“Chunyun” festival in China is considered the largest annual human migration across the world to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The Chinese Lunar New Year is the most widely celebrated festival in China.
It is also known as the Spring Festival.
It is based on the lunar calendar.
Chinese use the lunar calendar for festivals and other traditional days, However, they follow the Gregorian calendar for business purposes.
Each lunar year is represented by one of the 12 zodiac animals — rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig—2023 is the Year of the Rabbit.
The Lunar New Year is celebrated around a month after the first day of the Gregorian calendar.
Nearly 20% of the world’s population celebrates the Lunar New Year, including people in Vietnam, Thailand, the Phillippines, Japan, and China.
The Festival also marks the beginning of spring and the end of winter.
During the holiday, people return to their hometowns and families for a joint celebration, leading to one of the largest movements of humans in the world— “chunyun”, simply translated as “spring transportation”.
Generally, the travel season begins 15 days before the New Year and celebrations last for around 40 days.
It ends after 15 days of country-wide festivities that include fireworks and dancing dragons.
During this time, airports and railway stations are usually overcrowded and there is heavy traffic on roads.
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