Digital billboards display footages of Yuan Longping in remembrance of the scientist on Monday night in Nanjing, South China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG

A man visits the Yuan Longping Hybrid Rice Science Park in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, to bid farewell to the scientist on Saturday. Photo: Zhang Lang/China News Service, IC Photo

Yuan Longping examines hybrid rice sprouts in a lab in 2003. Photo: Zhang Yu / China News Service, IC Photo

A bowl of rice is seen outside the memorial hall of Mingyangshan Funeral Home in Changsha, Central China’s Hunan province, on Sunday. Photo: VCG

A resident pays respect to Yuan Longping on Monday at the Hainan base of China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center in Sanya. Photo: VCG

Flowers are placed in remembrance of Yuan Longping at the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center in Changsha on Sunday. Photo: VCG

People line up in rain to bid farewell to Yuan Longping at Mingyangshan Funeral Home in Changsha on Sunday. Photo: VCG

People lay flowers around a statue of Yuan Longping at Southwest University, Yuan’s alma mater, in Chongqing municipality on Sunday. Photo: Chen Chao / China News Service, VCG