Chinese turn to online 'tomb sweeping' amid COVID-19 resurgence


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BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Inputting her late father's name online, Zhang Mengmeng bowed three times to the memorial tablet on the screen, then lit a virtual candle and presented a bouquet in memory of her loved one. A citizen watches online tomb-sweeping services on a cellphone in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao) Tomb-sweeping Day, also known as the Qingming Festival, is an important day in the Chinese lunar calendar. According to tradition, it is a time when people pay tribute to the deceased and worship their ancestors, visiting tombs and burning incense...