Explainer - With a history that can be traced back 2500 years, the festival is about more than just commemorating the dead.

Dhaka, April 7 -- day Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, ended on Sunday across China. This traditional festival is a time for Chinese people to remember and honour their ancestors.

Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The day of Qingming, which commemorates the dead according to Chinese tradition, falls on April 5th, as it does every year. Catholic communities of mainland China have ...

According to the latest data by the Ministry of Transport on Sunday night, it is estimated that about 790 million passenger trips would be made during the three-day Qingming holidays, setting new ...

SANYA, April 4. /TASS/. The sights of Hainan's Sanya on April 3 — on the first day of the weekend marking Qingming holiday (Day of Remembrance of the Dead) celebrated on Sunday, were visited by ...

The three-day Qingming Festival holiday has seen a tourism boom with domestic attractions receiving 126 million visits, marking a year-on-year growth of 6.3 percent, according to the latest ...

On the evening of March 11, Liu landed at an airport in Qingdao, Shandong province, his red backpack bearing the words "Taking you home". Within it was a 12-kilogram urn containing the ashes of a ...

China saw robust travel during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, which concluded on Sunday. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, a total of 126 million domestic trips were made ...

The Qingming Festival holidays in April will kick ... averaging 810,000 trips per day, up 3.8 percent year-on-year. The peak is forecast for April 6, with passenger trips projected to exceed ...

China, the world's second-largest economy, saw an increased number of people travel to all corners of the country on the first day of this year's three-day Qingming Festival holiday on Friday ...