May Day in Virtual China

China is in an uproar for the next week as millions take off for vacations or visits home during the national weeklong May Day holiday.  Online, vacationers are:

• trading info about hard-to-find train tickets (one post simply reads: leave your date, travel route, and cell phone number.  I’ll get tickets for you.);

• giving tips on where to travel: the photo above is from a long, detailed Tianya post about where to go to see ancient architecture in Zhejiang province, and how to get there.  There are some beautiful photos on the post, much better than the usual shots of rebuilt tourist spots.

Baidu, the choice of most of China’s younger users, taps into the huge desire for getting away from urban settings with the following special feature on its PostBar Forum today:

Fashionable life/Relax for 7 days of May Day holiday