2016 China National Day

[ahojunk]

It's a little lonely guarding the frontier but the scenery is amazing!

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Frontier defense soldiers traversing snow mountains during National Day
2016-10-03 19:32:39 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Shi

While most people celebrate the National Day holiday, frontier defense officers and soldiers stand guard to guarantee a stable and secure border. [Photo: 81.cn]

Frontier defense officers and soldiers station along the border with Kyrgyzstan in Simuhana County, performing patrol duties to guard the peace of the country. [Photo: 81.cn]

Frontier defense officers and soldiers station along the border with Kyrgyzstan in Simuhana County. [Photo: 81.cn]

Frontier defense officers and soldiers guarding Tibetan border regions, while most are celebrating the National Day holiday. [Photo: 81.cn]

Frontier defense officers and soldiers carrying out their guard duties along the border. [Photo: 81.cn]

Frontier defense officers and soldiers performing their guard duties on the border line. [Photo: 81.cn]

 

[TaiShang]

China records more tourist visits, spending as holiday enters 3rd day
Source: Xinhua | October 3, 2016, Monday |

People visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 2, 2016. People enjoy the second day of the week-long National Day holidays on Sunday. --Xinhua

CHINA saw a marked increase in tourist visits and spending as millions of Chinese went on a travelling spree for the National Day holiday, also known as the "Golden Week", latest official data showed.

Altogether 104 million people visited tourist attractions around the country on Sunday, the second day of the holiday week, up 12.5 percent year on year, according to figures released by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).

Nationwide tourist spending rose 16.1 percent year on year to 84.5 billion yuan (US$12.7 billion) on Sunday alone, the CNTA said.

The tourism surge followed a record high in railway travels recorded on Saturday, the first day of the holiday. Railways carried 14.4 million passengers on Saturday, up 15 percent year on year, according to China Railway Corporation.

China is expected to ring up 478 billion yuan of tourism income during the holiday week, a 13.5 percent increase year on year, according to a survey by China Tourism Academy and Ctrip, an online travel agent.

 

[Jlaw]

China is expected to ring up 478 billion yuan of tourism income during the holiday week, a 13.5 percent increase year on year, according to a survey by China Tourism Academy and Ctrip, an online travel agent.

@TaiShang this is sort of what you were looking for? It should be higher imo. I think too many Chinese may be traveling to Morocco

 

[TaiShang]

@TaiShang this is sort of what you were looking for? It should be higher imo. I think too many Chinese may be traveling to Morocco

I am for a preference for domestic travel over foreign ones, especially if it is for pleasure (for conference, business, etc., foreign travel is good).

I, for once, limit my travels to Greater China area and China's near neighbors (a prosperous neighborhood is in the final analysis good for us all).

Domestic tourism is important to have a sustained (and not big money losing) public transportation system, of which China builds a lot, growing inner city economy, as well as, a stronger sense of nationhood in which people are blended and national secular (and popular) culture is more strongly diffused.

 

[TaiShang]

Tourists visit Tian'anmen area despite rain

By Chen Boyuan, China.org.cn, October 5, 2016

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

 

[TaiShang]

Continued...

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

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Many tourists still choose to come to visit the Tian'anmen Rostrum and the Tian'anmen Square despite rainy weather on Oct. 4, 2016, the fourth day of the National Day Golden Week (Oct. 1-7). [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

 

[Place Of Space]

lung has been squzzed out, too damn crowded!

 

[TaiShang]

Chrysanthemum show in central China
Xinhua, October 5, 2016


Visitors view chrysanthemum show at Longting Park in Kaifeng, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 4, 2016. More than 10,000 pots of chrysanthemum are displayed here during the China's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)


Visitors view chrysanthemum show at Longting Park in Kaifeng, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 4, 2016. More than 10,000 pots of chrysanthemum are displayed here during the China's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)


People jump for photos during a chrysanthemum show at Longting Park in Kaifeng, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 4, 2016. More than 10,000 pots of chrysanthemum are displayed here during the China's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)

 

[TaiShang]

Shaolin Temple attracts visitors during National Day holiday
October 06, 2016, Xinhua


Tourists visit Shaolin Temple at the foot of the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, on Oct. 4, 2016, during the National Day holiday. (Source: Chinanews.com)

Tourists visit Shaolin Temple at the foot of the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, on Oct. 4, 2016, during the National Day holiday. (Source: Chinanews.com)

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National Day holiday marked around China
October 05, 2016


A boy reads a book in a bookstore in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Oct. 5, 2016, during the National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

Tourists visit Likeng in Wuyuan, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 4, 2016, during the National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Zhan Bin)

 

[beijingwalker]

As Chinese people come back to work from the week-long National Day holiday, traffic jam is reported across the country.

Hundreds of vehicles were seen lining up in big jam with rains on the highway to the capital city of Beijing on Thursday night.

 

[艹艹艹]

We used to be the kingdom of bicycles

 

[AndrewJin]

We used to be the kingdom of bicycles

Now we are the kingdom of cars and bullet trains

 

[beijingwalker]

Watch Hundreds of cars stopped in major roads in China during Golden Week

 

[AndrewJin]

Watch Hundreds of cars stopped in major roads in China during Golden Week

Trapped in nowhere deep in the mountain valley!

 

[beijingwalker]

Trapped in nowhere deep in the mountain valley!

Mid air in the sky, trapped in the clouds