Thousands of visitors pay respects to the dead at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2006, ahead of the traditional Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on Wednesday this week.

Thousands of visitors pay respects to the dead at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2006, ahead of the traditional Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on Wedensday this week.

A survivor of the Nanjing Massacre tells students the history of Japan's  invasion to China before the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing,  capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, ahead of the traditional Qingming Festival April 2, 2006.

(China Daily April 3, 2006)