "Qingming" festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, at a cemetary in Babaoshan in Beijing on April 4, 2016. During Qingming, Chinese traditionally tend the graves of their departed loved ones and often burn paper offerings to honour them and keep them comfortable in the afterlife. / AFP / FRED DUFOUR
China has asked their citizens to consider “eco-burials” for their late relatives as the nation runs out of graveyards.

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