The agreement between parents has finally come true
Liu, a daughter from Ann, reluctantly bid farewell to her father Liu. She told reporters that both parents are from Ningbo, one is from Zhenhai and the other is from Yinzhou. In the 1950s, two young men went to the north to support the great west and stayed for most of their lives.
"Unlike other families, parents are not afraid to talk about life and death, and even agreed to be buried at sea hundreds of years ago." Liu mentioned that in 20 13, the 86-year-old mother put forward this idea again on her deathbed. As an only child, she began to search the Internet for relevant information and found that both Shanghai and Ningbo have sea burial services. After much consideration, she decided to return to her hometown.
During that sea burial, she and her father scattered their mother's ashes into the sea at the foot of Putuo Mountain in Zhoushan. "My father agrees with this practice, thinking that it not only protects the ecological environment, but also saves limited land resources. He told me not to secretly buy him a cemetery after a hundred years, but to be buried at sea with my mother and return to nature. " Reluctantly, Liu nodded and agreed to fulfill the old man's last wish.
In the second half of 20 16, my father left peacefully. According to Liu's wishes, he contacted the cemetery and signed up for the ninth ashes scattering activity. At the launching ceremony, the words that accompanied her husband just represented her mood: "Today, relatives can finally enter the park. When people come from nature, they will also go to nature and scatter to the sea, adding a blue sea and blue sky poetry to this way home. "
My brother set a good example for future generations.
After the ship sailed out, some of the family members sat and some stood. Facing the boundless sea, they were silent. Mr. Lu from Zhenhai brought his whole family to see his brother off for the last time. It turned out that the deceased had never been married before his death, and his only wish before his death was to return to the sea.
"As a kind of green funeral, sea burial is not only public welfare and environmental protection, but also has a unique commemorative significance. My brother's practice actually set a good example for future generations. " In Mr. Lu's view, although he has never met before, he will be very pleased to be able to walk with like-minded people after his death.
Similarly, there is the late Hu. Although this topic was not specifically discussed before his death, his relatives all know that sea burial has always been the way he yearned for, without burning paper or firecrackers, only accompanied by flowers. Accompanied by melodious music, the family solemnly held the urn and slowly scattered the ashes into the sea.
The death toll of this collective sea burial has reached a new high.
20 13 Ningbo promulgated the "Implementation Measures of Ningbo ashes scattering service", which provided institutional guarantee for the promotion of sea burial. The activity is tentatively scheduled to be held once a year in Tomb-Sweeping Day and around the winter solstice, without any charge. Up to now, there are * * * 180 dead people in the city who choose to rest in peace between the blue sea and the blue sky, and this collective sea burial activity is the largest number of applicants since 20 13 years, with 29 dead people participating.
However, in the face of funeral customs, many people still have the old idea that it is disrespectful to leave a tombstone when a loved one dies. Especially at sea burial, after the ashes are scattered into the sea, the family can't find a place to remember their ancestors, so they can only imagine it in their minds.
The reporter got a good news. It is expected that a sea burial public sacrifice will be organized in Ningbo around this winter, so that the families of the deceased can have a place to mourn. In addition, citizens who need sea burial service can register by telephone in advance, and the cemetery sea burial service department will determine the sea burial time according to the registration situation and notify the registered citizens.