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Qingming Festival marked around China (17)

Xinhua)  08:51, March 31, 2013  

A man cleans his family members' tombstone at the Babaoshan People's Cemetery in Beijing, capital of China, March 30, 2013. Citizens have begun to remember and honour their deceased family members and ancestors as the annual Qingming Festival draws near. The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, is usually observed by the Chinese around April 5 each year. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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(Editor:LiQian、Hongyu)

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