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Eco mass grave in Chinese
At the end of last month in the cemetery of the Chinese city of Tianjin ceremony was held a mass grave, in which used special biodegradable urn. After all, one of the problems of overpopulation of the planet - it's a problem of burial of the dead and cemeteries. Places here at all is not enough. So you have to save.
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1. July 20, 2010 Chinese military conducted a mass burial rite, during which the cemetery was buried in Tianjin 280 biodegradable urns.
2. Such boxes of sand and clay, which eventually decompose, have been patented in China, where the problem is particularly acute shortage of space in cemeteries. In China, home to one fifth of the entire population of the Earth and die each year up to 10 million people.
3. The custom of burying the bodies of the dead to the land remained in China until the middle of last century. However, in contemporary China the burial mostly replaced by cremation. The urn with the ashes of the deceased interred in the so-called memorial parks or placed in a columbarium.
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5. This kind of burial is becoming increasingly popular, since such dumping is not detrimental to the environment and helps to save the earth.
6. In addition, it is much cheaper than the usual ceremony of burial of the body, and the usual place in the cemetery costs money.
7. In addition to the cemeteries in China there were the so-called memorial parks - specially designated state scenic spots, where the urn or directly the ashes buried in the wild in the countryside.
8. In the memorial park on the site of the burial ashes plant trees and flowers. Some put the small headstones, others hung on trees modest plaque with the names of the dead. It does not harm the environment and the land is not consumed.
9. In addition, increasingly practiced burial at sea - relatives dispel the ashes of the dead, along with fresh flower petals over the sea, in an area located far from the coast
10. The Chinese government encourages the people to eradicate the backward customs and habits, to maintain a healthy, eco-friendly funeral rites, such as the burial of the ashes of the trees in the forest or the sea.
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10 ph © Stephen Shaver
1. July 20, 2010 Chinese military conducted a mass burial rite, during which the cemetery was buried in Tianjin 280 biodegradable urns.
2. Such boxes of sand and clay, which eventually decompose, have been patented in China, where the problem is particularly acute shortage of space in cemeteries. In China, home to one fifth of the entire population of the Earth and die each year up to 10 million people.
3. The custom of burying the bodies of the dead to the land remained in China until the middle of last century. However, in contemporary China the burial mostly replaced by cremation. The urn with the ashes of the deceased interred in the so-called memorial parks or placed in a columbarium.
4.
5. This kind of burial is becoming increasingly popular, since such dumping is not detrimental to the environment and helps to save the earth.
6. In addition, it is much cheaper than the usual ceremony of burial of the body, and the usual place in the cemetery costs money.
7. In addition to the cemeteries in China there were the so-called memorial parks - specially designated state scenic spots, where the urn or directly the ashes buried in the wild in the countryside.
8. In the memorial park on the site of the burial ashes plant trees and flowers. Some put the small headstones, others hung on trees modest plaque with the names of the dead. It does not harm the environment and the land is not consumed.
9. In addition, increasingly practiced burial at sea - relatives dispel the ashes of the dead, along with fresh flower petals over the sea, in an area located far from the coast
10. The Chinese government encourages the people to eradicate the backward customs and habits, to maintain a healthy, eco-friendly funeral rites, such as the burial of the ashes of the trees in the forest or the sea.
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