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The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush – or Chunyun – was expected to have peaked on Sunday, two days before Chinese New Year eve when people typically have reunion dinners with their families. 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. 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. Scene of the 2009 Chunyun period inside Beijing West railway station, China. 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 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. 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. 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. It is a period of busy travel around Chinese New Year, with extremely heavy traffic. The period usually begins 15 days before Lunar New Year's Day and lasts a total of 40 days. In these 40 days or so, there are about 3 billion passenger journeys, which makes Chunyun the world's largest annual human migration . 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 Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the country’s most widely celebrated festival. The Chinese Lunar New Year is based on the lunar calendar, used by the Chinese Close to 3 billion trips are expected to be made during the 2019 Lunar New Year Spring Festival travel rush between January 21 and March 1. the biggest human migration on the planet – is now Why is the celebration also called "Guo Nian"? "Nian”is the Chinese word for year. In folk culture, the Spring Festival celebration is also called “Guo Nian” (meaning “passing a year”). In a Chinese New Year story, “Nian” is a fierce and cruel monster which eats livestock and kids, but it is scared of red color and cracker sound 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. At the beginning of the lunar year, the Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China. No matter how far from home, it's a long-held tradition for most Chinese to return home from work or study for family reunions on New Year's Eve and to celebrate the New Year together, which means a lot to the whole family. Reason 2: Economy 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. 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 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 See also: 10 taboos to avoid on Chinese New Year. In Chinese culture, your Ben Ming Nian, or zodiac birth year, is also considered unlucky, so make sure to wear red jewelry or clothing throughout your year (Year of the Pig) to keep any misfortune at bay. Lucky Things. Lucky numbers: 4, 9. Lucky colors: Yellow. Lucky directions: Northwest. Lucky Chinese New Year is celebrated by more than 20% of the world. It’s the most important holiday in China and to Chinese people all over. Here are 21 interesting facts that you probably didn’t know about Chinese New Year. 1. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival Chinese New Year is more than just firecrackers and red lanterns. This year, starting January 29, 2025, we say goodbye to the flamboyant Wood Dragon and hello to the mysterious Wood Snake. But did
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