"In fact," says Yang Kuo-chu, "We are well behind mainland China and Japan in terms of funeral reform." Burial under trees has long been common on the mainland. In the city of Shenyang, over 50,000 people have signed up to have their place of burial marked by a tree rather than a headstone, and in this way to return to nature when they die.
「實際上，我國的殯葬改革落後於大陸與日本許多，」楊國柱表示，在大陸地區，樹葬觀念早已風行，單單是瀋陽市，已有五萬多市民選擇樹葬，以綠樹代替墓碑，與大地合而為一。