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      Over 280 mln passenger trips expected on 17th day of Spring Festival travel rush

      2025-01-30 17:10 Last Updated At:17:37

      China's transportation networks are bracing for over 280 million cross-regional passenger trips on Thursday, the 17th day of the 40-day-long Spring Festival travel rush.

      Known as Chunyun in Chinese, this travel period is often described as the world's largest human migration. During these 40 days surrounding the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, hundreds of millions of people traverse the country for family reunions or sightseeing, all in celebration of China's most important holiday.

      The Ministry of Transport forecasts that the total number of cross-regional passenger trips will reach 286.54 million on Thursday, the second day of the Year of the Snake. Of this total, 9.5 million are expected to travel by train, 273.57 million by road, 1.2 million by waterway, and 2.27 million by air.

      On Wednesday, the first day of the Chinese New Year, 205.01 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, a slight increase of 0.3 percent from the previous day and a 5.4 percent uptick from the corresponding day in the 2024 Spring Festival travel rush.

      Railway passenger traffic stood at 5.51 million, down 29 percent from the previous day and 0.9 percent compared with the same day in last year's travel rush.

      Road travel amounted to 196.71 million, representing a 1.3 percent increase from the previous day and a 5.5 percent growth year-on-year.

      Waterway passenger trips surged by 26.7 percent from the previous day, hitting 744,000, and registered a 27.8 percent rise from the corresponding day last year.

      Meanwhile, air passenger traffic was close to 2.04 million, up 9.52 percent from the previous day and representing a 5.52 percent annual increase.

      Over 280 mln passenger trips expected on 17th day of Spring Festival travel rush

      Over 280 mln passenger trips expected on 17th day of Spring Festival travel rush

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      China unveils top archaeological findings of 2024

      2025-02-20 10:29 Last Updated At:11:07

      The top six archaeological findings across China in 2024 were announced at Wednesday's annual archaeology forum hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

      The discoveries, covering from the Paleolithic Age to the Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644), and Qing Dynasties (1636-1912), shed light on studies on the history and culture of ancient China.

      The earliest of the six, the Dadong Site, is located in Jilin Province in northeast China. Discovered in the strata dating from 28,000 to 24,000 years ago, the site involves an artificial stone circle, which should be the remains of a primary shed of ancient humans, implying the archaeological importance of the Changbai Mountain area in the field of evolutionary anthropology studies.

      The Xiatang Site in east China's Zhejiang Province, a Neolithic Age settlement site, reveals the structure and layout of the ancient village, providing new evidence for the study of the social structure of early-stage agricultural societies.

      At the Siwa Site, another Neolithic Age site in northwest China's Gansu Province, the first prehistory large-scale near square-shaped moat was discovered, which might hint at the origin of the square-walled cities in China.

      The Zhouyuan Site in Shaanxi Province of northwest China shows evidence of China's earliest dynasties, providing written materials for studying the history of Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1046 – 771 BC). With over 200 bone and tortoise shell pieces for divination rites being found, phrases totaling over 180 oracle scripts were recognized, covering documentations of astronomy, calendar, history, and geology.

      At a Warring States period site in east China's Anhui Province, the Wuwangdun Site, researchers excavated over 10,000 pieces of cultural relics, including multiple Ding sets, or special cauldron sets, the representative ritual vessels that have long been used to represent social class and nobility, and symbols of China's traditional rites and ethnicity.

      In east China's Jiangxi Province, the archaeological site of Jingdezhen City, the world-famous town of porcelain with a thousand-year history, welcomed new discoveries. The latest discoveries at the Jingdezhen Site revealed the sources of materials and fuels that supported the large-scale porcelain production, as well as the local traffic net in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, giving people a perception to understand Jingdezhen's development history.

      "These discoveries are not only about gathering ancient relics in the fields, but, more importantly, about their value for academic research. Every single result complements our understanding of Chinese history and culture," said Shi Jinsong, the deputy head of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Science.

      China unveils top archaeological findings of 2024

      China unveils top archaeological findings of 2024

      China unveils top archaeological findings of 2024

      China unveils top archaeological findings of 2024

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