चीन- खाली फ्लैट खरीद परिजनों की अस्थियां रखने पर बैन: कब्रिस्तान महंगा होने पर लोग प्रोपर्टी खरीद रहे थे, उसमें अस्थियां रखते थे

The Chinese government is going to bring a new law, under which people will not be able to keep the ashes of their relatives in vacant apartments. This is being called the ‘Bone Ash Apartment’ law. Along with this, there will be a ban on burying dead bodies or building mausoleums anywhere other than public cemeteries. According to BBC report, cemeteries are becoming increasingly expensive in China. In such a situation, the trend of ‘Guhui Fang’ i.e. such flats, where people keep the ashes of their relatives, has increased. Due to rapid urbanization and increase in elderly population, cemetery land in cities is decreasing and their cost has increased significantly. Buying property is cheaper than buying a cemetery House prices in China have fallen significantly in recent years and are expected to decline by about 40% by 2025 compared to 2021. People are taking advantage of this. Buying an empty flat and keeping the ashes in it is cheaper than the expense of an expensive cemetery or cremation. People convert these empty flats into places of worship, where candles, red lights and ashes of different generations are decorated. According to Chinese media, such flats are often identified by closed curtains or completely sealed windows. According to a report, funeral expenses in China are the second highest in the world after Japan. In China, cemetery space is usually available on lease for only 20 years, while homes have a 70-year lease. For this reason, many people have now started considering a flat as a better option than a graveyard. However, buying flats for funerals is disturbing the housing system in cities. There is also a danger of disturbing the balance of the market. The government does not want houses to be used in this way. Cost of burying a dead body – Rs 20 to 40 lakh. The new law has come into effect from March 31. This is just before the Chingming festival on April 6. In this festival people clean the graves of their ancestors and pay homage to them. The price of a normal grave in the capital Beijing starts from around 1.5 lakh yuan (about Rs 20 lakh) to 3 lakh yuan (about Rs 40 lakh). This is quite expensive even for Beijing. At the same time, the cost of burial in Beijing’s Changping Tianshou Cemetery ranges from around 10,000 yuan to 2 lakh yuan (1.3 lakh to 26 lakh rupees). It is considered an eco-friendly option of burial. In this, methods that occupy less land are adopted. Such as burial without a large cemetery plot, near trees or in communal places. It does not contain expensive stones, large space or permanent monuments, hence it is cheaper. Questions regarding the new law on social media: People are raising questions regarding this law on social media. The hashtag related to this has been viewed more than 70 lakh times on social media Weibo in China. One person wrote on Weibo, “If cemeteries were cheap, why would anyone do this?” One user wrote, “Who will go and check? Will GPS be installed in every urn?” Another said, “Even after getting the discount, cemetery space is very expensive.” Another user said, “How will the enforcers of these rules detect that only ashes are kept in the flat? And how will they deal with such cases?” The elderly population is increasing rapidly in China, the direct impact of which is visible on the number of deaths. About 1.13 crore people died in 2025, whereas in 2015 this number was about 98 lakh. That means the number of deaths has increased significantly in 10 years. On the other hand, the birth rate is continuously falling. Only about 79 lakh children were born in 2025. This means that the number of deaths in the country has significantly exceeded the number of births. Due to this the population is aging rapidly. This situation is having a big impact on the ground also. Cities are increasingly running out of space for cemeteries, especially in large and densely populated cities like Shanghai. Land is both expensive and limited. For this reason, the government and local administration are promoting “Ecological Burial” i.e. eco-friendly funeral methods. This includes methods that require less land or do not require land at all. For example, immersion of bones in the sea is increasing rapidly in Shanghai. For the first time in 2025, the number of such cases reached more than 10 thousand. This shows that people are now adopting cheaper and less spacey alternatives to traditional graves.



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