To advance the funeral and interment reform, we cannot simply act, let alone rely on indicators or even enforce it. For the market-oriented funeral service industry, the government's supervision and supporting measures must not be "absent", and the masses must be able to experience convenience in specific matters and feel care in their emotions.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a notice clearly requesting the creation of a safe, warm, civilized, and harmonious festival atmosphere, to ensure the safety and order of the Qingming Festival, and to promote the funeral reform experience and industry development results. To

Funeral culture has always been an important part of my country's traditional culture. After thousands of years of accumulation and development, each place has its own funeral custom, and the reform of this custom has always been valued by people. Today, the reform of funeral and interment still has a long way to go.

In the past few years, some places were too pursued to increase the cremation rate, did not emphasize work methods, and forced "one size fits all" to promote funeral reform. They lacked patience in implementing policies and lacked sufficient respect for personal choices. As a result, they did not only fail to achieve the reform due. The effect of this has caused some social problems. This is a simplistic approach to the reform of funeral and interment. This phenomenon is not only opposed by the people, but also prohibited by national laws and policies.

The reform of funeral and interment is a change on the social level. Funeral customs not only contain people's understanding of life, but also have the effect of comforting the living. Therefore, to implement such a change, torrential rains and flooding will not help, or even backfire. We need to have the patience to moisturize things silently, the carefulness of gentleness and drizzle, and more need to have love for the dead and the living.

To do a good job in this reform, we must first start with propaganda and guidance. It is necessary to introduce new forms of green funerals such as cremation and "ecological funerals" through multiple methods and channels, and take special rectification of outstanding issues in the field of funerals as an important measure to purify the atmosphere and promote the progress of social civilization, and treat funerals with civilization and frugality. , Land-saving, ecological burial, and civilized low-carbon sacrifices are transformed into people’s emotional identity and behavior habits, gradually changing people’s traditional concepts in subtle ways. At present, various funeral and interment service organizations have taken measures to actively open the main service places of funeral and interment service organizations to the public, popularize the scientific knowledge of funeral and interment, demonstrate their funeral and interment service capabilities, and let the masses feel the new atmosphere of the funeral and interment industry.

As an important part of the people's livelihood, in the process of reform and rectification in the field of funeral and interment, it is also necessary to reflect the sense of service. Even for the market-oriented funeral service industry, government supervision and supporting measures cannot be "absent." It is necessary to be more standardized and standardized in terms of operating entities, facility construction, equipment standards, operating rules, and service targets, so that the masses can experience convenience in specific affairs and feel care in emotion, so as to facilitate the implementation of funeral reform.

Concept change is destined to be a long journey. What the funeral and interment reform will change is the entrenched concepts and funeral customs that have been deeply rooted for thousands of years. This industry should be like medical, health, education and other fields, so that people feel cordial and humane in the service. In this regard, there is much more to be done. (Original source: Economic Daily Author: Han Bingzhi)