Why so many Chinese go home during Spring Festival?
Every year, whenever Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) arrives, a lot of Chinese people cannot wait to go home. They queue for long hours in front of the ticket offices in railway stations, or do whatever they can in order to get a ticket. They tolerate the long journey on the train only to have a family reunion with their near and dear ones. Several days ago, the Beijing Youth Daily Social Investigation Center carried an investigation to 5,000 people online. The survey shows that most people regard buying a ticket home as the most important thing during the Spring Festival holiday. 33.2% of the people say what they fear most now is that they can’t get a ticket to go home. Why is Spring Festival so important to Chinese people? The Beijing Youth Daily recently published an editorial on this question. According to the editorial, most Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival not only because they want to follow tradition, there are also some practical reasons to explain Chinese peoples fever
