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In 2025, China's death toll reached 11.3 million. Far exceeding the birth population of 79 million Population continues to decline for the third consecutive year The demographic peak of mortality has officially arrived. Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Hebei A strange phenomenon has emerged in multiple cities across the country. Someone places the ashes of their deceased relatives Gently placed in a commercial apartment This type of house is called an "ash house." On March 30th, just before the Qingming Festival The Chinese government has issued the new "Regulations on Funeral Management" Such practices are explicitly prohibited. Why do Chinese people place ash chambers inside Western-style houses? What kind of national conditions changes did you see behind the crematorium? What on earth causes such institutional absurdity? Hello everyone, this is "Micro Words View the World" I am Cheng Weiyu. During the Pure Brightness season, rain falls in abundance The travelers on the road are spirits ready to break apart. The Qingming Festival of 2026 has just passed. A novel sight has appeared in Chinese cities. The figure mourning a loved one Quietly moved from the cemetery to a commodity apartment in the city Amidst towering skyscrapers Hiding one after another are cremation chambers. The windows that never light up Perhaps just一个个 cremation rooms What is an urn room? Let me describe a scene. You live in an ordinary apartment building. That house next door is always dark. Windows with red bricks or heavy curtains Seal it tightly, impenetrable to light Nearly no one comes or goes throughout the 365 days of the year. No courier, no sound You have never met your neighbor. Only during the Qingming and Winter Solstice festivals That is when the scent of incense and the sound of chanting would drift over. You go to knock on the door, but no one answers. Property verification shows someone registered. I'm telling you, the neighbor living inside It could be one or more deceased individuals. This is not a Liaoning disaster. This is a real phenomenon currently existing in major Chinese cities in 2026. According to an investigation by reporters from the Legal Daily Individual home purchases have already occurred in many parts of the country. Situations specifically designated for storing ashes A resident interviewed spoke frankly. within my own residential community There are more dead people living there than living people—this is not uncommon. A resident from Jiangsu described He once secretly looked at the neighbor through the crack in the door. Inside are a black urn and black-and-white photographs. Lamps are lit on both sides, burning continuously. The scene of this yin-yang copper pavilion It's chilling to the bone. For a moment, I couldn't tell whether this was a cemetery or a dwelling place. A more realistic impact is Once the news about the crematorium spread throughout the neighborhood The property prices for the entire building would then plummet accordingly. What on earth is the reason? Other Chinese people would have to risk neighborhood disputes Shoving the ashes of deceased relatives into a residential building One Money, or more accurately, the two characters No money Let's do the math. This account doesn't require any financial knowledge. Everyone has a scale in their heart. Everyone knows Buying a tombstone in China What you purchased is not a perpetual ownership right. What you're buying is a usage right. And only 20 years After 20 years expire You must renew your subscription. Otherwise, the ashes of one's relatives It might be treated as an unclaimed tomb. To put it bluntly They'll end up digging up the ancestral graves. What to do after expiration varies across different regions nationwide. The regulations are almost in a policy vacuum. Each cemetery sets its own prices. Completely opaque How much does that cemetery cost? Remote cemetery in the suburbs of Beijing A regular grave plot Starting from around 100,000 RMB Beijing's urban area or mainstream cemeteries It's routinely between 300,000 and 500,000 Gravesites under Shanghai's renowned cemetery, Fushou Garden The sky-high price set in 2023 was for 0.6 square meters. It's about the size of a desk. Priced as high as 457,800 yuan 760,000 yuan per square meter More expensive than Shanghai's top-tier mansions How many people can afford this amount of money? So some people say that nowadays, one can afford to live but cannot afford to die. On the other hand Since Xi Jinping shouted "Houses are for living in, not for speculation" Since the collapse of the real estate market Numerous third- and fourth-tier cities and suburban areas of major cities Severe housing oversupply Many vacant small apartments with 70-year property rights The price is just over 200,000 RMB It becomes clear as soon as you calculate the account. Buying a grave costs 500,000 yuan, but it can only be used for 20 years. You still need to pay money when it expires. Buy a house for 200,000 with a 70-year property right Can hold the ashes of three generations of a family Even if housing prices rebound, I can still sell it as an asset. This is the fundamental reason why cremation rooms come into existence. Someone who puts ashes in a commercial apartment That's purely immoral and uncivilized. Some people also say it's not due to the low quality of the common people. This is a survival wisdom born out of necessity. 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Here, we also want to remind everyone This Red Sea Ginseng is not a medicine. But as a daily health supplement In terms of repair capacity and immune system enhancement It truly has been very helpful. You can click the link in the comment section to purchase. Use my coupon code WEIU Weiyu You can enjoy a 15% discount. Why are China's funeral expenses so high as to be suffocating? According to the insurance company SunLife Global Funeral Cost Survey Conducted in 2020 The average funeral expense in China is approximately 37,375 Chinese yuan. Second in the world Second only to Japan Nearly equivalent to a regular worker's entire annual income Only two characters Monopoly In China The funeral industry is the least regulated. One of the most profitable industries The land of urban cemeteries is controlled by local governments. How much is allocated to whom for sale? A completely opaque political game and China's largest listed funeral services company, Fushouyuan Its cemetery services have maintained a gross profit margin exceeding 80% for a long time. This figure exceeds that of many luxury brands. Even more absurd is market logic. Cremation urn, funeral wreaths, altar decoration Every step is violence. And it was exactly one of those moments when you're at your lowest emotional point The moment when negotiation is least possible In recent years, Xi Jinping has rectified internet platforms. Crackdown on education and training institutions Cracked down on the entertainment industry Yet this one piece I simply cannot move. The funeral cake that has the common people suffering endlessly The reason is very simple. Because I touched it It's touching the most stable source of revenue for local governments. But history is ultimately accelerating. 2025 China's deceased population is 11.3 million. 9.8 million, compared to 2015 An additional 1.5 million Baby boomers of the 1950s and 1960s They are collectively entering old age. Academically referred to as demographic peak of mortality Those who have passed away outnumber those who are still alive. The purpose of supply is being monopolized by power. Market alternatives to the bizarre concept of an ash room It is precisely under such structural pressure Something that is bound to be born Funeral homes in big cities are beginning to queue up. Reports indicate that it will take several days. The waiting time for a niche in the public columbarium exceeds one year. When demand explodes while supply is strangled by politics The common people will just have to figure it out on their own. Against this backdrop The Chinese government on March 30, 2026 two days before the Qingming Festival The revised Funeral Management Regulations have been officially implemented. The regulation consists of 8 chapters and 73 articles. It explicitly states: Residential buildings shall not be exclusively used for storing ashes. Since the promulgation of the original regulations in 1997 The first comprehensive revision in 29 years The official media loudly promotes Say this is a milestone change To restore the public welfare nature of funeral services Crack down on arbitrary fee charging It sounds like it might be good. But there are several issues here. First, the new regulations prohibit residential buildings specifically used for storing ashes. However, for ordinary families placing ashes in their own homes, Explicitly stated as outside the scope of rectification Who defines this boundary? How do I carry it out? The regulation does not specify a clear fine amount. That would probably be another gray area when put into practice. The second regulation stipulates the promotion of eco-friendly burial methods that conserve land. Provide subsidies of several thousand yuan for these forms. But the Chinese people's attitude toward funerals and burial It's never just about handling a single corpse. It is a matter of great significance concerning the fate of one's soul. Honoring ancestors posthumously is not merely an extension of filial piety. It is also a symbol of the continuation of the family lineage. To be laid to rest in peace Behind it lies the Chinese people's entire cosmology. Chinese people believe that the soul and spirit do not vanish after death. The physical body must return to the earth. Only then can the deceased find true peace. Only then can one protect and bless future generations. Therefore, many people place great importance on the feng shui of the Yin residence. The orientation of the cemetery and the configuration of mountains and water It is directly considered to be related to the prosperity or decline of the family's fortune. This is also why the owner of the Ash Pavilion It often requires inviting a feng shui master to conduct an on-site inspection. Why should heavy curtains be drawn closed? Or just seal the window shut directly Because ashes are not supposed to be exposed to sunlight Otherwise, the dissipation of this yin energy will affect the family's fortune. The custom of tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival is part of this cultural tradition. The annual concrete practice Bring the whole family to personally clean the tombstone Burn incense to pay respects Not just思念 for the deceased It is also a ritual of family identity. Where do I come from? Where is my root? That is precisely why Ecological burials such as sea burials and tree burials, which leave no trace To many traditional families, It's a deprivation that is hard to accept. No gravestone Where to pay respects during Qingming Festival? Where do ancestors go? The absurdity of the bone ash workshop It is precisely this thousand-year-old cultural belief system Under the dual pressure of high burial plot prices and high housing prices A mutation born out of desperation And these few thousand yuan in subsidies are also hard to change Thousands of years of cultural accumulation Third point Wu Hsin-yi, a scholar at the University of California, Irvine, who specializes in funeral policy, spoke frankly. The new law might be able to prevent intermediaries from publicly selling ashes. But privately, the operations are unlikely to cease. Because the fundamental issue has not been resolved What is the fundamental issue? It's a monopoly that hasn't been broken. The profiteering from cemeteries has not been eliminated. The structural interests of local governments relying on funeral services for livelihood have not been touched. A single ban cannot solve a systemic problem. This is common sense. The term "bone ash workshop" sounds like a social oddity. A mere topic of casual conversation over tea and meals But if everyone thinks seriously about it What harsh reality does it reflect behind? Xi Jinping has been calling for "housing is for living in, not for speculation" for ten years. As a result, the house really isn't being speculated on anymore. Now used for storing ashes Shout the so-called great rejuvenation and comprehensive well-off society People-centered But a national government If we cannot even ensure that people can afford to die and be buried with dignity If even paying respects to one's ancestors during Qingming Festival has to be done like a thief Hiding inside this residential building, sneaking around furtively Whose glory is it, then, that he is restoring? Back then, we said it's not easy to live in China. Dying itself has now become a luxury. in the apartments whose windows were sealed with bricks Countless black-and-white photographs silently gaze upon this mad world. And as for those who are still alive, all they can do is sigh and shake their heads. Have you thought about asking a question? Where exactly does this entire bizarre situation originate? Who should be responsible for him? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section. Input 3 indicates that Xi Jinping bears full responsibility. Entering 6 indicates that this is a policy issue. Just制定 a reasonable policy is enough Entering 9 indicates that this is a systemic issue within the Communist Party's structure. Of course, multiple selections are also possible. Talking about this topic today is a bit creepy. But this is not a ghost story and a reality even more absurd than a ghost story Behind the crematorium lies the burst real estate bubble. Funeral industry monopoly violence The pace of population aging is accelerating. and a government institutionally incapacitated A tragedy woven together by these four lines The new Funeral Management Regulations have been promulgated. We look forward to seeing how many issues it can resolve. But I think as long as the root cause remains unchanged This phenomenon in the cremation room will never truly disappear. It has merely become more concealed from public view. Alright, let's stop here for today. 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