Avoid the national holidays in China when you plan your trip
Please kindly note that there are always full of tourists in the attractions during Chinese national holidays. It is important that you ignore those periods in your trip plan to China.
Chinese national holidays in 2014 are:
2014-1-1 New Year’s Day
2014-1-31~2014-2-6 the Spring Festival
2014-4-5~2014-4-7 the Qingming Festival
2014-5-1~2014-5-3 International Labor Day
2014-5-31~2014-6-2 the Dragon-Boat Festival
2014-9-6~2014-9-8 the Mid-Autumn Festival
2014-10-1~2014-10-7 National Day