Large crowds in China visited scenic spots and historic landmarks to enjoy spring scenery and explore rich cultural heritage during the Qingming Festival holiday, spanning Saturday to Monday.
Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 5 this year. It is a traditional Chinese festival in which people pay tribute to the dead and worship their ancestors. The holiday also provides a short break for Chinese citizens, who engage in outdoor activities and sightseeing.
In a park of Yancheng City, east China's Jiangsu Province, vast tulip fields unfurled like an oil painting, creating a picturesque spring scene and enchanting tourists.
The park also incorporated technology into the experience, introducing humanoid robots to interact with the tourists.
As West Lake Longjing tea enters its prime harvest season during the holiday, Mei Jia Wu Village in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, has launched an immersive tea garden experience project. It introduces creative tea-culture activities such as on-site leaf picking, guided tours of tea-production workshops, and tea-tree adoption, making West Lake Longjing into a popular spring attraction.
"I am overjoyed to have the opportunity to adopt a plot of tea here, watching the leaves grow alongside my child and exposing him to Hangzhou's tea culture from an early age," said Song Yu, a tourist.
West Lake Longjing tea, or Dragon Well Tea, is known for its vibrant green color, delicate aroma, mellow taste, and flat, smooth leaves. It ranks among China's top 10 tea varieties, and its brand value reached 8.64 billion yuan (about 1.25 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, making it the top regional tea brand in the country for seven consecutive years.
In northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Kizil grottoes launched a study tour for students and tourists on Thursday, offering an engaging way to learn about these 1,800-year-old caves.
This program will run throughout the year, focusing on enjoying the murals while tailoring exclusive study materials for different tourists.
The Kizil grottoes are considered one of China's earliest large-scale grotto groups.
People across China enjoy spring outings and study tours during Qingming Festival holiday
