According to the latest statistics from China national railway corporation, the railway authorities have sold 207 million tickets since the Spring Festival travel rush began on Dec. 12. A total of 14.813,000 tickets were sold on railways across the country on January 24, 2020 (New Year's eve), including 12.767,000 on the railway 12306.cn and 70,000 on the telephone, accounting for 86.2 percent of the total. So far, the peak of ticket sales before the Spring Festival travel rush in 2020 has passed smoothly. (from economic daily)

Of the tickets sold on 12306.cn, 1.608 million were sold on the website, accounting for 12.6 percent of the total. The mobile app sold 11.158,000 tickets, accounting for 87.4 percent of the online sales. A total of 253,000 standby orders and 312,000 tickets were cashed.

In the vast land from fuyuan in the north to sansha in the south and heihe in the east to kashgar in the west, the world's largest population migration is underway. Travel & throughout; . Railway as a “ Travel & throughout; The main means of transportation, carrying the Chinese people's desire to go home. As a social phenomenon with Chinese characteristics, the railway chunyun is closely related to the urban-rural dual structure and the deep-rooted ldquo. Throughout the home culture &; There's a direct relationship. Of course, size is one of the reasons.

Looking back on the history of the Spring Festival travel rush over the years, each era has its distinctive characteristics. It's like the chunyun of my grandparents' youth: the tickets are handwritten, the speed is slow, the line runs, and the stops are very difficult. By the time their parents' generation was young, the population was increasingly mobile, and more and more people joined in the Spring Festival travel rush. Green car a ticket is difficult to get, so the emergence of the ldquo; Braised tanker & throughout; And & other The toilet ticket & throughout; . But the desire to return home has kept parents from feeling the pinch. To the 1990s red car, blue car gradually took over the baton of Spring Festival travel. The experience of a crowded bus ride has been greatly improved. When our generation stood on the stage of history, high-speed rail appeared in our public view. High-speed trains are convenient on time, comfortable and convenient in both hardware and software, and have become the first choice for people to travel.

The Spring Festival railway rush may be a minor event in China's history, but it is a major event for the Chinese people and society. China railway is the guardian of Chinese traditional culture, reminding us not to forget our roots when we go home, and inspiring us to make persistent efforts when we leave. (liu yunkai)