Christian funerals outside of churches have been banned in some areas of China as the communist government begins to enforce new regulations on religious practices.
As often happens, however, the rules are not enforced uniformly among the provinces.
In the eastern province of Zhejiang, the government has put in force a set of regulations on centralised funeral arrangements, which bans priests from attending funeral prayers outside a religious place, reported ucanews.com.
The government claims the new rules aim to "get rid of bad funeral customs and establish a scientific, civilised and economical way of funerals."
