BEIJING: In a quiet corner of Phoenix Mountain Ecological Cemetery in Luoyang, Henan province, a memorial ceremony was held in late March next to rows of white pines and golden osmanthus trees.

He Cuifang, a 60-year-old retired high school teacher from Wuyi County in Jinhua, chose a sea burial for her brother He Guorong after his passing. Wuyi now offers a 20,000-yuan (about 2,782 U.S.

Guided by green policies and shifting public attitudes, a quiet dialogue has unfolded between tradition and modernity, as ...

With its dual identity as both a solar term and a festival, Qingming, which has a history of over 2,500 years, sees tens of ...

Amid gentle sea breezes and blooming memorial flowers, and through 3D-printed ... tech-infused memorials are reshaping China's funeral culture. In Beijing, over 100,000 families have opted for ...

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Luther Grace, killed in the Korean War, will return home to Georgia for a hero’s burial in his hometown ...

The remains of a United States Army Master Sergeant will return home, 75 years after he was killed in action in the Korean ...

A cancer patient in eastern China held a living funeral for herself in a park, bidding farewell to the world and to her friends, receiving an outpouring of blessings and encouragement from passers-by.

A young woman in China who struggles with high rents is paying 50 yuan (US$7) a month to live in a toilet. The woman, surnamed Yang, 18, comes from a rural family in Hubei province in southern ...