Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Kuomintang party, and his family visited the tomb of his grandfather in Xiangtan county, Central China’s Hunan province, on Saturday. The trip is the first time Ma has visited the mainland. Photo: Lu Mei/China News Service, VCG

Ma and his family visited a local ferry pier in Xiangtan county. The construction of the pier had been financed by Ma’s grandfather and other locals in the 1910s, to provide a free ferry service for the public at that time. Ma’s grandfather is an influential figure local known for his charitable acts. Photo: Lu Mei/China News Service, VCG

The delegation led by Ma Ying-jeou visited the site of the factory founded by Ma’s family to produce cooking utensils. The factory is no longer in operation and has been preserved as a heritage site since 2011. Photo: Lu Mei/China News Service, VCG

On Monday, Ma visited the Chongqing urban planning exhibition hall in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality. The former Taiwan leader’s tour of the mainland is from March 27 to April 7. Photo: Photo: Lu Mei/China News Service, VCG

Ma speaks during a discussion session between a group of students from Taiwan led by him as well as faculty members and students of Hunan University in Changsha, on Sunday. Photo: Lu Mei/China News Service, VCG

The former Taiwan leader met with Shen Xiaoming, secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Hunan Provincial Committee, on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Taiwan Affairs Office Director Song Tao (right) travels on Friday with Ma on a high-speed train from Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province, to Changsha, Hunan province. Photo: Cai Yang/Xinhua