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Millions in China head home for Lunar New Year in ‘record high’ migration. People throng railway stations and airports as millions return home to celebrate the new year, which begins on Wednesday. SHANGHAI: Millions across China are returning to their hometowns from cities to celebrate their country’s most important festival: Chinese New Year, which begins on Wednesday (Jan 29) this year. BEIJING (AP) — China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration — the world’s biggest annual movement of humanity. The Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, begins on Jan 29. there is a large population migration around the New Year holiday. China Chinese New Year Travel and leisure. The travel involved has been called the largest annual human migration in the entire world. China holds 1.4 billion people (18.4 percent of the world’s total population, but who’s counting Chunyun, also known as Chinese New Year Migration, Spring Festival Travel Rush, Chinese New Year Travel Rush, Lunar New Year Travel Rush is the largest human migration on earth happening annually. It usually begins 15 days ahead of the Chinese New Year and 25 days after, lasting for 40 days. The Chunyun 2025 lasts from January 14 to February 22. The Lunar New Year travel rush, known as Chunyun in Chinese, is often seen as a barometer for China's economic health and a pressure test for its vast transportation system. Like Guo, millions of migrant workers return to their roots during the 40 days of Chunyun, the Chinese New Year (also known as the Spring Festival). This travel season is the largest annual human migration on the planet. And, for the Year of the Dragon — which begins on February 10 — the authorities expect all records to be broken. China on Friday kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record 9 billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays The Lunar New Year holiday in China this year will be the first without pandemic restrictions on foreign and domestic travel since 2020. January 1, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account Lunar New Year rush starts after China lifts COVID travel rules. By Associated Press. Lion dancer makes impact on Chinese Lunar New Year tradition. By Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan. Happy Lunar Comparing Chinese New Year with America's largest annual migration is a good way to gauge its enormous size. Thanksgiving 2017 saw jam-packed airports, snarling tailbacks on the interstate and a Chunyun (traditional Chinese: 春運; simplified Chinese: 春运; pinyin: Chūnyùn; literally translated as “Spring transportation”), also referred to as the Spring Festival travel rush or the Chunyun period, is a period of travel in China with extremely high traffic load around the time of the Chinese New Year. The travel season in China Considered the largest human migration on the planet, Chunyun – the 40-day period when Chinese people head home to celebrate the Lunar New Year Spring Festival – is now underway. Some 3 This Saturday, China is going to celebrate its new year, kicking off one of the planet's great migrations. Also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, the event sees hundreds of millions of Chinese New Year Migration usually begins 15 days ahead of the Chinese New Year and 25 days after, lasting for 40 days! Chinese New Year Migration – Going Back Home The Chinese traditional concepts place a heavy emphasis on the importance of home and family (家庭: jiātíng) . China's Lunar New Year prompts a massive annual migration, with billions of trips expected over a 40-day period. This celebration, marking the year of the snake, sees families reuniting, travelers navigating improved transport options, and a rise in overseas trips despite changing traditions. In "Last Train Home" filmmaker Lixin Fan documents the migration of millions of Chinese workers during the Chinese New Year -- the largest human migration in the world -- through the prism of one Today marks the start of the world's largest human migration - an event which sees millions of people travel thousands of miles across China to reach home in time for the Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year marks the world’s largest annual human migration to re-unite families for the Spring Festival holiday. The spring travel season, or chunyun, lasts for 40 days and involves billions of journeys from China’s booming coastal cities to the country’s vast inland provinces.
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