PHOTOS: China’s Tourist Spots You're Glad You Avoided Over CNY

There are some places that you simply want to avoid at all costs during the Lunar New Year in China, i.e.: the Great Wall, Zhangjiajie, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, West Lake and so on and so forth. 

But yet, every year tens of thousands of people flock to these tourist destinations as if this year it will be different. 

Well, it wasn’t.

Below, we’ve compiled another round of shocking photos from another year of CNY tourism mania. 

Xi’an. Image via @陕西都市快报/Weibo

Teracotta Warriors. Image via @陕西都市快报/Weibo

Zhangjiajie. Image via @春天的玲珑/Weibo

Xi’an. Image via @陕西都市快报/Weibo

West Lake in Hangzhou. Image via @邵燕南/Weibo

West Lake in Hangzhou. Image via @邵燕南/Weibo

Streets of Guilin. Image via @桂林网警巡查执法/Weibo

West Lake in Hangzhou. Image via @邵燕南/Weibo

The Bund. Image via @大上海那些事/Weibo

Beijing. Image via @要拥抱太阳阿/Weibo

West Lake in Hangzhou. Image via @杭州乐居二手房/Weibo

West Lake in Hangzhou. Image via @邵燕南/Weibo

The wall of walls. Image via @北京城北京事儿/Weibo

The Great Wall. Image via @北京城北京事儿/Weibo

Xi’an. Image via @由鲁向泰/Weibo

The Great Wall. Image via @北京城北京事儿/Weibo

The Great Wall. Image via @北京城北京事儿/Weibo

Xiangshan, Zhejiang province. Image via Sina

The Great Wall. Image via @徐皮儿/Weibo

The Great Wall. Image via @BradStevens/Weibo

Line for Huangshan, Anhui province. Image via @Roycoooo/Weibo

Xi’an. Image via @huayuan画鸢/Weibo

The Forbidden City. Image via @fire宝宝小屋/Weibo

Zhangjiajie. Image via @春天的玲珑/Weibo

Xi’an. Image via @漫游西安城/Weibo

Canton Tower Metro Station in Guangzhou. Image via @新快报/Weibo

Leshan, Sichuan province. Image via @乐山发布/Weibo

Chengdu. Image via @朱小瀞/Weibo

Leshan, Sichuan province. Image via @乐山发布/Weibo

While all of these images were posted in recent days, That’s would like to stress that we cannot independently verify when each photo was captured.

[Cover image via @漫游西安城/Weibo]