图一：2012年1月16日，李森林和袁辉途经南通开发区。
寒假伊始，苏州大学机电工程学院大三学生李森林和他在常州读大学的高中同学袁辉相约，选择徒步回江苏盐城老家过年。两人于1月14日上午从苏州出发，开始400多公里的行程，经过7天的长途跋涉于1月20日晚抵达江苏盐城大丰市白驹镇。
Li Senlin and Yuan Hui make their way through the Nantong Development Zone in Jiangsu Province, on Jan. 16, 2012. Li, a junior student at the School for Mechanical and Electronic Engineering of Suzhou University, and his high school pal Yuan Hui, who attends a college in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, decided to meet up and walk home together. They are both from Baiju Town, Dafeng city in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They started their homeward-bound journey in the early hours of Jan. 14. After hiking along more than 400 km, which took them seven days, the guys finally made it home on the evening of Jan. 20.
图2：2011年1月17日，在原杭州汽车东站春运火车票大卖场。图2：2011年1月17日，在原杭州汽车东站春运火车票大卖场。
来自湖南常德的牟师傅(左一)和两名工友，裹着棉被，在寒风中等待买票回家。
Mr. Mou (Left)， from Changde in Hunan Province, and two of his fellow workers all wrapped up in thick quilts, stand in line waiting to buy tickets in a station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Jan 17, 2011.
图三：2010年2月8日，321国道广东肇庆段，摩托车返乡大军。图三：2010年2月8日，321国道广东肇庆段，摩托车返乡大军。
他们穿着厚实的棉衣，结实的绑腿，棉质护膝，防风头盔，皮手套，或成群结队，或独马单骑，车上大多数是小两口子，或者夹带一个小孩，奔驰在国道上，成了春运交通线上一道道特殊的风景。
Streams of homeward-bound people are seen driving motor cycles across the Zhaoqing section of No. 321 National Highway in Guangdong on Feb. 28, 2010. Wearing heavily cotton-padded overcoats, solid leg-protectors, wind-proof helmets and leather gloves, these migrant workers were going home at top speed and altogether created quite the scene while on the road。
