Eco-friendly burials take root in China
JINAN, April 5 (Xinhua) -- During this year's Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping) Festival holiday, Gao, a resident of Xi'an, and her family visited a cemetery nestled among pines and cypresses in the city's northeastern outskirts. They placed flowers beneath the trees, tied yellow ribbons they'd picked up at the entrance, and hung cards inscribed with their wishes on the branches.
"Last year, when this cemetery held a publ