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Cancer victims choose eco-friendly burial
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MORE than 1,000 members of the Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club bid farewell to 11 fellow members at a group burial ceremony at the Fushouyuan Cemetery in Qingpu District on March 31 ahead of Qingming.
These departed members chose an eco-friendly and land-saving burial —they were buried in a 14-square-meter fan-shaped flowerbed which can accommodate the urns of 255 people.
The urns buried are biodegradable. Each takes only 0.05 square meters.
So far, about 60 members of the club have been buried here. They made their wishes known to other club members when they were alive.
"In the past, very few members of our club were willing to be buried through such a way because a grand funeral is a deeply-rooted tradition people, but more people are changing their concepts now," said Yuan Zhengping, director of the club.
"These departed struggled against diseases optimistically when they were alive and they had a broad mind over death and funeral.
"The group burial ceremony is solemn and shows great respect for life.”
A member surnamed Jiang, 66, said he, too, wants to be buried in the flowerbed.
"The environment is good. There is plenty of sunshine and it is my last contribution to society because the burial saves land.”
Most cemeteries in Shanghai are running short of land. The club has about 16,000 members.
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