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Chinese People Line Up for “Chunyun”


Posted on Jan 12, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: UGC, Wild Wild China | 8 Comments
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In Chinese, “chunyun” (春运, Spring Festival travel season) means the peak transportation load that happens around the Lunar New Year. This year’s “chunyun” period began today and will last for 40 days. An estimated total of 188 million people will travel by rail during this season.

In this video uploaded yesterday by a Youku user, you [...]