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Harbin people honor ancestors on Tomb Sweeping Day

Updated : 2017-04-06

By Wang Wei ( chinadaily.com.cn )

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Harbin residents lay bouquets at a memorial statue of Zhao Yiman, beside Northeast China Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall on Tomb Sweeping Day on April 4. On this day, many Harbin people paid their respects to revolutionary martyrs at memorial halls. Zhao Yiman was a female Chinese resistance fighter against Japanese aggression in Northeast China. She is considered a national hero because she was captured and executed by Japanese forces in 1936. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A boy and his mother visit the Northeast China Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall on Tomb Sweeping Day on April 4. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Students listen to a commentator in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Museum on Tomb Sweeping Day. [Photo/Xinhua]