Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a holiday for Chinese to visit the graves of their deceased and beloved.

Passengers are seen at Taiyuan Railway Station on April 7.

This year, China's domestic tourism market saw an 8 percent increase and earned a total of 42 billion yuan ($6.7 billion). That's accompanied by 101 million domestic trips made during the festival, an 8.3 percent jump compared to last year. 

On April 5, vehicles were in lines for toll station, Shanghai. 

On the first day of the holiday, around 11.7 million train trips were made, 8.7 percent more year-on-year. The Beijing Railway Bureau saw a drop of train trips by 3 percent compared to last year. More than 180,000 police officers were on duty across the nation to maintain safety on the road on April 5, according to the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security.

The train station was full of people on April 3.

China has added more national holidays since 2008 which resulted in more leisure and travel for citizens. Tourism revenue in China is estimated to reach 167.7 billion yuan ($26.7 billion) in the first half of 2018, according to China's Ministry of Tourism and Culture. 

(Photos: VCG)