Burial trend in China is moving against tradition
By Zhang Yi and Li Hongyang | China Daily | Updated: 2018-03-28 08:19
Financial incentives, more facilities introduced as mindset slowly shifts
Gao Yihuan is only 27 but she's already decided how she wants to be buried after she dies.
"I want to have my ashes scattered at sea, or some other environmentally friendly method of burial," said Gao, who is from Xiamen, Fujian province. "Cemeteries are depressing. I'd rather be closer to nature."
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