Changes in Spring Festival travel rush over decades

Children play at a child-care center while waiting for the train at Beijing South Railway Station on February 2, 2018 (top left). Volunteers write free Spring Festival couplets for passengers at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station on February 2, 2018 (top right). Passengers queue in a temporary waiting area outdoors, as the waiting room was already full at Guangzhou Railway Station during the 1992 Spring Festival holiday (bottom). [Photos: Xinhua]