The term of the cemetery is only 20 years. If future generations don't renew the fee after the expiration, will the ashes be dug up?

The term of the cemetery is only 20 years. After the expiration, the ashes will be dug up if future generations do not renew their fees.

If the cemetery expires, the cemetery management can't contact the family of the head of the household, and it is likely that the ashes will be placed centrally or stored in the columbarium, and then the remaining cemetery will be sold to others. Of course, the ashes can also be collected and taken back to the sea, or buried underground, and then sold to others.

Under normal circumstances, the cemetery will notify the family members of the head of the household to go through the renewal procedures by telephone, email, SMS, etc. Before maturity 180 days. If the head family decides not to renew the fee and wants to take away the ashes of their loved ones, the cemetery management can wait until the head family takes away the ashes before selling the original grave to others.

The reason for setting the cemetery period to 20 years.

Like commercial housing, cemeteries have a time limit. Buying a cemetery for relatives in a business cemetery is not strictly called "buying" but "renting". Is to obtain the right to use this land, the general period is 20 years. After the expiration of 20 years, if you want to maintain the original state, you have to pay to renew the lease.

China's land resources are very precious. If a large number of cemeteries are built, it will inevitably occupy a lot of land resources and destroy the local ecological environment, so the longest period of cemeteries is limited to 20 years. On the other hand, in addition to burial methods, there are also methods such as ashes going to sea, tree burial and lawn burial. Obviously, China has set a 20-year cemetery period to encourage people to adopt more environmentally friendly funeral methods.