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Beijing, with the spring air in the air under a rare blue sky, is seeing an endless stream of tourists pouring out of the Forbidden City exit. The Chinese usually begin their outdoor activities in earnest after the third day of the first lunar month (February 12th). The Lunar New Year holiday crowds also reach their peak around this time. [Lunar New Year tourists: I spent the first and second days of the year with my elders, and came from Beijing on the fourth day. The Great Wall was the most crowded, and it took hours just to wait in line.] On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the 13th, the Great Wall outside Beijing was so crowded that you couldn't move. Major tourist sites were literally "seas of people," and the line took longer than the time to see them. Buddhist holy sites such as Wutai Mountain and Putuo Mountain were so crowded that even ticket sales were suspended. Hainan Island, known as China's Hawaii, has sold out of plane tickets and even ships are full. [Zhou Xinghua / Hainan Provincial Tourism and Culture Bureau official: We recommend that tourists take a boat from the port to leave the island. Because we have increased transport capacity…] There have been a series of accidents and incidents due to the overflowing crowds. In Luoyang, Henan Province, an 86-meter-long suspension bridge overturned, leaving tourists hanging upside down from a height of 36 meters. [Local tourism official: We clearly warned them in advance, but the tourists shook the bridge themselves. We immediately climbed up and put it back in place.] An avalanche occurred in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the northwest, burying four snowboarders. Local authorities believe the avalanche occurred because some of the skiers on the snowy mountain entered the restricted area. [Witness to the accident: My friend who came to ski with me was rescued in time. No one was injured, but I was very surprised.] A gas explosion also occurred in a residential area in Xingtai, Hebei Province, but the extent of the damage has not yet been released. Kang Jeong-gyu from YTN in Beijing. Filming and editingㅣHigh-quality graphicsㅣHong Myeong-hwa Subtitle newsㅣLee Sun #YTN Subtitle news [Copyright (c) YTN Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI data prohibited]