InPics: New Year fair adds happiness on Guizhou's "slow trains"

A passenger selects New Year decorations on train No. 5640 in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

ZHENYUAN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The pair of "slow trains" No. 5640 and No. 5639 run in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and Guizhou's capital Guiyang City. The trains pass through several townships in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, connecting more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the 337-km route.

To facilitate locals' preparations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, a temporary fair has recently been held on the trains for passengers to purchase celebratory merchandise.

A performer walks to board train No. 5640 at Guiyang Railway Station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Passengers board train No. 5640 at Kaili Railway Station in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Passengers line up to board train No. 5640 at Kaili Railway Station in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Passengers select new year decorations on train No. 5640 in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

An attendant arranges New Year decorations for sale on train No. 5640 in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Passengers watch performances on train No. 5640 in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Passengers sit beside the products they bought on train No. 5640 in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A passenger shows the products she bought on train No. 5640 in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A worker sees off train No. 5640 at Zhenyuan Railway Station in Zhenyuan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)