「贵州农民围县长反强制火葬：怒斥官员“先挖习近平祖坟”（2025.11.22）」本周六（11月22日），贵州省贵阳市息烽县石硐镇连续爆发两起农民示威事件，村民们为抵制当地政府推行的强制火葬政策，与政府人员发生了激烈对峙，并一度围堵了一名副县长。
强征火葬政策不得人心，村民怒斥官员“先挖习近平祖坟”
事件的起因是息烽县近期开始实施的强制火葬政策，该政策要求辖区内所有居民，死后必须进行火化。这一政策一经推出，便引发民间普遍不满。村民指出，周边许多市县因政策遭反对，已从“强制火葬”改为“自愿火葬”，但息烽县却坚持强推，且无法拿出法律依据。村民表示，当地政府为了敛财，强制推行火葬，不但违背了“入土为安”的传统习俗，还将增加农户负担。不少村民在支付火化费、购买骨灰盒后，还要按照传统购置棺木为逝者进行土葬，因为农村没有专门的地方存放骨灰盒。
在面对进村宣传政策并要求村民签字的政府人员，村民曾愤怒质问：“如果共产党要挖祖坟，就先把习近平家的祖坟挖了再说！你们敢去挖吗？”此外，村民还警告政府人员，政府若想要强行挖走已下葬的遗体，“你们就放马过来，看看老百姓会不会放过你们”
木杉村：数百村民聚集阻政府偷尸
周六白天，在石硐镇木杉村，数百村民在听闻政府人员将挖走一名以下葬死者的遗体后，迅速聚集。在现场，村民们手持棍棒守在坟头四周，表示若政府人员强挖遗体，他们将“拼死阻拦”。此外，村民们还在现场用音响持续播放诉求，要求取消强制火葬政策；直至当天深夜，大批村民仍在坟山周围值守，而此前曾扬言要进村抢尸的政府人员，则因人数劣势，未有行动。
水头村：副县长殴打死者家属被围
周六晚，在距离木杉村仅数公里的水头村，一场更为激烈的对峙爆发。据当地村民称，息烽县副县长强勇在要求家属交出一名死者遗体时，殴打了死者的妹妹，引发众怒。
愤怒的村民迅速聚集，人数从几十人扩大到数百人，将副县长与随行的多名政府人员及警察层层围堵，期间，双方再次爆发冲突。现场视频显示，副县长强勇曾承诺会承担伤者的全部医药费用。双方的对峙一直持续到次日凌晨，在此期间，副县长强勇趁乱逃离了现场。
目前，两起事件仍在当地不断发酵，有大量周边网友表示将会到现场支持村民的反抗行动。
“Guizhou Farmers Surround County Official in Protest Against Mandatory Cremation: Villagers Lash Out, Saying ‘Dig Up Xi Jinping’s Ancestral Tomb First’ (Nov. 22, 2025)”
On Saturday (November 22), two separate protests broke out in Shidong Town, Xifeng County, Guiyang, Guizhou Province. Villagers resisting the local government’s mandatory cremation policy confronted officials, and at one point surrounded a deputy county chief.
Mandatory cremation policy provokes widespread discontent; villagers tell officials to “dig up Xi Jinping’s ancestral tomb first”
The protests stemmed from Xifeng County’s recent implementation of a mandatory cremation policy requiring all residents to be cremated after death. The policy has triggered broad public dissatisfaction. Villagers noted that many neighboring cities and counties, due to public opposition, had already shifted from mandatory to voluntary cremation, yet Xifeng County continued to push ahead and failed to provide any legal grounds for the requirement.
They argued that the local government was enforcing cremation for financial gain, in a way that not only contradicts the traditional custom of burial for “resting in the earth,” but also increases the financial burden on rural households. Many villagers said that after paying for cremation and purchasing urns, they still had to buy coffins for burial because rural areas have no designated facilities to store urns.
When government staff entered the villages to promote the policy and solicit signatures, villagers angrily confronted them, saying:
“If the Communist Party wants to dig up ancestors’ graves, then start by digging up Xi Jinping’s ancestral tomb! Do you dare?”
They also warned that if authorities attempted to forcibly exhume bodies already buried,
“Go ahead and try—let’s see whether ordinary people will let you walk away.”
Mushan Village: Hundreds gather to stop officials from exhuming a body
During the day on Saturday in Mushan Village, hundreds of villagers gathered after hearing that government personnel intended to remove the body of a recently buried resident. Villagers stood guard around the gravesite holding wooden sticks, saying they would “resist to the death” if the authorities attempted a forced exhumation.
Loudspeakers were used on site to broadcast their demands for the mandatory cremation policy to be withdrawn. Villagers continued guarding the area late into the night. Officials—who earlier had threatened to “seize the body”—did not act because they were outnumbered.
Shuitou Village: Deputy county chief allegedly assaults deceased’s sister and is surrounded
On Saturday night, a more intense confrontation occurred in Shuitou Village, only a few kilometers away. According to villagers, Xifeng County Deputy Chief Qiang Yong struck the sister of a deceased resident while demanding that the family hand over the body, which sparked anger.
Villagers quickly gathered—growing from dozens to hundreds—surrounding the deputy county chief along with accompanying officials and police. A physical clash followed.
Video from the scene shows Qiang Yong promising to cover all medical expenses for the injured woman. The standoff lasted until the early hours of the next morning, during which Qiang eventually escaped amid the commotion.
Both incidents continue to escalate, and many netizens from nearby areas have expressed intentions to travel to the scene to support the villagers.