Han Ximin

1824295095@qq.com

THE high-speed train tickets for destinations in Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and Fujian during the Dragon Boat Festival period are selling fast.

The Shenzhen railway operator estimates that between Wednesday and June 25, it will handle 1.55 million passenger trips, with an average of 310,000 trips per day. The figure is 624,000 more than the previous year, representing an increase of 67.4%.

To accommodate the high demand, the railway operator plans to arrange 1,065 trains per day, including 920 high-speed trains, 80 intercity trains, and 65 regular trains. On June 22, which is the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the operator will operate 1,098 trains to meet the needs of travelers.

During the holiday period, Shenzhen will add more than 10 temporary regular trains to Shaoguan, Changsha and Yueyang, as well as over 120 intercity trains running between Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is one of the four major traditional festivals in China. It is celebrated from June 22 to 24 this year.

The festival is observed to commemorate Qu Yuan (340-278 B.C.), an ancient Chinese patriotic poet. One of the most popular activities during the festival is the dragon boat race, and the iconic festival food is zongzi, a type of sticky rice dumplings.