BEIJING: In a quiet corner of Phoenix Mountain Ecological Cemetery in Luoyang, Henan province, a memorial ceremony was held ...

Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large and Philippe Starck have created ...

Returning to nature has become a new trend in funeral practices. At the Phoenix Mountain memorial park, each urn is crafted from biodegradable materials designed to dissolve over three to five ...

Amid gentle sea breezes and blooming memorial flowers, and through 3D-printed facial restoration of the deceased and ...

At dawn on Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, a white vessel quietly departed from a harbor in Dalian, ...

Neither a cruise ship nor a fishing boat, it was a specialized sea burial ship, carrying mourners and floral tributes for ...

Volunteers who greet cruise ship passengers on Astoria’s waterfront are accustomed to answering most questions posed by the arrivals. “What island is that?,” they often ask, gesturing to the ...

Guided by green policies and shifting public attitudes, a quiet dialogue has unfolded between tradition and modernity, as ...