Editing Zhao Ziyang (section)

=== Funeral and burial ===
[[File:趙紫陽夫婦墓碑 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Zhao Ziyang's final burial site in 2019, with his son {{Interlanguage link|Zhao Erjun|lt=|zh|赵二军}} on the right.]]
On 29 January 2005, the government held a funeral ceremony for him at the [[Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery]], a place reserved for revolutionary heroes and high government officials, that was attended by some 2,000 mourners, who were pre-approved to attend. Several dissidents, including Zhao's secretary Bao Tong and [[Tiananmen Mothers]] leader [[Ding Zilin]], were kept under house arrest and therefore could not attend. Xinhua reported that the most senior official to attend the funeral was [[Jia Qinglin]], fourth in the party hierarchy, and other officials who attended included [[He Guoqiang]], [[Wang Gang (politician)|Wang Gang]] and [[Hua Jianmin]].<ref name="news.xinhuanet.com"/> Mourners were forbidden to bring flowers or to inscribe their own messages on the government-issued flowers. There was no eulogy at the ceremony because the government and Zhao's family could not agree on its content: while the government wanted to say he made mistakes, his family refused to accept he did anything wrong. On the day of his funeral, state television mentioned Zhao's death for the first time. Xinhua issued a short article on the funerary arrangements, acknowledging Zhao's "contributions to the party and to the people", but said he made "serious mistakes" during the 1989 "political disturbance".<ref name="news.xinhuanet.com"/> 

According to [[Du Daozheng]], who wrote the foreword to the Chinese edition of Zhao's memoirs, the use of the term "serious mistakes" instead of the former verdict of supporting a "counter-revolutionary riot" represented a backing down by the Party.<ref name="Du1" /> After the ceremony, Zhao was [[cremation|cremated]]. His ashes were taken by his family to his Beijing home, since the government had denied him a place at Babaoshan.<ref>Wu Nan. [http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1315525/babaoshan-struggles-meet-demand-cadres-final-resting-place "Babaoshan Struggles to Meet Demand as Cadres' Final Resting Place"]. ''South China Morning Post''. 23 September 2013.</ref> In October 2019, Zhao was finally laid to rest at the Tianshouyuan cemetery north of Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gerard |first1=Bonnie |title=Damnatio Memoriae in China: Zhao Ziyang Is Laid to Rest |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/11/damnatio-memoriae-in-china-zhao-ziyang-is-laid-to-rest/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mai|first=Jun|date=18 October 2019|title=Low-key ceremony as purged reformer Zhao Ziyang is finally laid to rest|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3033535/low-key-ceremony-zhao-ziyang-who-opposed-tiananmen-crackdown|access-date=30 June 2021|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en}}</ref> Three months later, on the 15th anniversary of Zhao's death, his son  {{Interlanguage link|Zhao Erjun|lt=|zh|赵二军}} reported tightened security at the cemetery, with the addition of facial recognition surveillance cameras, ID checks and security guards patrolling Zhao's grave. A tree was also planted in front of the grave, obstructing access to it.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Long|first=Qiao|date=17 January 2020|others=Translated by Luisetta Mudie|title=Family Reports Tight Security, Digital Surveillance at Grave of Ousted Premier|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/zhao-memorial-01172020132708.html|access-date=30 June 2021|website=[[Radio Free Asia]]|language=en}}</ref>