Chinese honor the dead on Tomb-Sweeping Day
中国清明节的扫墓纪念活动
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Millions of Chinese people took to cemeteries to honor their lost ancestors. The three-day holiday, also called Qingming, ended Monday and the amount of visitors rose by almost 4 percent from last year.
The tombs are swept and lost loved ones are given food, flowers and other offerings.
A more dangerous practice -- which Chinese authorities are trying to end, involves burning fake money and incense. Two forest rangers died in a large blaze initially started by these rituals.