New Rules for Worship in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Guangzhou

In recent years, according to the needs of preventing the spread of epidemic situation and standardizing Tomb-Sweeping Day's sacrificial sweeping activities, Guangzhou has made new regulations on Tomb-Sweeping Day's sacrificial sweeping activities. The new regulations include time limit, quantity limit and the requirement of wearing masks.

The Guangzhou Municipal Government issued the Notice on Strictly Doing a Good Job of Sacrificial Sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day, pointing out that during the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day, all the sacrificial sweeping points were subject to one-way flow, and no reverse flow was allowed; Cleaning time shall not exceed 30 minutes; Keep a social distance from each sacrifice point to avoid crowd gathering, which shall not exceed 10. In addition, all personnel involved in the sacrificial sweeping activities must wear masks and have their body temperature measured.

How to strictly implement the new rules of sacrifice in Tomb-Sweeping Day? Urban management, public security, health and other relevant departments will strengthen inspections, discourage and stop violators, and educate and punish them. At the same time, migratory bird cameras were set up at various sacrificial sites to monitor the sacrificial sites to ensure that the regulations were put in place.

In order to protect citizens' health and life safety, the Guangzhou Municipal Government has formulated a new regulation of sweeping sacrifices in Tomb-Sweeping Day, aiming at standardizing the sweeping sacrifices, reducing the risk of epidemic situation and ensuring the normal activities of sweeping sacrifices in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Each of us should consciously abide by the regulations and actively cooperate with relevant departments to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and security.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of the Regulations on Funeral Management in People's Republic of China (PRC) is: actively and step by step implement cremation, reform burial, save land for funeral, get rid of funeral customs, and advocate civilized and thrifty funeral management.