[[alternative]]Choosing Natural Burial: Motivation and Burial Process and the Subsequent Life of the Bereaved Family

[[abstract]] 現今社會因時代變遷且台灣地區地小人稠，所有土地寸土寸金，葬法也由土葬轉變成火葬後進塔，隨著時代潮流日新月異的在改變，亡者與生者爭地的戲碼不斷上演，政府隨之推出了所謂的環保自然葬。 環保自然葬源於環境保護之訴求，主張環保，葬法是在人死後，將遺體採取環保自然的方式安葬，以減少土地及經濟負擔，進而達到生存環境的永續利用，隨著網路世代的來臨，少子化的現代人開始傾向環保自然葬的極簡葬法，但環保葬雖然能夠節省土地資源、節省了經濟成本，卻也失去了祭祀的意義與家庭連結的終止。因此本文聚焦探討現代人選擇的環保自然葬的動機，也藉此提出實施環保自然葬可再補足或加強的做法，以利生死兩安。 本研究採取質性研究方法，透過深度訪談的方式，訪談五位自然葬後之喪親家屬，探討以下的問題：一、探究喪親家屬選擇環保自然葬的原初動機；二、探究環保自然葬時喪親家屬對於安葬流程的感受；三、瞭解環保自然葬家屬的悲傷心理與後續生活。 透過研究提出環保葬的缺漏與可能產生的負面影響，最後則納入現代社會異於傳統社會的時代變遷因素，提出環保自然葬若要滿足生死兩安的創新做法之建議。[[abstract]] In today's society, due to the changes of the times and the densely populated people in Taiwan, all the land is full of land and gold, and the funeral method has also been changed from burial to cremation and entering the tower. The government then launched what is known as an environmentally friendly natural funeral. Environmentally-friendly natural burial originates from environmental protection demands, and advocates environmental protection. The burial method is to bury the remains in an environmentally-friendly and natural way after human death, in order to reduce land and economic burden, and to achieve sustainable use of the living environment. With the advent of modernization, deceased modern people have begun to prefer the minimalistic burial method of environmentally friendly natural burial, but although environmental burial can save land resources and economic costs, it also loses the meaning of sacrifice and the termination of family connection. Therefore, this article focuses on the motivations of environmentally friendly natural burials chosen by modern people, and also proposes that the implementation of environmentally friendly natural burials can be supplemented or strengthened in order to benefit life and death. This research adopts a qualitative research method. Through in-depth interviews, we interviewed five bereaved family members who were naturally buried, and explored the following issues: (a) Exploring the original motive of contemporary people choosing environmentally friendly natural burial; (b) Exploring the feelings of family members of environmental protection natural burials about the burial process; (c) Understand the sadness and subsequent life of family members. Through research, the omissions and possible negative impacts of environmental protection burial are put forward, and finally, the factors of the times of modern society different from the traditional society are incorporated, and the proposal of environmental protection natural burial to meet the needs of life and death is proposed