People enjoy Qingming Festival holiday across China

Children try their hands picking tea leaves at a demonstration base for tea planting in a modern agricultural park in Meijiang Town of Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing, southwest China, April 3, 2026. The country's first spring break for primary and secondary schools fell right before the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, which is Saturday through to Monday, in many localities. Students there were given the chance to involve in a variety of leisure activities. (Photo by Hu Cheng/Xinhua)