China’s annual Spring Competition journey rush, a 40-day interval generally known as the world’s largest annual human migration, kicked off on Monday forward of an prolonged Lunar New 12 months vacation.
This yr’s Lunar New 12 months, ushering within the 12 months of the Horse within the Chinese language zodiac, falls on February 17 and shall be accompanied by an extra-long nine-day public vacation in China, working from February 15 to 23.
It is hoped an extended vacation (final yr’s break was eight days lengthy) would possibly immediate Chinese language customers to spice up consumption by spending extra on journey, meals and extra this competition interval.
China expects a document 9.50 billion passenger journeys to be made throughout the 40-day spring competition vacation journey interval, increased than the 9.02 billion home journeys final yr, a state planning official stated on Thursday.
Listed here are some glimpses of Lunar New 12 months celebrations throughout China.
A vendor promoting Spring Competition ornaments works at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. — Reuters
Artists carry out conventional folks acrobatics at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
Individuals work together with folks artists performing lion dance at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
Prospects purchase apples at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
A folks performer breathes fireplace throughout a efficiency forward of Lunar New 12 months celebrations in a village in Huai’an, in China’s japanese Jiangsu Province on February 7, 2026. —AFP
A folks artist performs at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
A vendor promoting Spring Competition ornaments attends to a buyer at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
Folks artists carry out lion dance at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
Folks artists carry out at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
Individuals go to an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
Folks artists carry out at an outside market forward of the Lunar New 12 months, in Beijing, China February 10, 2026. —Reuters
