An old saying goes:Marriage is the
tomb of love.
有句老话说：婚姻是爱情的坟墓。
The meeting room is quiet as a
tomb.
会议室内死气沉沉。
In Tomb Sweeping Day, people will place a bunch of flowers and pastry at the
tomb.
清明节，人们会在坟墓上放一束花和点心等。
More Chinese consumers are choosing to spend Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day and which falls on April 5, in their local cities to get up close and personal with nature in spring.
China's economy showed robust business activity in different sectors during this year's Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day holiday.
Region uses its location and climate to best advantageA brand-new industry has emerged and is thriving in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, home to desolate deserts and ancient tomb sites.
Tongcheng Travel, a Suzhou, Jiangsu province-based online travel agency, said demand for overseas trips had been rising even during shorter holidays such as the period around Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, that fell on last Wednesday.
Compared with Tomb Sweeping Day, searches for major city clusters such as the Pearl River Delta and the Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone surged by 89 and 45 percent.
Data showed in April camping-related searches doubled from the previous month, and bookings for camping products increased five times compared with the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday.
China's postal and courier industry was less busy during the recent Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, or the Qingming Festival, due to strict COVID-19 epidemic control measures, data from the State Post Bureau showed Wednesday.
Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese holiday during which people pay tribute to the dead and worship their ancestors.
Tujia data showed the bookings for short-term rentals listed on its app/website for the upcoming Tomb Sweeping Day holiday fell compared with the same period last year amid the recent resurgence of COVID-19 infections in some major Chinese cities.
Known for its desolate desert and ancient tomb sites, Ningxia is now being talked about as a wine area that brews fine vintages winning acclaim around the world.
China's travel industry bounced back to pre-coronavirus level by some metrics over the three-day Tomb Sweeping Day, or Qingming, Festival, from Saturday to Monday, Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Tourism revenue during the Tomb Sweeping Day came in at the equivalent of $4.14 billion, more than three times last year's intake, according to China's tourism ministry.
With more number of people getting COVID-19 vaccinations in China, industry experts expect the upcoming Tomb Sweeping Day and Labor Day holidays to see more people opting for air travel.
Ticket presales for the Tomb Sweeping Day have already reached the levels seen in the same period of 2019, according to online travel agency Qunar.
A travel peak may emerge during Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on April 4 this year, Yicai reported on Thursday.
During the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday in 2020, orders for rural homestays accounted for more than 70 percent of all orders received by Xiaozhu, a homestay reservation platform.
By comparison, tourist numbers nationwide were down more than 60 percent year-on year for the three-day Tomb Sweeping Day holiday in early April.
On Tomb Sweeping Day, the first big holiday after the pandemic in April, 60 percent of the people who booked trips were below the age of 30, a distinctive increase from 43 percent in the same period last year, the report said.
The number of travelers checking into hotels over the May Day holiday was 2.1 times higher than during the three-day Tomb Sweeping Day holiday in early April, when more restrictions were in place due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Officials at Lvmama, an online travel agency based in Shanghai, said the numbers showed that the desire to travel had increased－its reservations for tour packages were 150 percent higher than those placed for the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday last month.
More than 80 million people are expected to travel during the May holiday, and the number will be double that of the three-day Tomb Sweeping break in early April, according to China's largest online travel agency Trip.
Hopes for the sector have been raised, with a survey by the China Tourism Academy reporting record levels of satisfaction among visitors during the three-day Tomb Sweeping holiday at the start of this month.
However, despite this response, the number of domestic tourist visits during the Tomb Sweeping holiday was about 43.25 million, a fall of more than 61 percent compared with same period last year.
Data from Fliggy, Alibaba's online travel service provider, show a recovery in travel plans for the upcoming Tomb Sweeping Day holiday (April 4-6).
But as the Tomb Sweeping holiday approaches, recoveries of tourism sectors in Shanghai, Chengdu, Sichuan province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province and Shenzhen and Guangzhou in Guangdong province, are most visible, Fliggy said.
If the tourist sector recovery during the upcoming Tomb Sweeping holiday is not substantial enough, industry research suggests the desire to travel during the Labor Day holiday－which has been extended to five days (May 1-5) this year－will be even stronger.
Labor, capital-intensive jewelry sector embracing high tech and automationThe Chinese people have a long history of loving gold, as the earliest trace of the precious metal was found in a royal tomb dating back 3,000 years.
Holiday to see boom in self-drive trips in recreational vehicles, boosting travel, tourismThe Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, which is observed from Saturday to Monday, is set to prove this year's first major peak for cross-province road trips in China.
"Affected by traditional customs, consumers in some southern regions will avoid buying products before and after Tomb Sweeping Day - April 5.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.02 percent on Wednesday after taking a two-day break for the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday.
Even as the A-share market took a break on Monday for the Tomb Sweeping Day, the global markets rebounded strongly, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average surging 7.73 percent on Monday and the Nasdaq by 7.33 percent.
Based on analysis, the ministry expects road traffic safety risks to arise due to five main factors: the concentrated road traffic flow around tomb areas, driving under the influence of alcohol, an increase in highway traffic accidents, overlapped multiple traffic flows in rural areas, and rain or snow.
Protective facilities and practices will be established in all world heritage sites, imperial tombs, large-scale ancient cultural heritage and tomb sites, key grotto temples, important tablets with inscriptions, and stone carvings and museums.
Regulations put forth to curb thefts of cultural relicsLast year, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced that the Jiangcun Grand Tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, is the resting place of Emperor Wen, who reigned during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).
It came as a surprise because for centuries, ancient literature had led scholars to believe the tomb was in another location about 2 kilometers away.
The finding was the result of an archaeological excavation that started in 2017, a protective measure of last resort that was prompted by frequent tomb raids at the site.
In recent years, tomb raiders have become more sophisticated.
'Increasingly intelligent'According to Wang, tomb raiders tend to go online to search for information related to ancient burial sites, look for accomplices, make plans and discuss details of their crimes.