On the afternoon of February 17, Haining City held an on-site meeting on the safety of religious activity sites among citizens, attended by 110 people from various towns (streets), responsible persons of 47 folk religious activity sites included in the management of registration numbers, and responsible persons of their villages. Li Minghua, director of the Haining Civil Sect, Shen Yongzhong, deputy director and comrades of relevant departments attended the meeting.
During the Spring Festival, the Guanyin Hall of the Zusanzhen Temple of Xu Village in Haining caused a fire due to improper operation by the on-site management personnel, but fortunately there were no casualties. However, it attracted great attention from the Haining Municipal Sect Bureau, and on the first day of the Spring Festival long holiday, it contacted and implemented the on-site meeting on the safety of folk belief activity sites.
The on-site meeting will be held in Xucun Town, Haining City. All the participants first inspected the fire scene of the Guanyin Hall of Zusanzhen Temple, and listened to the introduction of the management personnel on the fire accident and the problems and shortcomings in fire safety management. Afterwards, all officers listened to the safety work training and guidance report delivered by Director Li Minghua. The meeting deeply analyzed the reasons for the fire in the Guanyin Hall of the Zusanzhen Temple: the fire candles were placed too close to the main hall, the fire extinguishing method was inappropriate, the personnel supervision was absent, and the use of large candles was used. The meeting required all folk belief activity sites to deeply learn lessons, re-examine the loopholes in the allocation of fire protection facilities, personnel fire skills training, and daily fire safety management of their own places, and immediately rectify them to ensure the safety of activities on the next major festivals; At the same time, strictly abide by the “six” management system for folk belief activity sites, and conduct food safety and other safety management, daily activity organization, and financial management in accordance with rules and regulations, to ensure that the management of folk belief activity sites is standardized and orderly.
The Haining Civil Sect Bureau delisted the Zusanzhen Temple and withdrew the registration certificate, requiring the site to rectify the fire safety management problems within six months, otherwise it would be given the qualification to revoke the registration management.