Tourists watch a firework show in Kaili City of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Photo by Wu Xianyan/Xinhua)

With this year's super-long "golden week" spanning both the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays in full swing, Chinese people are fervently hitting the road to make the most of this eight-day holiday period.

On Sept. 29, the first day of the holiday period lasting until Oct. 6, China's railways handled about 20.1 million passenger trips, setting a new record for daily trip numbers and surpassing 20 million for the first time in history.

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists enjoying themselves along a beach in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Zou Xunyong/Xinhua)

Tourists visit a garden in Majiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Photo by Liang Wen/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists taking photos in a village near Dianchi Lake in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province.(Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Tourists visit the Taierzhuang ancient town in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 2, 2023.(Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists visiting the Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province.(Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists enjoying themselves at the Chengkan Ancient Village in the city of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province.(Photo by Shi Yalei/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists taking boats at Qinhu National Wetland Park in Jiangyan District of Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.(Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)

Tourists take bamboo rafts on the Jiuqu River at Wuyi Mountain scenic area, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 3, 2023.(Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)

Tourists visit Zhanqiao scenic area in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 3, 2023. (Photo by Huang Jiexian/Xinhua)

Tourists visit Xiangdong Street of Xinhua County, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Photo by Wu Yonghua/Xinhua)

This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists enjoying the scenery of the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River, on the border area between north China's Shanxi and northwest China's Shaanxi provinces.(Photo by Lyu Guiming/Xinhua)

Tourists enjoy the sunrise view at the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu province, Oct. 2, 2023.(Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua)