Migrant workers walk on their way home from Kaili, a city in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 23, 2008. The 40-day Spring Festival travel peak across the country started on Jan. 23. Passengers in Guizhou walk home for the Spring Festival celebration because roads were blocked owing to the heavy snow.

Migrant workers walk on their way home from Kaili, a city in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 23, 2008. The 40-day Spring Festival travel peak across the country started on Jan. 23. Passengers in Guizhou walk home for the Spring Festival celebration because roads were blocked owing to the heavy snow.

Migrant workers enter Yantai Railway Station in Yantai, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2008. The 40-day Spring Festival travel peak across the country started on Jan. 23. Passengers in Yantai went on journey home for the Spring Festival celebration in heavy snow.

Passengers queue up for boarding at Yantai Railway Station in Yantai, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2008. The 40-day Spring Festival travel peak across the country started on Jan. 23. Passengers in Yantai went on journey home for the Spring Festival celebration in heavy snow.

A migrant worker and his child go boarding the train home at Yantai Railway Station in Yantai, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2008. The 40-day Spring Festival travel peak across the country started on Jan. 23. Passengers in Yantai went on journey home for the Spring Festival celebration in heavy snow.

Passengers queue up for boarding at Yantai Railway Station in Yantai, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2008. The 40-day Spring Festival travel peak across the country started on Jan. 23. Passengers in Yantai went on journey home for the Spring Festival celebration in heavy snow.

(Xinhua News Agency January 24, 2008)