Affectionate hugs warm return trips after Lantern Festival

Children wearing the same clothes say goodbye to each other with hugs before checking in at the Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo/Lu Yao)

Right after the Lantern Festival, which fell on Feb. 5 this year, the Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, saw a growing influx of passengers making their return trips.

Before checking in, passengers bade farewell and expressed their best wishes to family and friends with affectionate hugs.