Henan Province made Provisional Administration Method of Funeral and Interment in 1986,then burial system begun to be reformed in the whole province. Because of local public facility construction such as public graveyard and placement of cinerary casket delaying,coupled with the influence of the traditional funeral customs,wasteful funeral,second burial after cremation,graves in the middle of cultivated land and other phenomena still exist in many places. Henan province have made two modifications to the funeral management Ordinance making in 1999 to further promote reform of funeral and interment. Although rates of cremation,funeral facilities and the construction of public cemeteries,funeral supplies market management system and other sides have made significant progress,but problems still cannot be ignored,especially the system of canceling grave and returning to plant needs to be adjusted. Local government should develop practical policy measures to further expand public coverage of funeral reform,encourage civil power playing a positive role,and promote ecological burial,steadily and orderly to carry forward the reform of the funeral system.
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