Xintai’s proposal for civilized sacrifices during the Ghost Festival

Xintai issued an initiative on civilized sacrifices during the Hungry Ghost Festival

Dear citizens:

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is commonly known as the Hungry Ghost Festival. , is a traditional festival to remember the ancestors and pay homage to the deceased. In order to continuously consolidate the continued good situation in the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, protect the safety and health of the people, avoid the problem of imported epidemic clusters caused by centralized sacrifices, and strive to create a social environment of "civilized, environmentally friendly and safe sacrifices", we would like to express our sincere wishes to the general public. The following initiatives are issued:

1. Establish a new trend of civilized sacrifices. Change concepts, advocate a new trend of civilized and green sacrifices, achieve rational and frugal memorial services, remember the deceased in a solemn, environmentally friendly, frugal and low-carbon civilized way, break old habits such as burning paper money, scattering ghost coins, setting off firecrackers, etc., and establish civilized A new trend in worship. Party members and cadres must set an example, take the lead in practicing the core socialist values, and use practical actions to influence and inspire the people around them.

2. Advocate the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly. Establish a new concept of caring for the elderly and showing filial piety, so that they can be taken care of and enjoy their old age, and spend their old age happily.

3. Enhance health protection awareness. Strengthen the awareness that "everyone is the first person responsible for their own health", comprehensively carry out regular epidemic prevention and control work, do not participate in centralized sacrifices, avoid gatherings of sacrifice activities, and prevent the spread and recurrence of the epidemic.

Let us *** act together, starting from me, starting from bit by bit, starting from now, using practical actions of civilized memory and care for others to express our nostalgia for our ancestors, Use civilized behavior to beautify the civilized city and make positive contributions to the construction of Xintai.

Xintai City Civilization Office,

Xintai Civil Affairs Bureau, Xintai City Health Bureau

August 31, 2020