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The green funeral center with the theme "Gather" delivers the message of connection, of joining together and of humanity, with the three stages of human flow portrayed throughout the building and rooftop ash garden intended to promote togetherness, in order to change the sadness and grief of traditional Chinese funerals. Its building materials and structure are composed of human ashes and concrete, in convergence with the center shapes, as a metaphor to two human hands meeting, implying that people can find a common point to understand that a funeral is “a time to gather"