CNN summarizes the 11 major phenomena of the Chinese Spring Festival: buying a train ticket is like winning the lottery

CNN summarizes the 11 major phenomena of the Chinese Spring Festival: buying a train ticket is like winning the lottery The CNN website published a report on the homepage on the 30th to introduce the Chinese Spring Festival. In order to accept the United States...

CNN summarizes the 11 major phenomena of the Chinese Spring Festival: Buying a train ticket is like winning the lottery. The CNN website published a report on the homepage on the 30th to introduce the Chinese Spring Festival. In order to introduce the Spring Festival to American audiences, reporters from this media specially summarized the "11 major phenomena." "The Spring Festival is not unique to China." First, the Chinese do not call it Chinese New Year. The report introduced it in traditional Chinese characters and said that in China, it is called "Spring Festival" or "Lunar New Year". The Spring Festival is not just a Chinese festival. The Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, Japan and some other countries also celebrate the Lunar New Year. Second, there is huge traffic congestion. "The Lunar New Year is basically a family reunion for the entire country, and at the same time." Therefore, transportation will inevitably face a decisive battle. "Whether they are squeezing into crowded long-distance buses, buying tickets from scalpers, or standing in the station for hours just to buy a train ticket, travelers have to reunite with their loved ones no matter what," the report said. Third, the Spring Festival is not just one day. "It's a festival with all kinds of celebrations." Fourth, it's a festival of faith. ?#22312;On the first day of the Spring Festival, you have to live like a college student, without taking a shower or doing laundry. Don't throw away trash either, as this is said to throw away your wealth and luck. ?/FONT> "Rent a boyfriend to avoid nagging" Fifth, rent a boyfriend to take home. The report said that for singles, especially single women, the Spring Festival is a difficult time. "So there is a solution. China's largest e-commerce company has launched a service of renting boyfriends home to make parents, relatives and friends stop nagging." Sixth, there are many traditional habits that need to be followed. Throughout the Spring Festival, "You can't buy shoes, but you can put the word "Fu" upside down on the door." Seventh, setting off firecrackers is to drive away monsters. Eighth, red underwear is an important piece of equipment for some people. "Red is associated with luck and wealth, but red underwear is mainly used for protection." The report said that for those born in the Year of the Horse, red underwear is a must-have for the Spring Festival, "because the monsters during the Spring Festival are not only afraid of loud sounds, but also can be scared off by the color red. Does this disgusting monster still have clairvoyance?" Ninth, dessert time. "Food is the protagonist of all Chinese festivals, but during the Spring Festival, sweets are especially important because it means a sweet life in the coming year." Tenth, it has its own movie genre, the New Year film. "Mainland China and Hong Kong both have a type of movie called 'Lunar New Year films', which are specially screened during the Spring Festival." Eleventh, Spring Festival customs are not monolithic. You don’t necessarily have to not buy shoes during the Spring Festival, it just depends on how you interpret it. “The word shoe sounds like a sigh, but on the other hand, shoes also have the same pronunciation as ‘harmony’.” “Buying a train ticket is like winning the lottery.” In addition to introducing the Chinese Spring Festival, CNN reporter David McKenzie also followed a returning migrant worker on the T83 train from Beijing to Hefei to tell the story of the migrant worker’s return and the “immigration wave” during the Chinese Spring Festival. "During the Spring Festival, Chinese people traveled more than 3 billion times, of which more than 200 million were via railways, so getting a train ticket is almost like winning the lottery," the report said.