(XINHUA)

Taiwanese youth pose for picture in front of the Taihe Hall at the Forbidden City in Beijing on August 3. On that day, the 2013 Root-Seeking Tour opened in the capital. A total of 4,000 Chinese born in foreign countries as well as regions of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan took part in a five-day event by visiting ancestral hometowns and learning more about Chinese history and culture.