Crew members, passengers celebrate Laba Festival on bullet train
from Guiyang to Chengdu

Crew members display tiger decorations beside the bullet train C5980 at the Guiyang North Railway Station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 9, 2022. Crew members of the train C5980 held various activities to greet the Laba Festival.

The Laba Festival, literally the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A crew member hangs a lantern in the bullet train C5980 from Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou Province to Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 9, 2022. Crew members of the train C5980 held various activities to greet the Laba Festival.

The Laba Festival, literally the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

People pose for a photo in the bullet train C5980 from Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou Province to Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 9, 2022. Crew members of the train C5980 held various activities to greet the Laba Festival.

The Laba Festival, literally the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Crew members serve free Laba porridge to passengers in the bullet train C5980 from Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou Province to Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 9, 2022. Crew members of the train C5980 held various activities to greet the Laba Festival.

The Laba Festival, literally the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Passengers pose for a photo in the bullet train C5980 from Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou Province to Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 9, 2022. Crew members of the train C5980 held various activities to greet the Laba Festival.

The Laba Festival, literally the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, is considered a prelude to the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)