{"id":4397,"date":"2021-03-25T23:15:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2021-03-25T23:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:15:12","slug":"china-moves-to-ban-burning-joss-paper-to-cut-pollution-and-help-the-environment-but-many-say-it-disrespects-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=4397","title":{"rendered":"China moves to ban burning joss paper to cut pollution and help the environment, but many say it disrespects tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostAfter making Tomb-Sweeping Day a national holiday in an effort to prevent the erosion of traditional culture over a decade ago, Chinese authorities are now trying to eliminate a major ritual on the day \u2014 burning joss paper for the dead.A number of Chinese cities have launched a crackdown on the thousand-year-old custom ahead of the festival to remember ancestors, also known as the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4.The governments of several northern cities including Harbin have warned\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/article\/3127005\/china-moves-ban-burning-joss-paper-cut-pollution-and-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostAfter making Tomb-Sweeping Day a national holiday in an effort to prevent the erosion of traditional culture over a decade ago, Chinese authorities are now trying&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}