Four billion trips in chunyun — the largest migration on Earth.
The meaning of Spring Festival is that everyone remembers the road home.
As the twelfth lunar month begins, the flavour of the new year thickens. Stations, airports and highways fill with people carrying gifts. The chunyun travel rush of over four billion trips is called the largest annual migration on Earth — and every direction points home.
On New Year's Eve, families sit down to the reunion dinner. Dumplings, fish, new-year cakes — every dish has meaning. The Spring Festival Gala plays, elders give red envelopes, children set off fireworks, and the lights stay on past midnight.
On the first morning, well-wishers walk the streets. Firecrackers sound and red couplets cover every door. Spring Festival is not just a holiday; it is the most important ritual of the Chinese year: no matter how busy or how far, you go home, you reunite.
