Chinese tradition, ceremony,culture

People across the country attended various activities to pay tribute to martyrs during the Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, on Sunday this year.



An aerial drone photo taken on April 5, 2026 shows people paying tribute to martyrs at a martyrs' cemetery in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Zhao Jun/Xinhua)



People pay tribute to martyrs at a martyrs' cemetery in Anshun City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 5, 2026. (Photo by Chen Xi/Xinhua)



People pay tribute to martyrs at Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Han He)



A woman wipes a memorial wall engraved with the names of martyrs at the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Han He)



People pay tribute to martyrs at Longhua Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in east China's Shanghai, April 5, 2026. People across the country attended various activities to pay tribute to martyrs during the Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, on Sunday this year. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)





Students clean the tombstones for martyrs at Longhua Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in east China's Shanghai, April 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

Students perform bamboo pole dance at a primary school in Changzhou District of Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2026. The Sanyuesan Festival is a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China, which falls on April 19 this year. (All photos by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)



Students take part in an on-land dragon boat race at a primary school in Changzhou District of Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2026.



Students dance at a primary school in Changzhou District of Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2026.



Students make handicrafts at a primary school in Changzhou District of Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2026.



Students display delicacies at a primary school in Changzhou District of Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2026. The Sanyuesan Festival is a traditional festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month by various ethnic groups in China, which falls on April 19 this year. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)


Students sing folk songs at a primary school in Changzhou District of Wuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2026.

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