Lunar new year is traditionally a time for Chinese people to reunite with distant relatives after long journeys to ancestral hometowns, but this year more than 6m are expected to go abroad.
This year’s Spring Festival falls on Saturday, when the year of the monkey will give way to that of the rooster. It is one of only two lengthy annual holidays enjoyed by most Chinese people.
“For us, the festival is mainly a vacation period,” said a Beijing woman surnamed Qi, who will be in Okinawa, Japan, for the festival, leaving her parents at home.
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