--- description: The Spring Festival holiday period begins with the Lunar new year celebrations title: See the People of Beijing Travel Home for the Chinese New Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6af5fc3d7e9e1b29/69877fa4cd1bba02226f5417/chinese-new-year-travel-9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the People of Beijing Travel Home for the Chinese New Year by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 9:00 PM CUT  Passengers walk as they make their way to trains as they leave for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Passengers walk as they make their way to trains as they leave for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing.Kevin Frayer—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 9:00 PM CUT  Passengers walk as they make their way to trains as they leave for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  Men wait in line with their belongings as they enter a railway station during the Spring Festival on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A couple says goodbye before leaving to visit their respective families for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  Travelers crowd the station while leaving for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A traveler sleeps as others read and relax as they wait to leave for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A young traveler wheels her bag as others wait in the departure area for a train at a local railway station on Feb. 16, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A traveler smokes as he and others prepare to board a train while leaving for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A boy uses a portable device as he lays in a sleeper on a train before leaving for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A security guard watches over passengers leaving for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3712347/chinese-new-year-travel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3712347/chinese-new-year-travel/"},"headline":"See the People of Beijing Travel Home for the Chinese New Year","datePublished":"2015-02-17T21:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:35.681Z","description":"Getty Images photographer Kevin Frayer captures a busy train station in Beijing as Chinese get ready to travel home to visit families during the Spring Festival holiday period that begins with the Lunar new year celebrations on February 19.","url":"https://time.com/3712347/chinese-new-year-travel/","keywords":["China","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6af5fc3d7e9e1b29/69877fa4cd1bba02226f5417/chinese-new-year-travel-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6af5fc3d7e9e1b29/69877fa4cd1bba02226f5417/chinese-new-year-travel-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"China Girds For Spring Travel","caption":"Chinese passengers walk as they make their way to trains as they leave for the Spring Festival at a local railway station on Feb. 17, 2015 in Beijing.","creditText":"Kevin Frayer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3712347/chinese-new-year-travel/","name":"See the People of Beijing Travel Home for the Chinese New Year"}}]}] ```