Flowers laid at former home of late Chinese 首相 Li Keqiang

A man bows in front of the former house of China's ex-premier Li Keqiang, who died Friday at age 68

A man 屈服するs in 前線 of the former house of 中国's ex-首相 Li Keqiang, who died Friday at age 68

As dusk fell on a remote village in eastern 中国 on Friday, a small group gathered around a mud and thatch house to 支払う/賃金 尊敬の印 to its most famous 居住(者) -- former 首相 Li Keqiang, who died Friday 老年の 68.

Once in the running to take over the country's 最高の,を越す 職業 before 存在 passed over for 大統領 Xi Jinping, Li had a 比較して humble しつけ in 田舎の Anhui 州.

On Friday a cluster of bouquets was laid against the 塀で囲むs of his family home in Jiuzi village, Dingyuan 郡, where he lived throughout many of his school years.

"Li Keqiang was an amiable 首相 and was loved by people all over the country," said one man, who stood 星/主役にするing at the 陳列する,発揮する for some time, looking moved.

"When I heard the news, I was shocked, unable to 受託する the truth. I happened to be here in Dingyuan, his hometown, and (機の)カム here to 嘆く/悼む our beloved 首相," he told AFP.

It was not (疑いを)晴らす whether some of the people milling around were 現在の in an 公式の/役人 capacity, with the pile of bouquets slowly 追加するd to as the evening went on.

A small group of people gathered, with some laying bunches of yellow and white chrysanthemums -- a symbol of 嘆く/悼むing in 中国 -- and 屈服するing before the house.

"He has done a lot of good things for the people and the country. We are very 感謝する to him," one man told AFP.

Flowers are seen in front of Li Keqiang's former house in Dingyuan county, China

Flowers are seen in 前線 of Li Keqiang's former house in Dingyuan 郡, 中国

The 会葬者s speaking to AFP didn't want to give their 指名するs for privacy 推論する/理由s.

Arriving with a large standing floral 協定, a 配達/演説/出産 man told AFP he had been 召喚するd from about an hour away, as there were no closer flower shops.

The 田舎の surroundings were a far cry from the lofty halls of 力/強力にする in Beijing where Li spent a 10年間 as 中国's 名目上の second in 命令(する).

Li 報道によれば still has 親族s living in Jiuzi, a small 解決/入植地 surrounded by fields of hay, where the 味方するs of the roa ds are lined by beans left out to 乾燥した,日照りの.

One woman told AFP she felt "very sad" at Li's passing.

"My mum is 関係のある to him in some way," she said. "We 株 the same ancestor."

The son of a minor party 公式の/役人, Li's path out of Anhui began when he was 受託するd into the prestigious Peking University, first for a 法律 degree, then a 博士号 in 経済的なs.

At a small restaurant next to the house, two young men said they had travelled from Hefei, about an hour away, to 支払う/賃金 their 尊敬(する)・点s to a fellow alumnus.

"After learning the news, we (機の)カム here in the afternoon," Zhang, the 青年 長官 of Anhui Peking University Alumni 協会 said.

He showed AFP a ビデオ online from Hefei, where people were also laying flowers outside places connected with Li.

"There will probably be more people here on the 週末," said his companion.

Sorry we are not 現在/一般に 受託するing comments on this article.