Mourners board a ship in coastal city of Dalian, in northeast China's Liaoning Province, on March 31, 2012. The province held the 109th ceremony of scattering ashes at sea on Saturday, as the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on April 4 this year, and offered participants free taxi and boat services, vessels for ashes, and flowers (XINHUA) |