What does Spring Festival mean to you?

Alright, Spring Festival is clearly China’s most important occasion for family gatherings, similar to Christmas in the West and, as the big day approaches, every single Chinese is shopping for New Year’s necessities -- the more the better

In addition to the mountain of food for festival feasts, decorations are a mandatory part of the shopping list, to give the rooms a festive atmosphere for rejoicing.

However, for those people living far from home, of whom there are millions, the hope is simply to get back home as soon as possible, while crammed in with other people on a long-distance bus or a train, so they can least have the big dinner with other family members on Spring Festival Eve.

Meanwhile, the way of festival shopping and even the big feast itself may be getting a bit old-fashioned, so there are many people celebrating the week-long holiday by travelling.

Wish you luck in the Year of the Goat!