One man's mission to help keep tradition alive

NANJING: This Friday is Tomb-Sweeping Day, one of the three traditional festivals that have been included as the Chinese mainland's public holidays starting this year.

Together with the other two additions, the Dragon Boat Festival in June and the Mid-Autumn Festival in September, the authorities have said that the inclusion is aimed at protecting folk culture and customs.

And Chinese nationwide have Chen Jing, a 68-year-old folk artist and professor from Nanjing University, to thank for the move.