Chinese pay tribute to heroes on Tomb Sweeping Day

BEIJING - China saw the peak of tomb-sweeping activities on Saturday, the first day of the three-day Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Noting that this year's Tomb-sweeping Day is the first of its kind observed under regular epidemic control, the ministry said that over 32,000 funeral-service agencies with on-site tomb-sweeping services were open across the country on Saturday, receiving about 19.3 million people.