Visitors flock to the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China, north of Beijing, October 2, 2005. The Great Wall is attracting large numbers of visitors during China's week-long National Day "Golden Week" holiday, which began on October 1. [Reuters]

A Chinese tourist looks on from inside a beacon tower at the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China, north of Beijing, October 2, 2005. The Great Wall is attracting large numbers of visitors during China's week-long National Day "Golden Week" holiday, which began on October 1. [Reuters]

Visitors flock to the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China, north of Beijing, October 2, 2005. The Great Wall is attracting large numbers of visitors during China's week-long National Day "Golden Week" holiday, which began on October 1. [Reuters]

Visitors crowd on the Broken Bridge above the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, on China's National Day. [newsphoto]

The Baotu Spring in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong Province, October 1, 2005. [newsphoto]