Previously, Dong Anh district was infamous for retaining many outdated habits in organizing funerals. Since the implementation of a civilized lifestyle in weddings, funerals and festivals in the spirit of Directive No. 27-CT/TW in 1998 of the Central Committee of the Party and the implementation of Scheme No. 02 on continuing to promoting progressive civilization in the District, in the period 2008-2018 of the People’s Committee of Dong Anh District on continuing to carry out funerals in a civilized and progressive manner in the District, in the period 2008-2018 up to now, after many efforts, Dong Anh district has become the leading locality in the city on the implementation of a civilized lifestyle in mourning.
Up to now, the number of households in Dong Anh who have cremated their relatives upon death has reached over 95%, with some villages reaching 100% such as Ha Lo village (Lien Ha commune).
The reason Dong Anh district is so successful in this is because the locality has actively mobilized and propagated to all people about the implementation of a civilized lifestyle in mourning, gradually removing the unbeautiful customs that still exist such as: the practice of body rolling on the road, eating meals at funerals, catching evil spirits, exorcising ghosts, rowing boats to carry coffins, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol at funerals; Avoid leaving dead bodies in the house for long, avoid turning on the funeral speakers loudly, after 12pm and before 5am…
Dong Anh District Party Committee has held key cadre conferences and conferences in villages, residential quarters, communes and towns to discuss the implementation of civilized marriage and minerals. Over the past 10 years, Dong Anh District has organized 9,750 people’s conferences to discuss building a cultural life; supplementing the conventions of villages and residential quarters, including content on the implementation of a civilized lifestyle in weddings, funerals, festivals, implementation of a new cultural lifestyle so that the people can voluntarily and actively implement the content. Every year, 100% of communes and towns in Dong Anh district have held conferences to fully grasp and implement the guiding documents of the Central Government, the city and the district on the implementation of a civilized lifestyle in marriage, mourning….
Dong Anh district has promoted the planning of cemeteries to be greener, cleaner and more beautiful, regulations on the construction of graves …, which have created the consensus of the people. Under the direction of authorities at all levels, so far the mourning in Dong Anh district has gradually come into order, with the spirit of compactness, simplicity, civilization and thrift… Some localities also have their own creative ideas, helping to save costs for funerals as in Dong Anh town, maintaining the use of funeral music and rotating wreaths at 100% of funerals in each group. Co Loa Commune has another creative idea: Sending condolence letters to all families who choose to cremate their deceased relatives. Phuong Trach Pagoda (Vinh Ngoc commune) has a model of an ashes storage system according to modern technology of Taiwan and Japan, which both saves land resources and ensures hygiene. Each family has its own code to open the box containing the ashes of their relatives. Near the death anniversaries, families and relatives will receive reminders via electronic messages …
Dong Anh district focuses on rewarding civilized lifestyle in mourning
Cemeteries in Dong Anh district are well planned and cared for
Since 2018, Dong Anh district has set the following goals: 90% of funerals use rotating wreaths and mourning music; 100% of deaths are cremated; 100% of People’s cemeteries at commune, village and residential group levels are fully invested, renovated and upgraded with all items. Currently, Dong Anh district is aiming to strive for 50% of communes to build a model of ash storage system applied with 4.0 technology…
In addition, Dong Anh District also focuses on urging, inspecting and supervising the implementation of the civilized lifestyle in weddings, funerals and festivals, promptly detecting and correcting limitations and shortcomings. Every year, the locality timely praises, rewards, propagates and replicates collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in implementing a civilized lifestyle in the spirit of Directive No. 27 – CT/TW…
Thanh Thanh