Folk artists perform traditional Chinese fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng

Folk artists take part in a performance of the traditional fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng City, central China’s Henan Province, April 3, 2013. It was an ancient local tradition to build new fire and confer the kindlings on the occasion of Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, which falls on April 4 this year. <Xinhua/Wang Song>