On September 17th, east 3rd ring road of Beijing became "parking lot".  - Guomao bridge.

State-own media says the reasons are increasing cars and rain, of course the coming mid-autumn festival.

But Chinese netizens don't agree with this idea. They claims that the main reason is the Briberies before festival.

On September 17th, east 3rd ring road of Beijing became "parking lot".  - Nongzhan Section.

Not only the ring road turned into parking lot, but also the Changan street.

Another Changan street photo on Sep 17th.