Friends of the general public:
The winter solstice is a time for us to chase the distance cautiously, mourn the deceased, and express our sorrows. In this important season of sweeping tombs to worship ancestors and express sorrow, in order to promote funeral reform and change customs, cultivate a new style of civilized sacrifice and sweeping, and ensure the safety, civilization and orderliness of the winter solstice sacrifice, the following initiatives are hereby issued:
OneAdvocate a new style of civilization and abandon stereotypes and bad habits。It is hoped that the general public will change the old concept of traditional sacrifice and sweeping, and establish a new concept of thick care and thin burial. Do not engage in superstitious activities, do not blow and disturb the people, and consciously abandon the old and bad habits such as burning tin foil, dark money, paper money, and paper products. Advocate green and civilized remembrance methods such as home remembrance, online sacrifices, flower sacrifices, yellow ribbons, wish cards, valet sacrifices, and collective public sacrifices.
IIAdvocate changing customs and promoting ecological burials。Advocating the concept of green, ecological and environmental protection. Vigorously promote tree burials, flower bed burials, wall burials, lawn burials, ashes deep burial, sea burial and other land-saving ecological burials, promote the harmonious development of man and nature, better benefit future generations, carry forward the virtue of diligence and thrift, abandon the bad habit of comparison and waste, and achieve "remembering the ancestors, simplicity-oriented".
IIIAdvocate generous care and simple burial, and inherit Chinese virtues。Carry forward the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly of the Chinese nation, and establish the concept of generous care and simple burial. Advocate that when relatives are alive, they should care more about and do their filial piety, so that the old can be supported and happy, and when their relatives die, they should be buried frugally, frugally and simply, and civilized sacrifices, so that the deceased can be comforted and the living have no regrets.
FourthAdvocate party members to go first and lead the civilized sacrifice。The majority of party members and cadres should give full play to the vanguard and exemplary role, lead by example, take the lead in promoting funeral reform, civilized funeral, frugal funeral, ecological burial, green sacrifice, actively publicize funeral reform, and play an exemplary and leading role with practical actions.
FiveAdvocate staggered peak sacrifices and sweeps, and spend a peaceful winter solstice together。During the winter solstice, it is the peak of traffic flow, it is recommended that the general public and friends reasonably arrange the time of the festival, make an appointment in advance, travel at a staggered peak, consciously abide by the order of the festival, enhance safety awareness, and ensure that the winter solstice festival is carried out safely, civilly and orderly.
Citizens and friends, let us work together to actively respond to the call, through inheritance and innovation, establish a new concept of civilized sacrifice and sweep, and cultivate a new style of civilization. Start from yourself, start from bit by bit, and use practical actions to consolidate the achievements of the creation of civilized urban areas across the country!
Editor: Cui Songge.
Contributed by: District Civil Affairs Bureau.
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