Tree Burial" by burying the cremated powdered bones around the root of designated plants, is a burial based on the dispensation of return to nature where the dead co-exist with the trees and the "forest for tree burial" means the forest for tree burial.
Background and Goals of the Plan
- 998㎢, 1% of the whole country is encroached by cemetery and each year, graveyards of 9㎢,the 1.2 times of the size of Yeoeui-do are generated.
- This is the half of 2,117㎢ of residential areas in the entire country, and 1.6 time of the size of Seoul.
- The traditional burial cultural damages excessively and also some luxurious grave causes social disharmony.
- The harmful effect and problems are exposed like the increase of damage by getting larger and encroachment of the country.
- The efficient management of the land based on living eternally with trees and th idea of return to the nature, the improvement of burial culture and the settlement of eco-friendly burial culture minimizing natural damages are necessary.
- Creating and spreading forest for tree burial for our culture
Scope of the plan
- Location : 57 compartment # San 6 Gye-jeong-lee Yang-dong-myeon Yang-pyeong-gun Gyung-gi-do
- Land owner : The Office of Forestry(administrational property)
- Land register area : 578㏊
- Area for Natural burials forest formation : 55㏊
- TArea for model forest formation : 10㏊