Paper boats with candles to express grief

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-03 10:38

  
A number of paper boats with candles were put into the Ganjiang River in Nanchang, capital city of east China's Jiangxi province, reported by Jiangnan City News on Wednesday. As China's traditional Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, is coming, local residents in the city's Zhuang Yuanqiao community put these paper boats in the river to commemorate and honor their ancestors and lost relatives. [ jxnews.com.cn]



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