Andy Wong / AP

A Chinese man repaints the characters on a tomb of his relative at a cemetery on the Qingming Festival in Beijing, China Tuesday, April 5. Qingming festival, also known as the Grave Sweeping Day is a day when Chinese around the world remember their dearly departed and take time off to clean up the tombs and place flowers and offerings.

Chinese honor dead on Grave Sweeping Day

By Rich Shulman

Sometimes less is more. The hand is just enough to convey the presence of the painter.

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