Staff members with Hebiong railway station of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co. Ltd. take part in etiquette training in central China's Henan Province, Jan. 16, 2019. Railway stations all over the country have stepped up preparation work and security check to guarantee the forthcoming Spring Festival traffic rush. (Xinhua/Li An)
A staff member with Hebidong railway station of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co. Ltd. takes part in a trouble shooting drill in central China's Henan Province, Jan. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Li An)
Staff members with Hebidong railway station of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co. Ltd. learn sign language to better communicate with hearing-impaired passengers in central China's Henan Province, Jan. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Li An)
A staff member gathers prohibited goods at Changsha Railway Station in central China's Hunan Province, on Jan. 16, 2019. Railway stations all over the country have stepped up preparation work and security check to guarantee the forthcoming Spring Festival traffic rush. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
A girl makes a paper pinwheel during a paper pinwheel making event to celebrate the forthcoming Spring Festival at a community culture center in Beijing, capital of China, on Jan. 16, 2019.
Children display their paper pinwheels during a paper pinwheel making event to celebrate the forthcoming Spring Festival at a community culture center in Beijing, capital of China, on Jan. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Visitors take pictures of a steam locomotive heading to the steam locomotive museum of Tiefa Energy Co., Ltd from Diaobingshan Station, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 17, 2019.
Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2019 shows a steam locomotive heading to the steam locomotive museum of Tiefa Energy Co., Ltd from Diaobingshan Station, northeast China's Liaoning Province.
A 5-day steam locomotive tourism event kicked off in Diaobingshan on Thursday. Tourists can visit the steam locomotive museum, take pictures of steam locomotives and watch exhibitions during the event. (all photos..Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
Visitors look at a steam locomotive heading to the steam locomotive museum of Tiefa Energy Co., Ltd from Diaobingshan Station, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 17, 2019.
Passengers wait to board a train to Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2019. The railway line linking Guiyang City and Yuping County in Tongren County has been running for 44 years - opening in 1975 - connecting the villages of the many ethnic groups residing deep in the mountains with the outside world. The 342-km journey takes about seven hours - incredibly slow when compared with the speeds of China's increasingly ubiquitous bullet trains. (Photo: China News Service/He Junyi)
Craftsman Wang Yuhe makes bird cage-shaped lanterns, to be used in Chinese New Year celebrations, in Kala Village, Danzhai County, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2019.
Wang Yuhe & Villagers make bird cage-shaped lanterns, to be used in Chinese New Year celebrations, in Kala Village, Danzhai County, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2019.
Wang is a master of the craft, recognized as an intangible cultural heritage by the province in 2008. The village is famous for producing bird cage-shaped lanterns. (Photo: China News Service/Huang Xiaohai)
Beijing police have increased security checks on trains at the service station for routine inspections and maintenance as the Spring Festival travel rush approaches. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
Members of China's 35th Antarctic scientific expedition team install and test the KL-DIMM telescope for Kunlun Station at Dome A, Antarctica, Jan. 16, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)
A women wearing traditional costumes pose for photos with cherry blossoms at the Fuzhou National Forest Park in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Mei Yongcun)
People wearing traditional costumes pose for photos with cherry blossoms at the Fuzhou National Forest Park in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Mei Yongcun)
A girl of Miao ethnic group tastes food during the Lusheng festival in Dali Village, Miao Autonomous County of Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan.16, 2019. Various traditional activities were held here to greet the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
A villager performs a drum dance in Shibadong Village of Huayuan County, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 17, 2019. Villagers from Shibadong celebrate their traditional New Year in various ways. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
