Hundreds of millions of people In China are already travelling home
in what is considered the world’s biggest annual human migration – Lunar
New Year Celebrations:
BBC has more:
State media says about three billion passenger trips will be made by plane, train and car over the 40-day period.
It is a public holiday in many places with ethnic Chinese populations such as Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.
Confusion abounds as to whether the coming year is dedicated to the sheep, ram, or goat
The festival is known as Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in South Korea, and is traditionally a time to be with family.
In a speech at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday, Chinese
President Xi Jinping extended Lunar New Year greetings to Chinese people
everywhere.
This year the government is urging people not to set off firecrackers, amid rocketing pollution levels in cities.
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