China-Qingming Festival/Return Trip
China-Qingming Festival/Return Trip
Dateline : April 4/5, 2026/Recent
Location : China
Duration : 1'30
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shot of train leaving railway station
2. Passengers at waiting hall
3. Passengers getting ticket checked
4. Passengers receiving security check
Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, central China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Passengers at waiting hall
Jilin Province, northeast China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Passengers getting ticket checked
7. Passengers on escalator
8. Passengers getting on train
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Aerial shot of train running
Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Aerial shots of vehicles running on bridge
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Aerial shots of vehicles running on expressway, passing toll station
Jiangsu Province, east China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Plane on apron
13. Various of passengers at airport
Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Ships sailing
15. Passengers getting off ship
Beijing, China - April 5, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yang Yong, deputy head, Transport Services Department, Chinese Ministry of Transport (partially overlaid with shots 17-18/ending with shot 19):
"On the first day of the holiday, the expressway network handled 62.67 million vehicle trips, including 14.68 million new energy vehicles. The surge in self-driving travel and cultural tourism consumption drove double-digit growth in spending at scenic spots, hotels, and car rentals. In addition, returning to hometowns for tomb-sweeping activities and in-depth rural tours have also brought vitality to rural areas, promoting the spread of consumption from central cities to rural areas."
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China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
17. Traffic
18. Aerial shot of expressway, buildings, mountains
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Xiangfeng Village, Changsha County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, central China - April 4, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
19. Aerial shots of village scenes, rapeseed flowers
About 840 million cross-regional passenger trips are estimated in China during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday which started on Saturday, a 6-percent increase compared with the same period of last year.
On the first day of the holiday alone, over 300 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, marking a 4.5-percent increase compared with the same period of last year. Notably, railway and expressway passenger volumes both hit record highs on the same day.
China's railway system is expected to handle 20.8 million passenger trips on Monday, the last day of the holiday, and the transportation sector has planned to operate an additional 1,369 passenger trains.
Railway authorities in cities such as Zhengzhou, Changchun, Wuhan, and Xi'an have added extra passenger trains, using a coupling mode for EMUs and supplementing with ordinary trains to meet the surging demand.
Many tourists choose to travel by car, as all expressways are toll-free for vehicles with up to seven seats during the holiday. As a result, expressways across the country, especially those in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta region, have witnessed surging traffic on Monday, with the toll-free period expected to end at midnight (24:00).
The civil aviation sector is expected to welcome 1.94 million passengers on the same day, and waterways are estimated to handle over 1.11 million passenger trips.
"On the first day of the holiday, the expressway network handled 62.67 million vehicle trips, including 14.68 million new energy vehicles. The surge in self-driving travel and cultural tourism consumption drove double-digit growth in spending at scenic spots, hotels, and car rentals. In addition, returning to hometowns for tomb-sweeping activities and in-depth rural tours have also brought vitality to rural areas, promoting the spread of consumption from central cities to rural areas," said Yang Yong, deputy head of the Transport Services Department of the Chinese Ministry of Transport.
Falling on Sunday this year, the Qingming Festival, or the Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival for honoring the deceased and paying tributes to ancestors. The three-day holiday also provides a short break for Chinese citizens to enjoy outdoor activities and sightseeing in pleasant springtime temperatures.
ID : 8473548
Published : 2026-04-06 15:19
Last Modified : 2026-04-06 21:10:35
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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