In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
The 2017 Spring Festival travel rush started on Friday, ushering in the world's largest annual human migration.
During the 40 day travel peak, 2.98 billion trips are expected to be made, similar to last year's number, according to the government's forecast.
The number includes 58.3 million trips by air, up by 10 percent compared with the same period last year.
On Friday, 8.55 million trips were made on railways, 58 million by roads, 590,000 by waterways and 1.3 million by air across the country, according to the Ministry of Transport.
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
Workers were playing poker cards while waiting for their train in Guangzhou Railway Station. In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
In the afternoon of Jan. 15, photographer captured touching moments of the largest annual human migration in the world in Guangzhou Railway Station. (Photo/Southcn.com: Zhang Youqiong)
