People enjoy Qingming Festival around China

Source: Xinhua| 2021-04-05 14:54:27|Editor: huaxia

A festive boat procession in worship of Canshen, the local patron god of silkworm raisers, is seen during a temple fair at Qinghe Village, Zhouquan Township, Tongxiang City of east China's Zhejiang Province, April 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)


BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Qingming Festival, also known as the Tomb-sweeping Day, is an important occasion for Chinese to honor their ancestors. Many also spent the three-day holiday on leisure travel.

Aerial photo taken on April 4, 2021 shows tourist visiting a Chinese crabapple garden in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo by Hao Qunying/Xinhua)

Tourists visit Tianmu Mountain scenic spot in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 4, 2021. (Photo by Hu Jianhuan/Xinhua)

People have fun at a park in Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province, April 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

A pupil observes an exhibit at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province on April 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Mengqi)

Aerial photo taken on April 4, 2021 shows a boat race during the Maoshan Boat Fair, a national intangible cultural heritage event in Xinghua City of east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)■

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