In order to establish a new style of civilization in the new era, guide citizens to abandon stereotypes and bad habits, and let the concept of changing customs take root in the hearts of the people, yesterday (April 2) afternoon, under the guidance of the Qingpu District Civil Affairs Bureau, co-sponsored by the District Civil Affairs Management Center and the District Funeral Association, and funded by the Qingpu District Representative Office of the Shanghai Charity Foundation, the first activity of green funeral services in Qingpu District was held in Xuzhong Village, Huaxin Town, to guide everyone to change the concept of sacrifice, carry forward the fine tradition of diligence and thrift, practice the new style of civilized sacrifice with practical actions, and strive to be the pioneer of changing customs A demonstrator of civilized sacrifice.
During the activity, volunteers from the charity supermarket in Qingpu District gave a lecture on breaking feudal superstitions, comparing and wasting and other stereotypes and bad habits, and publicized the necessity of changing customs from the aspects of new marriages and simple funerals, and called on everyone to be leaders in changing customs and actively drive relatives, friends and neighbors around them to be advocates and practitioners of civilized new customs, and strive to create a good atmosphere of "stressing civilization and establishing new customs". Especially with the arrival of the Qingming Festival, volunteers promoted green funeral-related policies, concepts such as "changing customs" and "thick and thin burial" to residents, guided residents to change the traditional funeral concept, and called on everyone to use healthy and fashionable ways such as flower sacrifices and online sacrifices to remember their loved ones. "The times are changing, the concepts are changing, the way of cultural inheritance is changing, and the form of sacrifice should also change. It is hoped that through this publicity activity, the awareness and participation rate of residents will be further improved, and the enthusiasm of residents to consciously practice changing customs will be stimulated. In the future, we will also guide residents to change their ideas through a variety of ways, cultivate a healthy and civilized festival lifestyle, advocate civilized ways of sacrificing and sweeping, and consciously resist the bad habits of sacrificial sweeping. Wu Jian, head of the Social Construction and Funeral Affairs Section of the Qingpu District Civil Affairs Management Center, said.
"Qingtuan is also known as Qingming fruit, it is a kind of mugwort that only exists before and after the Qingming Festival, mixed into glutinous rice flour, and then kneaded into a dumpling, because the dough made is green, so it is named Qingtuan. According to research, the Youth League began in the Tang Dynasty and has a ......history of more than 1,000 years. Residents who came to participate in the event said that they had benefited a lot and hoped to join the team to resist stereotypes and bad habits, and strive to be active advocates and conscious practitioners of the new style of civilization. "We must abandon incense, burning paper, firecrackers and other sacrificial methods that are easy to cause fire, and actively advocate green sacrificial methods such as flower sacrifices and online sacrifices, and create a good trend of civilized sacrifices while inheriting the customs of worshipping ancestors during the Qingming Festival. Resident Li Baomin said.
Civilized sacrifice is an important part of changing customs and green development, and it is the due meaning of socialist cultural construction and ecological civilization construction. In the future, Qingpu District will adhere to comprehensive planning and multi-pronged measures, reform backward sacrificial customs, and advocate the concept of green, low-carbon, civilized and safe modern sacrificial sweeping, so as to make it the consensus of more people in the district.
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