National Day Golden Week Holiday Crowds Throughout China

From Sina:

“Seas of people” throughout China during the National Day holiday

October 3rd, large numbers of tourists visiting the Great Wall at Badaling. According to statistics, by 3pm on October 2nd, Badaling had received 64,500 visitors, 15.6% more than the previous year. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by Liu Debin. [click to enlarge]

October 3rd, waves of tourists at the Duan Gate of the Imperial Palace. On October 2nd, the number of visitors to the Imperial Palace on a single day broke 127,800, This broke the previously announced regulation that the “number of visitors to the Imperial Palace during this year’s October 1st National Day Golden Week has been set at 80,000 per day.”

October 1st, the first day of the National Day “Golden Week”, the flow of passengers at the Anhui Chuzhou Bus Station suddenly increased, temporarily becoming a “blowout” situation. In order to ensure the security and order of passengers’ holiday travel, the station launched an emergency plan for passenger transport by adding extra ticket windows and vehicles, strictly prohibiting the overloading of passengers, and prolonging work hours with the number of passengers the station served in a day reaching 30,000 passengers.

October 2nd, the second day of the National Day Golden Week extended holiday, cold wind blew and light rain fell intermittently in the Wuhan metropolitan area but still failed to stopp citizens from visiting “Chuhehanjie” to get a glimpse of its sights.

October 3rd, visitors at the North Gate of the Imperial Palace Museum. By October 2nd, the number of visitors to the Imperial Palace had already broke 127,800. According to previously publicized information, the policy of the Imperial Palace only accepting 80,000 visitors per day during the October 1st National Day Golden Week had been broken. Reporting by China News Agency, photograph by Zhang Hao.

October 3rd, domestic and foreign tourists came to Tiananmen Square of Beijing and other places of interest around it, together enjoying the happiness brought about by National Day. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by Chen Xiaogen.

October 1st, legions of tourists visiting the Shandong Qingdao Qianqiao Scenic Area. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by Huang Jiexian.

October 3rd, waves of visitors at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by Chen Xiaogen.

October 1st, Nanjing Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum Scenic Area saw throngs of tourists. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by A Dong.

Beijing’s Wangfujing Food Alley offers delicacies from Beijing and various other places throughout China. During the National Day Golden Week extended holiday, domestic and foreign tourists rushed to have a taste of all kinds of traditional delicacies. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by Chen Xiaogen.

October 3rd, waves of tourists at the Duan Gate of the Imperial Palace. On October 2nd, the number of visitors to the Imperial Palace on a single day broke 127,800, This broke the previously announced regulation that the “number of visitors to the Imperial Palace during this year’s October 1st National Day Golden Week has been set at 80,000 per day. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by Chen Xiaogen.”

October 1st, in the Scenic Area of Jiangsu Nanjing Fuzimiao Temple, visitors came in an endless stream. As the long holiday began, China’s various well-known tourist spots welcomed large amounts of tourists and visitors.

On October 3rd, Beijing Tiananmen Square witnessed legions of visitors. Reported by China News Agency, photographed by Chen Xiaogen.

Comments from QQ:

新浪网友 宏亿螺丝:

Why can China always be called a major Eastern/Oriental country? Other than the vast areas of land, the large number of people is also one of the most important factors. Hoping that the future China’s greatness in the world will no longer have anything to do with population.

Haha, don’t we Chinese love such liveliness? Only with this liveliness can we have a holiday atomsphere!

新浪网友:

Use flesh and blood to cast a New Great Wall.

新浪网友 离线下载:

We must remain steadfast to the basic national policy of family planning!

新浪网友:

Human population needs to be reduced by half.

新浪网友:

Us Chinese people simply are numerous. C’mon, isn’t this way too crowded?

新浪网友 3210021989fh:

During the National Day holiday, come to The Great Wall to see the sea, the sea of people!

新浪网友:

With this many tourists and no limiting of them, I’m truly afraid that these ancient walls won’t collapse because of thousands of years of wind and rain but because of being trampled by us modern people.

新浪网友:

Is this to go sightseeing or rushing to the farmer’s market? Faint…

新浪网友 yuzhongjian:

All I want to say is: Could you afford collapsing the Great Wall?

新浪网友:

Money, like these streams of people, once again flows into the pockets of the minority [government officials and businessmen].