Spring Festival travel rush kicks off

Crew members welcome passengers to board Train G6737 at Beijing West Railway Station, Jan. 17, 2022. During the 40-day travel rush, also known as chunyun, many Chinese people will travel to meet their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which will fall on Feb. 1, 2022.

Bullet trains wait for maintenance at a train depot in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 16, 2022.

28th Harbin snow sculpture competition concludes China-Europe freight train loaded with Spring Festival goods departs Fujian