High-speed trains wait for departure at dawn. (Photo/Shi Yu)

As the annual Spring Festival travel rush kicks off in China, the country's high-speed trains are gearing up for the upcoming massive transportation wave, waiting on the tracks like "silver dragons".

Nanchang, eastern China's Jiangxi province, has the country's largest high-speed train depot, which houses eight maintenance workshops and 36 storage tracks. Nanchang has deployed 101 bullet trains and over 1,000 machinists to guarantee a safer and more comfortable traveling environment for the passengers.