Worshiping ancestors on Qingming Festival

[Video by Chang Xinkai for chinadaily.com.cn]

Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, one of China's four traditional festivals, is a day for commemorating the country's revolutionary ancestors and war heroes.

The Ningjin county of Dezhou city in East China's Shandong province is part of the historic red revolutionary area. Here, visitors can pay tribute to the revolutionary martyrs, experience the unwavering spirit of the soldiers who marched thousands of miles to defend the country, sacrificing their youth for future generations, and hear the inspiring stories of heroic figures at the anti-Japanese war memorial hall. Furthermore, the remarkable epic novel Dadao Ji, an account of the Anti-Japanese War in northern Shandong, is rooted in Ningjin.

For Ningjin, Qingming Festival is not only a time to remember martyrs, but also serves as a call to uphold and promote the spirit of selflessness and patriotism, which is integrated into all facets of Ningjin's development, thereby creating a more prosperous and vibrant community. (Edited by Du Xiaping)