Photo taken on Jan 13, 2017 shows Zhang Li in Beijing South Railway Station. [Photo by Song Wei/chinadaily.com.cn]

Beijing South Railway Station: Zhang Li, senior student from a Beijing university

Q: What is your destination? How long will it take you to get to your destination? Is this any different to what you have done in the past?

A: I'm going back to my home town Tongling (in East China's Anhui province). The travel time used to take me 10 hours by train and two more hours on a bus. But now the travel time has shortened to five hours thanks to the high-speed train.

Q: How did you book your ticket this year? Was this any different to what you have done in the past?

A: I booked it online this year, while my school usually helped us buy the tickets in previous years.

Q: Did you prepare Chinese New Year gifts for your family? What are they?

A: I brought some seaweed-flavored meat floss buns from a bakery shop near my school, as a New Year present for my parents.

Q: How will you spend your time while you travel?

A: I'm going to watch some South Korean TV dramas.

Q: What are your best wishes for the Lunar New Year?

A: I hope I could pass the post-graduate examination, and also wish my parents good health.