40-day Spring Festival travel rush begins (1/7)

Passengers board a train from Hangzhou to Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, at Hangzhou train station in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 27, 2013. The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush began on Saturday. The Spring Festival, the most important occasion for a family reunion for the Chinese people, falls on the first day of the first month of the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, or Feb. 10 this year. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)