The huge immigration came home to celebrate New Year in China
Nearly 3 billion people moved during the "Spring Transport" period, creating images that were scary in stations and bus stations.
"Spring transport" is the concept of a giant movement happening before and after the Chinese New Year.In 2017, the Ministry of Transport of China estimated about 2.98 billion people coming home to celebrate Tet will take place in 40 days from January 13 to February 21, up 2.2% compared to last year's Tet.
On January 13, Chinese people living and working in big cities began to return home to celebrate Tet, the biggest holiday of the year in the world's most populous country.Photos taken at 0:00 on January 13 at Wuhan Railway Station, Hubei Province.A lot of people stood waiting in front of the station, just waiting for the door to open.
The stream of people flooded into the station to hurry up and board the train.
High-speed trains in Wuhan station lined up ready to depart.
Waiting lounge at Hongqiao station, Shanghai crowded on January 15.
The villagers from the countryside covered the blankets and blankets while waiting for the train at Beijing Station.According to China Daily, 60% of the trains sold out in just the first minute of selling.The days with the largest number of people are expected to be January 25, ie three days before the Lunar New Year and February 2, the last day of the official holiday.
Lunar New Year in China, which is known for crowded scenes at crowded bus stations, railway stations, and airports to return home for Tet, creates enormous pressure on traffic.The Chinese government has launched many measures to reduce traffic load but not effective, meanwhile, the number of people moving is increasing with the "Spring Transport" period.
The sea of people crowded at Guangzhou Station in 2008 - the most terrible image in the "Spring" period in China.
Every year the Chinese people have to go through such a horrifying situation.
Scene interfered on board during the "Spring Transport" period in 2012.
Passengers carrying armpits carry a lot of luggage, sleeping in the bus station, and the station is a common image.(Photo taken in 2013).
The chaotic scene inside a wagon: the person lying sprawled, the furniture stuffed under the table and chair has no room.After each train, the waiters had to clean up the huge amount of trash from the passengers' food and drinks thrown on the deck.
Excited smiles when there was a seat on the train home of the lucky passengers.
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