A volunteer in ethnic costume sings for passengers returning home on the K111 train from Shanghai to Guiyang on Jan 19. [Photo/xinhuanet.com]

Passengers aboard trains traveling home to Guizhou for Spring Festival received a pleasant surprise recently during what is normally a long and busy journey – they were entertained.

To brighten up the trip, lawyers and doctors volunteered their time and boarded the trains to provide advice and answer passenger questions on law and health.

Calligraphers also boarded the trains and wrote Spring Festival couplets for passengers to take home to their families.

Two volunteers perform cross talk for passengers on the K111 train on Jan 19. [Photo/xinhuanet.com]