Pic story: long journey home for college student Yang Mengping

Yang Mengping takes a coach bus heading to his hometown at a coach station in Huidong County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 27, 2019. Yang Mengping, a student from Shanghai-based East China University of Science and Technology, needs to spend three days heading to his home, which is located at Qianxin Township of Huidong County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. After about 41 hours of railway journey from east China's Shanghai to Chengdu in Sichuan, Yang has to take a coach bus to his hometown. Yang hopes he could spend more time with his 90-year-old grandfather and wishes his grandfather good health. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)