MORE than 2.35 million people visited 54 cemeteries in Shanghai yesterday for the Qingming Festival to pay tribute to their ancestors, a rise of 4.8 percent from the same period of last year, Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau said. The tomb sweepers brought an extra 293,000 vehicles onto the city’s streets, up 7.8 percent from a year ago. Binhai Guyuan Cemetery in Fengxian District, Xianhe Cemetery in Minhang District and Fushouyuan Cemetery in Qingpu District had the largest number of tomb sweepers, the bureau said.