US EditionChinese buy flats for ashes due to high cemetery costs, sparks law against practice
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In China, the situation became so dire that even finding a place to rest after death became increasingly expensive. To avoid the rising costs and limited space in cemeteries, many families began purchasing vacant apartments, which were converted into "cremation grounds," to house the ashes of their loved ones.
High costs of yachts and low prices in the homes led several Chinese to buy apartments to place family bags. Now, the Government has illegalized this controversial practice.
China's burial crisis: Families buy flats to store ashes as cemetery costs rise, government steps in
Burial costs in Shanghai have soared beyond what most families can afford. Some turned to keeping cremated ashes in residential flats as a cheaper option. Chinese authorities have now banned the practice under new funeral rules that took effect in March.
The real estate crisis has left thousands of ghost buildings with empty floors and falling prices that compete with cemeteries, with little free space to leave ashes at a prohibitive cost.
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