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Sheng Qinghe | Loong Boat Festival Holiday Notice and Warm Tips

June 25 is this year's Loong Boat Festival. Because of the impact of the COVID-19 in some places, we must pay attention to the epidemic prevention and control during the Loong Boat Festival this year. You need to know the latest epidemic prevention and control policies of the destination in advance, and the expressway is not free during the holiday... This year's Loong Boat Festival is worth paying attention to!


June 25 is this year's Loong Boat Festival. Because of the impact of the COVID-19 in some places, we must pay attention to the epidemic prevention and control during the Loong Boat Festival this year. You need to know the latest epidemic prevention and control policies of the destination in advance, and the expressway is not free during the holiday... This year's Loong Boat Festival is worth paying attention to!

1. Beijing: Passengers without a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 7 days will be discouraged from boarding the train starting from the 23rd

 

Cui Wei, Director of the Passenger Transport Group of the Epidemic Prevention and Control Office of China Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd., introduced on the 23rd that since midnight on June 23rd, the railway department has strictly implemented the measures of checking the nucleic acid test certificate before passengers leave Beijing at all stations in Beijing. Passengers who cannot provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 7 days are discouraged from boarding.

 

Beijing: Personnel from high-risk streets, townships, and Xinfadi wholesale markets are prohibited from leaving Beijing

 

On the 23rd, at the 130th press conference on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Beijing, Xu Hejian, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, director of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, and spokesman of the Beijing Municipal Government, said that it was forbidden to leave Beijing for the relevant personnel of the high-risk street towns and Xinfadi wholesale markets. Other personnel insisted on not leaving Beijing unnecessarily, and those who had already left Beijing should be notified in time to prevent the spread of the epidemic.

 

2. Travel: Get to know the latest epidemic prevention and control policies of the destination in advance

 

As the Loong Boat Festival holiday approaches in 2020, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism reminds tourists that the epidemic prevention and control of Loong Boat Festival travel is not paralyzed, and tourism safety is not careless.


At present, the task of normalized epidemic prevention and control is still arduous and heavy. Tourists should closely monitor the epidemic risk situation released by local epidemic prevention and control departments, remain vigilant, avoid complacency, take self-protection measures, wear masks, wash hands frequently, measure body temperature, disinfect frequently, avoid gatherings, and ventilate frequently.


Before traveling, it is important to obtain the latest epidemic prevention and control policies of the destination through authoritative channels, inquire about the opening and flow restriction measures of scenic spots, and especially understand measures such as ticket reservations and staggered tours.

 

3. Transportation: Highways are not free

 

According to the Implementation Plan for Exemption of Small Bus Toll on Major Holidays, the free passage time range includes four national statutory holidays such as Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, and National Day, as well as the above-mentioned statutory holidays and consecutive holidays determined by the General Office of the State Council in the current year.


Therefore, during the Loong Boat Festival, expressways are not free.

 

4. Weather: Temperatures are relatively high in most parts of the country

 

At present, most areas in southern China have entered the flood season, and tourists should pay close attention to the meteorological forecast of their tourist destinations, especially the warning information of severe weather, and adjust their itinerary in a timely manner according to the weather warning.


According to Shao Peng, a meteorological analyst at China Weather Network, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, temperatures are relatively high in most parts of the country, with the highest temperature generally around 30 ℃. Especially in southern North China, most of the Huang Huai region, southern Shaanxi, and most of Xinjiang, there will be high temperatures of over 35 ℃. If you are planning to travel to these places, in addition to sunscreen, you also need to equip yourself with masks, hats, glasses, umbrellas, sun protective clothing, and other equipment.


In terms of rainfall, northern Guangxi, southern Hunan, northern Jiangxi, northern Zhejiang, Shanghai and other places have strong rainfall on the day of Loong Boat Festival, and there will be heavy to rainstorm, even heavy rainstorm locally. However, in the two days after the holiday, the local rainfall will significantly weaken and stop. Remind friends who are planning to travel to these places to bring umbrellas and raincoats, and pay attention to the latest weather forecast and warning information. Avoid heavy rainfall periods and travel safely.


In addition, Shao Peng also reminded that strong convective weather such as thunderstorms, strong winds, hail, etc. are prone to occur in the afternoon of summer, and everyone needs to pay more attention when traveling.

 

5. Long knowledge: this year's Loong Boat Festival is the latest parallel in the 21st century

 

The annual Loong Boat Festival is coming. Astronomical experts said that this year's Loong Boat Festival was a bit special, and it was the latest Loong Boat Festival in the 21st century. In the 100 years of the 21st century, there are three latest years of the Loong Boat Festival, namely, 2001, 2020 and 2058. The corresponding solar calendar date is June 25. The Loong Boat Festival is not the latest one to appear on June 25 of the Gregorian calendar, but the latest one is on June 26 of the Gregorian calendar, such as 1906.

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