In today's trending, Li Ka-shing's mansion repels thief, poem dissuades thief from burglary, moving ancient divorce papers, runner makes green journey for Tomb-Sweeping Day, and student tours China through crowd-funding.

Man tries to rob tycoon, fails

A young man tried to break into Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing's house, but failed, ifeng reported on Tuesday.

Meng Hongwei, a 19-year-old unemployed mainlander dressed all in black, was caught red-handed by police as he tried to climb over at the fence of Li's mansion, which is at 79 Deep Water Bay Road in Hong Kong, on the first day of the Easter holidays on Friday night.

According to the report, the 4-storey mansion on a hillside was completed in 2013, and is heavily guarded by security and surrounded by a fence.

As well as trespassing on the tycoon's property, Meng was also found to have crossed the Sham Chun River illegally and trespassed into Hong Kong itself.

Currently in detention until May 18, Meng is facing charges of both trespassing and illegally entering the territory.

Next up, another thief is turned away – this time by a poem.

Poem dissuades thief from burglary

People may invest in fancy alarm systems or locks to keep thieves out, but one house owner's poem was even more effective than a lock in dissuading a thief in Shijiazhuang.

A thief broke in a house in a village in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. Instead, he not only stole nothing, but even left a hundred yuan ($17) and a note on the table, reported sjznews.com on Tuesday.

The note says, "This thief entered and intended to steal. But I saw the words on your wall and changed my mind. Here's a hundred. Goodbye."

The words the thief mentioned referred to the calligraphy the house owner practiced to encourage himself to stand on his own feet even in old age.

The house owner said he would like to meet the thief to have a chat about life.

Divorce papers are not typically uplifting reads, but some ancient divorce papers found in China turned out to be quite moving, in our next story.

Ancient divorce papers discovered

A divorce certificate dating back to 1900 found in the Mogao Grottoes of China painted an unexpectedly beautiful picture of a peaceful separation, reported Bohai Morning Post on Wednesday.

In the certificate, the couple's loving past was first recounted, and their separation was blamed on the circle of life. Finally, they bless each other with beauty, long life and hopes that they will each find the right partner soon.

Next up, a runner finds a greener way of returning home for Tomb-Sweeping Day.

For marathoner, tomb sweeping goes green

On this year's Tomb-Sweeping Day, a man from Northwest China's Shaanxi province turned to a more environmentally-friendly way to pay tribute to his ancestors, reported Huashang Daily.

She Mingye, 24, ran to his hometown in Ankang city, some 40 kilometers away from the place where he lives, to visit the graveyard of his grandparents on Sunday. The journey took the man more than three hours and She's father was supportive of his green journey: "I think it is a good way to honor the ancestors, economical and good for health."

For another long journey, this one to every corner of China, another young man turns to crowd-funding, in our final story today.

Pan-China tour dream made possible by crowd-funding

Online crowd-funding helped a college student realize his dream of a pan-China tour, reported xwh.cn.

Xu Jinliang, a senior student, dreamed of journeying to every corner of China. To raise the funds, he turned to crowd-funding. Xu posted the pictures he took on previous journeys online and promised investors postcards and photos featuring the landscapes and local customs of the places he would go to. In this way, Xu collected more than 8,000 yuan ($1,290).

"Some of the people who gave me money are friends I made during travels, and some are strangers. But they have one thing in common – they all dream of touring the country. But many of them could not pursue their dream because they have to make a living. So I can say I carry the dreams of many on my shoulders."

Xu also obtained some funds and photography equipment from a company before he started his journey. Xu's pan-China tour began on March 21 from his hometown in the coastal city of Weihai in East China's Shandong province, and he will go to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet autonomous region, Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and Mohe county in Heilongjiang province, the northernmost part of China.