It was near that old and sunken grave, yet with a space between, as if the dust of the two sleepers had no right to mingle.

这座新坟靠近那座下陷的老坟，但中间留着一处空地，仿佛两位长眠者的骨殖无权相混。

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Possibly because of the practical manners of agriculture national which extremely value the real life, the grave turns to be the public space of death without management in fact.

可能正是因为农耕民族极端注重现世生活的务实态度，墓场实际上变成了无人管理的死者的公共空间。

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"The issue of grave space has been prominent for the last 10 years and it's rapidly running out, particularly in urban areas", he said.

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The committee also expressed "grave concern" that the number of casualties of children had doubled in the space of one year.

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