Interesting Holiday in China...

While perusing the Chinese news I came across a very interesting holiday in China. On Friday, April 4th, an estimated 100 million Chinese participated in grave-sweeping day (Qingming). Apparently, this is a set holiday for people to go visit the graves of deceased relatives or friends.

And it seems quite popular! On Friday, China's railways carried a record 5.3 million people, that is good enough for a 57% increase from last year's grave-sweeping day. No word on the holiday's boost in participants this year, maybe the weather was better!

Also interesting, Qingming was added to the official holiday calendar in response to public calls.