The annual travel rush for China's Lunar New Year celebrations officially began on Tuesday, with many taking a mental break from their worries about the future to reunite with family or take a holiday.

The 40-day travel rush, concluding Feb. 22, is expected to break passenger volume records in China's aviation sector. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) estimates daily passenger trips will exceed 2.25 million, supported by an average of 18,500 flights per day, an 8.4% increase from last year.

China's 2025 Spring Festival travel rush began on Tuesday, as people traveled home or went on trips for the Lunar New Year holiday. The country’s railway network is expected to transport 510 million passengers during the travel rush,

Hundreds of millions of Chinese criss-cross the country during the Lunar New Year holidays each year to reunite with families back in their hometowns or for sight-seeing during an extended festive period,

Festival draws near, Chinese travelers packed into cars, trains and planes on Tuesday (Jan 14), kicking off the landmark chunyun, the world's largest annual human migration.