The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival for family reunions. It begins on Feb 3 this year and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac.
Millions of Chinese take the week-long holiday from Feb 2 to Feb 8 to go home despite unbelievable difficulties, like waiting for hours in chilly weather to buy a railway ticket. >>>
More Chinese tourists decided to spend their Spring Festival holidays overseas this year, despite a sharp rise in the cost of such foreign vacations.
Record numbers of travelers returned to their jobs in big cities during recent days as the seven-day Spring Festival holidays ended. Police get tough on train ticket scalpers More spend Chinese New Year overseas Migrants roll back to jobs in cities
I always like to send my wishes to friends on their birthdays, as our birthday is the only day out of 365 that belongs to us in a very special way.
Tens of thousands of people visited temples to burn incense and pray for good fortune during the Spring Festival holiday, amid a rising demand for spiritual comfort throughout the country.