By Admin 
Leaving behind the traffic jams of India’s Delhi, Mumbai and Noida, the world’s biggest traffic jam has been seen in China. The jam occurred at the Wuzhuang toll station in Anhui province when millions of people were returning to their homes after the eight-day holidays of National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival.
Thousands of vehicles remained stuck for hours in this jam that occurred on Monday (6 October 2025). Drone footage showed long rows of red taillights at the massive 36-lane Wuzhuang toll station, making for a wonderful but disturbing sight.
The return tide has arrived — millions of travelers are heading home from the holiday. pic.twitter.com/2cB8VAH7Nm
— China Perspective (@China_Fact) October 8, 2025
36 lane toll station becomes Red Sea of Lights
In the video going viral on social media, Wuzhuang Toll Station was seen completely glowing with red lights, where thousands of vehicles were seen waiting for their turn. According to reports, around 1,20,000 vehicles moved through this toll station that day. Although the toll plaza has 36 lanes, due to such heavy traffic, hundreds of vehicles got stuck in several kilometer long lines. The drone footage showed how many vehicles coming from different lanes were trying to move forward while narrowing into the four main lanes. This sight was named Red Sea of Lights.
The combination of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day became the reason for the traffic jam.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a family festival in China, which people return home to celebrate with their families. This year the festival coincided with the National Day holiday, resulting in an eight-day long holiday (1 to 8 October) across the country. According to China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 888 million people traveled during this period, which was about 16% more than last year. During the same period in 2024, 76.5 crore people went out for sightseeing. Such a large number of people came out on the streets together, causing terrible traffic jams on the highways and toll stations.
Drivers remember Chinese New Year
Commuters stranded at the Wuzhuang toll station wrote on social media that the jam was reminding them of the Chinese New Year, when a similar traffic crisis is seen every year. Many drivers complained that they were stuck in their vehicles for 3 to 5 hours, while some claimed that it took overnight to cross the toll. One driver posted that it was a relief to cross the toll, but there was so much traffic on the road that it felt as if the whole of China was traveling together.”
Historic traffic jams have taken place in China before too
This is not the first time that such a big traffic problem has been seen in China. In 2010, the world’s longest traffic jam was recorded on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway. This jam, which occurred on August 14, 2010, was more than 100 kilometers long and lasted for 12 days. Then hundreds of trucks broke down on the road, due to which thousands of vehicles and passengers were stranded on the highway for 12 consecutive days. People had to buy food items from local vendors at expensive prices.
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