Spring Festival (Chunjie) is upon us again: January 25 is New Year’s Eve, with the following day the first in the Chinese year of the Ox. There’ll be fireworks, firecrackers, reunion dinners, visits to family and friend, lucky money, the New Year’s Eve TV gala, etc. It’s a great time of year.

But what really fascinates me is Chunyun, the time around Spring Festival when everyone travels home to their hometown. It’s the largest movement of people in the world. (more…)

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Spring Festival, or Chunjie as it is called here, has begun! Tonight is Chinese New Year’s Eve. I thought I’d write a little bit about what happens in China during the Spring Festival. (more…)

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