Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 4 this year. It is a traditional Chinese festival for people to pay tribute to the dead and worship their ancestors. The holiday also provides a ...

Children play drums and gongs during a Sanyuesan Festival celebration held at a public square in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on April 1. [Photo by Liu Zheng/For China Daily] NANNING — ...

Millions of people across China are celebrating the Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day starting from Friday.

Traditionally a Chinese spring ritual, the tomb-sweeping festival is said to have its roots in an emperor's cruelty to a ...