r/Sino • u/violentviolinz • Apr 04 '26
news-domestic More than 2,000 middle school students and faculty members completed a 54-kilometer walk to pay tribute to martyrs at a cemetery in Guyuan, ahead of the Qingming Festival. Designed to strengthen students while offering a deeper understanding of the hardships endured by earlier generations
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u/RiyoshiNjap Apr 04 '26
This is why Chinese society flourishes. Respect for the ancestors and honour their sacrifice.
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u/n0rmalhum4n Apr 04 '26
What a brilliant tradition. So much meaning. The west doesn’t have this. Some religions do. Like pilgrimage and missions but then you’ve got a stupid religion indoctrinating you. A secular, communal, physical rite of passage with lessons from history. This is how you build a society.
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u/0914566079 Apr 04 '26
Are these the graves of the volunteers who fought in the Korean War?
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u/The_Dynasty_Warrior Apr 08 '26
No, against imperial Japan. Those ancestors are same age as the student agen from 9-15, if I remember correctly, because all the older male adults perish in the resistance.
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u/DevelopmentLow214 Apr 04 '26
Reminds me of when thousands of students made a pilgrimage from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng to eat soup dumplings.
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