Rongcheng County 2022 Qingming Festival Civilized Sacrifice and Sweeping Initiative Proposal for Civilized Sacrifice During Qingming Festival

Rongcheng County 2022 Tomb-Sweeping Day Civilized Memorial and Cleaning Initiative

Dear residents of the county:

The Qingming Festival is a day when our country remembers the heroes, pays homage to the deceased, This traditional festival to express gratitude to ancestors is also an important time to prevent and control the epidemic and prevent fires. In order to effectively prevent and control the epidemic, strictly prevent forest fires, and establish a new trend of civilized, green, low-carbon, and safe sacrifices, we issue the following initiatives to the residents:

1. Promote healthy sacrifices. At present, the situation of epidemic prevention and control is still severe and complex. The majority of residents must strengthen the awareness of "life first, safety first", consciously abide by the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, and insist on not conducting sweeps across provinces, cities, or counties, or worshiping on-site, or worshiping on-site. Gather for sacrifices instead of dining together to effectively reduce the risk of epidemic spread caused by the gathering of worshipers.

2. Advocate safety sweeps. Consciously practice green and low-carbon memorial services, and effectively enhance safety awareness. Do not burn paper, incense, or set off firecrackers in temporary columbariums, home cemeteries, grassland areas, traffic intersections, parks, squares, communities, etc., and advocate remote memorial services through family memorials and outings. We commemorate the deceased by planting trees and greening, and jointly protect a civilized and harmonious social environment.

3. Advocate frugality and sacrifice. Consciously carry forward the Chinese nation's traditional virtues of filial piety, love for relatives, diligence and frugality, and advocate that the elderly should be accompanied by more people when they are alive, and be able to look after their relatives in a friendly manner, so that they can be taken care of and enjoy themselves in old age. After the death of an old man, the funeral should be frugal and civilized, without engaging in feudal superstition or extravagance and waste, so that the deceased can rest in peace and the living can have no regrets.

4. Advocate new trends of civilization. The majority of party members and cadres, deputies to the National People's Congress, and members of the CPPCC must set an example, be the practitioners and leaders of civilized sacrifices, take the initiative to discourage uncivilized sacrifices, and use their practical actions to influence relatives, friends, and the surrounding people to consciously resist stereotypes. Vulgar customs and feudal superstition.

The fight against the epidemic continues, and prevention and control cannot be relaxed. Remembering the ancestors is more important than the heart than the appearance. The safety and health of the living is the best comfort for the deceased. Let us join hands to actively respond to changing customs, advocate new trends, protect the environment, fight the epidemic, and make Qingming Festival more civilized, thrifty, green and safe.

Rongcheng County Civilization Office

Rongcheng County Civil Affairs Bureau

March 25, 2022