New Year in Chinese eyes is a family reunion. However, in foreigners' eyes, it is not only a kind of homesickness, but a spring migration(迁徙).Every year (see) the largest annual mass migration on the planet one sixth of the world's population travel home to celebrate their families. That is around a billion people (make) 3.5 billion journeys in a 40-day period. Meanwhile, over 250 million rail journeys are made across China during the festival.
Last year, 5.6 million rail tickets (sell) in a single day. Every new year in the heartland of industrial China thousands upon thousands of motorcyclists brave the weather and hit the road, determined to make home.
The Chinese New Year (celebrate) is also known as the Spring Festival. It lasts 15 days. It is the main holiday of the Chinese calendar. In modem China, (search) for work, many people have to move away from home. And they will travel home to be with the loved ones during the Spring Festival. In Chinese New Year, modem and (tradition) customs are brought together when the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. Nowadays, not only does China have the (fast) growing modem cities in the world, but the landscapes are also truly diverse.
