When it comes to the Spring Festival, it is always inseparable from "blocking" and "grabbing".
"Jamming" is traffic jam. It refers to the serious congestion caused by the traffic flow between provinces and cities during the Spring Festival due to the traffic flow back to the hometown.
"Grabbing" is grabbing tickets. Long before the Start of the Spring Festival, people returning home from all over the world have begun to do their best to buy tickets to go home.
These seem to have become an important component of today's Spring Festival and have become people's holiday "habits".
But how many people still remember that the original "Spring Festival" has not always been like this.
Once upon a time, the word "Spring Festival" did not exist.
Before the 1980s, there were no large-scale population movements such as those in the country today.
Later, the reform and opening up made the coastal cities in the south rich first, and the rapid economic development brought a large number of employment opportunities, attracting countless people to leave their hometowns and go south to work.
The Spring Festival is a festival where these migrant workers rarely return to their hometowns to reunite with their relatives and share the fruits of their labor.
Therefore, since that time, before the Spring Festival, a large number of migrant workers have returned home by train and bus.
In 1980, the term "Spring Festival" first appeared, and the world's only large-scale population movement phenomenon has since become an important symbol of the Chinese New Year.
At that time, taking the green-skinned train was the most important mode of transportation for migrant workers from the north to the south to return home; this train had a low fare and was one of the cheapest inter-provincial modes of travel, so it was popular with a large number of migrant workers at that time.
Due to the relatively old technology and the fact that most of them are not equipped with air conditioning, riding a green-skinned train has become a bad thing.
The driving speed is slow, and the journey back home can take up to two or three days.
There is no air conditioning, dense personnel, in the cold winter, close the window is boring, open the window is cold.
But for these homesick migrant workers, the joy of being with their loved ones can always overshadow the hardships of the journey.
In the 1990s, not only the number of people participating in the Spring Festival increased rapidly, but the way of the Spring Festival was gradually changing.
In addition to ordinary railways and long-distance buses, many migrant workers in Guangdong Province began to start the Spring Festival with a "new" mode of transportation – motorcycles.
From the Jialing card to the happiness card, to the Five Sheep Honda, Suzuki... Motorcycles of all kinds were the most efficient means of private long-distance travel that wage earners could afford at the time.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, these migrant workers from remote areas in Guangdong Province or neighboring provinces rode motorcycles with their partners, their back seats full of luggage, and they galloped in the direction of their hometowns.
Later, the migrant workers began to accompany each other, and everyone took care of each other on the road, making the long journey safer. As more and more people in the team, an army of homecoming motorcycles appeared.
Later, the motorcycle army received media attention, and the picture of migrant workers driving motorcycles in droves, braving cold rain and cold winds, and rushing day and night has touched countless people.
On the way back home, there have also been one after another temporary rest points and material supply points, providing warmth for migrant workers returning home for the holidays and making their journey safer.
At that time, the car was still a high-end product belonging to a small number of wealthy families, and most ordinary consumers could only experience its comfort and convenience on individual occasions - taking a taxi was one, and going home for the Spring Festival was another.
At that time, many people in the big cities along the southern coast became rich first by hard work, and many "successful people" bought their first cars.
Whether it is a van as a business tool or a small car used as a travel reception, driving them back to their hometown during the Spring Festival can firmly attract the attention of everyone.
And the relatives of these successful people are even happier! Because this car, which is usually difficult to reach, will take on the important travel and transportation tasks at home during the Spring Festival, and most of these owners are very happy to share their cars with their families.
I believe that many readers and friends once rubbed the experience of Santana, Xiao Xiali, toyota sea lions and relatives who went out to buy New Year goods and go to relatives at that time, right?
After entering the 21st century, several major speed increases in China's railways have greatly improved the efficiency of railway transportation.
After 2010, the Spring Festival once again ushered in major changes.
The gradual popularization of the Harmony high-speed EMUs has saved people a lot of time on their return trip, and self-driving has gradually become one of the main ways for people to return home at this time.
With the rapid development of China's economy and the increasing maturity of the automobile industry, the types of cars in the market are becoming more and more abundant, and the threshold for becoming a "car owner" is also decreasing.
Domestic mini cars such as Alto, F0, and QQ have brought "hope to buy a car" to many wage earners.
China's car ownership has thus entered a rapid climbing stage.
From 2006 to 2011, china's car ownership increased from more than 50 million to more than 100 million in just five years.
There is no need to queue up to buy tickets, no need to wait at the station in advance, and there is no fear of too much luggage.
The convenience of cars allows more people to choose to drive their cars back home. Although long-distance driving requires more energy, a car is a concentrated embodiment of the results of their hard work outside, and the enthusiasm for driving back home is getting higher and higher.
As a result, the traffic flow of traffic on the main roads between the provinces before the festival began to gradually increase.
Huge traffic puts a huge pressure on the road, and occasional bumps occur in dense vehicle formations, and congestion inevitably occurs.
The highway, which has been ridiculed as a "giant parking lot", has gradually become a new symbol of China's Spring Festival.
With the passage of time, the cars on the market are getting cheaper and cheaper, and more and more people are buying cars, and the traffic flow of the Spring Festival is becoming more and more dense.
In order to make people's holiday travel more convenient, the state has introduced a policy on free passage of highways on holidays.
This not only greatly improves the efficiency of the car circulation bank, but also greatly reduces the burden of road expenses for families returning home by car.
Today, the number of cars in the country has approached 300 million, and the arrival of the new energy era has also brought some new scenes to the Spring Festival.
Preferential policies such as direct access to new energy licenses and exemption from purchase tax have made more and more consumers abandon traditional fuel vehicles and turn to new energy vehicles.
With the rapid development of pure electric power technology, pure electric vehicles have gradually possessed battery packs with amazing capacity, and the mileage is getting longer and longer.
As a result, there are many figures with green license plates in the traffic flow of the Spring Festival.
However, these pure electric vehicles that can easily complete the urban commuting task on weekdays can not escape the fate of charging in the face of hundreds of kilometers of homecoming.
So we saw many pure electric vehicle models queuing up in the service area to charge from the developed network social platform, and even competing for charging piles.
There is no doubt that there will be more and more such scenarios before the battery energy density is multiplied, the super invincible fast charging energy can be fully charged within 10 minutes, or the large-scale charging station covers the high-speed line.
However, in the face of the joy of being with relatives, what is this little difficulty? The Spring Festival is still continuing, cars are still developing, and problems will always be solved.
Professor Summary
The professor believes that many readers and friends still hope to go home to spend time with their loved ones on the most important holiday of the year, and even some friends have embarked on the journey back to their hometowns in advance.
Although you are eager to return home, you still need to pay attention to safety when traveling!
Recently, the epidemic has been repeated, I hope that everyone on the way to the Spring Festival must do a good job of personal protection, in the train station, carriage, in the service area refueling charging rest, remember to wear a mask, wash your hands frequently, do not touch the nose and eyes, and try to avoid eating in crowded places.
Only by maintaining good health can you have a good year with your family!
Of course, in this special period, if there is a condition, the professor still recommends that everyone stay in their current place of residence for the New Year, and reducing the flow of personnel is the best measure to prevent and control the epidemic!