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Chinese people's memory of Spring Festival travel rush



Migrant worker Chen Yifeng (8th, R) and his wife Xu lining (5th, R) pose for photos with their family after a 14-hour journey by motorcycle from Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, to Pingding Village, Teng County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 19, 2017. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)



Passengers walk out of the Fuyang Railway Station in Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province, on Feb. 1, 2013. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)



Migrant worker Chen Yifeng (Front) and his wife Xu lining ride a motorbike on their way home from Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, to Pingding Village, Teng County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 19, 2017. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)



A woman carrying heavy luggage tries to catch her train with a baby in arm at the Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 30, 2010. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)



Pedestrians walk on a road closed due to heavy snow on their way home for the Spring Festival family reunion in Guanyang County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 28, 2008. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Chen Ruihua)



Migrant worker Chu Mingdong (2nd, L) is received by his family as he returns home for the Spring Festival family reunion in Mijiagou Village, Zhangbei County of north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 10, 2002. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Zhou Wenguang)



File Photo taken on Jan. 6, 1984 shows the newly-set group ticket desk at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Huang Zhong)



Staff members of the Shijiazhuang Railway Station pour hot water into passengers' cups during the Spring Festival travel rush in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, in the year of 1984. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Zhao Liansheng)



Migrant workers of a private enterprise get on a bus heading for their hometowns in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 28, 2011. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Yuan Yun)



Passengers wait at the departure lounge of the Taiyuan Railway Station in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 2, 2007. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)



Train conductor Liao Hui (R) with Fuzhou sector of Nanchang's Railway Bureau brings hot water to passengers during the Spring Festival travel rush on Feb. 6, 2016. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)



Passenger Chen Xiaolin arrives at the Xianyang airport with her child to take a flight to Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, in Xianyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Feb. 6, 2018. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)



Ticket seller Bai Ziping works at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 18, 1997. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)



Passengers look outside through a windshielding bedsheet on a train at the Hankou Railway Station, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 21, 2001. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua)



Staff members guide passengers at the Guangzhou Railway Station, south China's Guangdong Province, on Jan. 24, 2006. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Ding Yong)



Passengers queue to enter the Beijing Railway Station during the Spring Festival travel rush in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 12, 1993. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Tang Zhaoming)



Staff member Xu Xin sends senior passenger Zhou Fengying to her train at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 30, 1994. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Tang Zhaoming)



A passenger carrying his child on shoulder gets on a special train for migrant workers at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 14, 2005. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Li Wen)

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Always interesting to see the older China and the current China...what is different and what is the same.

Thanks!

 

[艹艹艹]

 

[hiseen]

Chinese people's memory of Spring Festival travel rush



Migrant worker Chen Yifeng (8th, R) and his wife Xu lining (5th, R) pose for photos with their family after a 14-hour journey by motorcycle from Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, to Pingding Village, Teng County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 19, 2017. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)



Passengers walk out of the Fuyang Railway Station in Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province, on Feb. 1, 2013. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)



Migrant worker Chen Yifeng (Front) and his wife Xu lining ride a motorbike on their way home from Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, to Pingding Village, Teng County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 19, 2017. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)



A woman carrying heavy luggage tries to catch her train with a baby in arm at the Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 30, 2010. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)



Pedestrians walk on a road closed due to heavy snow on their way home for the Spring Festival family reunion in Guanyang County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 28, 2008. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Chen Ruihua)



Migrant worker Chu Mingdong (2nd, L) is received by his family as he returns home for the Spring Festival family reunion in Mijiagou Village, Zhangbei County of north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 10, 2002. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Zhou Wenguang)



File Photo taken on Jan. 6, 1984 shows the newly-set group ticket desk at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Huang Zhong)



Staff members of the Shijiazhuang Railway Station pour hot water into passengers' cups during the Spring Festival travel rush in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, in the year of 1984. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Zhao Liansheng)



Migrant workers of a private enterprise get on a bus heading for their hometowns in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 28, 2011. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Yuan Yun)



Passengers wait at the departure lounge of the Taiyuan Railway Station in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 2, 2007. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)



Train conductor Liao Hui (R) with Fuzhou sector of Nanchang's Railway Bureau brings hot water to passengers during the Spring Festival travel rush on Feb. 6, 2016. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)



Passenger Chen Xiaolin arrives at the Xianyang airport with her child to take a flight to Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, in Xianyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Feb. 6, 2018. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)



Ticket seller Bai Ziping works at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 18, 1997. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)



Passengers look outside through a windshielding bedsheet on a train at the Hankou Railway Station, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 21, 2001. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua)



Staff members guide passengers at the Guangzhou Railway Station, south China's Guangdong Province, on Jan. 24, 2006. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Ding Yong)



Passengers queue to enter the Beijing Railway Station during the Spring Festival travel rush in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 12, 1993. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Tang Zhaoming)



Staff member Xu Xin sends senior passenger Zhou Fengying to her train at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 30, 1994. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Tang Zhaoming)



A passenger carrying his child on shoulder gets on a special train for migrant workers at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 14, 2005. Returning to hometowns remains the most important part of the Chinese Spring Festival. Whether self-driving, or taking the trains or flights, homecomings and family gatherings are a priority for many Chinese. The annual travel rush around the festival, known as "chunyun," often puts the country's transportation system to the test. China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Jan. 21 this year, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. (Xinhua/Li Wen)

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[hiseen]

China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Monday, with three billion trips expected to be made this year. From January 21 to March 1, total trips are expected to rise 0.6 percent compared with the travel rush last year, with an 8.3-percent increase in railway trips and 12-percent hike in air trips. #SpringFestival2019 #SpringFestivalRush

 

[nahtanbob]

Welcome friendly foreign friends come to China to experience the Chinese new year

it is on my list of countries to visit once i retire

 

[jhungary]

Always interesting to see the older China and the current China...what is different and what is the same.

Thanks!

going back to China next month...…..

Not going to be there on the 4th (Lunar New Year) maybe at the end of February so it's not overly congested. But then I planned to rent a car from the Train Station and drive back to my village, and after fixing the deed, may spend another week in Hong Kong before going back to Australia.

 

[HariPrasad]

Celebration is a very important part of any culture. It energizes the individuals and give new energy to individuals to start a enthusiastic life after a break. Mass celebrations are very special. Well done china.

 

[TaiShang]

A Fuxing bullet train arrives at Beijing South Railway Station on Jan 20, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

A passenger consults a staff member at Tianjin West Railway Station on Jan 20, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers board a train at Yantai Railway Station in Yantai, Shandong province on Jan 20, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers at Beijing Railway Station, Jan 21, 2019. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Passengers seen from the window of a train at Beijing Railway Station on Jan 21, 2019. The 2019 Spring Festival travel rush, known as Chunyun, starts on Jan 21. The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Feb 5 this year. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

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[Nilgiri]

going back to China next month...…..

Not going to be there on the 4th (Lunar New Year) maybe at the end of February so it's not overly congested. But then I planned to rent a car from the Train Station and drive back to my village, and after fixing the deed, may spend another week in Hong Kong before going back to Australia.

Nice my friend. Your village is in Guangdong area?

 

[Offshore]

wonder how China looks like in another 10 years..
damn, i miss alot my motherland.. time to coming home next week.