The only founding general to be buried was Xu Shiyou

Just after New Year's Day in 1985, Xu Shiyou asked his secretary to write a report to the Party Central Committee, saying that he did not have much time left and had no other aspirations for the organization. , asked the Party Central Committee to bury him in a coffin after his death, on the grounds that he had participated in the revolution since he was a child and was not able to serve his biological mother enough. Live loyally, die filial piety, and be buried next to your mother's grave to fulfill your filial piety.

The report of Xu Shiyou’s request for a coffin burial was sent to Beijing and circulated by the leaders of the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission. After the liberation of the country, except for Ren Bishi, who was not cremated, who had the courage to ask for burial? No one can make this decision. Finally, the report was sent to Deng Xiaoping for his final decision. Deng Xiaoping knew Xu Shiyou best. He looked forward and backward, and finally felt that Xu Shiyou was Xu Shiyou after all. There was only one in China, so he gave instructions in the report: Do this and never do it again.