The Chinese Lunar New Year and this is the time that families get together no matter where they are. In China, many families split across the country as husbands or wives move from the farm lands to the cities in the look for work or children attend schools.
During the days of the New Year the extended families congregate together which often means traveling great distances with mostly everybody going back to visit their grandparent. This creates huge problems for transport logistics and I never realized just how many people are on the move.
This year there will be an estimated 2.8 Billion passengers on trips across the whole country. A million is a big number but 2.8 Billion people all wanting to get on the right bus and with many of them not really knowing how to get there.
The lunar Festival is usually a week long holiday that allows families to get together every year. With economic migration for work this might be the only chance for many families to get together.
February 3 2011 will make the end of the Year of the Tiger and the Start of the Year of the Rabbit.
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