Over 200 Million Tickets Sold for China’s Spring Festival! 🎉🚂

Can you imagine millions of people traveling all at once? That’s what’s happening right now in China during the Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun! 🌟

As of 9 a.m. on Monday, over 214 million train tickets have been sold through China’s train ticket booking platform, 12306. That’s like every person in Brazil and Germany combined buying a ticket! 🎫

On Monday alone, an estimated 13.45 million railway trips are expected across the country. To help everyone get home to their families, an extra 862 trains have been added to the schedule. That’s a lot of trains! 🚆

The Spring Festival, which marks the beginning of a new year in the Chinese lunar calendar, is the most important holiday for Chinese people. It’s a time when families come together to celebrate and enjoy delicious food. 🥟🎊

The travel rush started on January 14 and will last until February 22. This period is known as the largest human migration on the planet because so many people are on the move! 🌏

What’s even more special is that this is the first chunyun after UNESCO added the Spring Festival to its intangible cultural heritage list in December last year. This means the festival is recognized as a valuable tradition that should be protected and celebrated. 🎈🌍

So next time you think about traveling, imagine being part of a journey with millions of others, all heading home to celebrate with their loved ones. Happy Spring Festival! 🧧❤️

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Over 200 mln train tickets sold for 2025 Spring Festival travel rush

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