Are you confused about returning home and traveling during the Spring Festival?

I am struggling with returning home during the Spring Festival and traveling.

Returning home - "I want to go home but still have concerns."

“Going home for a reunion during the New Year” is the most important custom of the Spring Festival in the subconscious mind of many Chinese people. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, many places have called for "no return to hometown unless necessary" and "celebration of the New Year in place". Countless tourists can only stay at work to celebrate the New Year with longing for their relatives and hometown.

This year, with the release of the "New Ten Articles" of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, many "migrant workers" outside the country are looking forward to returning home for the New Year. After the cancellation of nucleic acid certificates for flights and trains, the removal of itinerary cards also means the official lifting of restrictions on travel across cities and provinces. The road back home seemed smoother than ever.

I want to go home, but I still have some concerns. Li Yun, who works in Hangzhou, told Tianmu News reporter. After learning that the itinerary card was offline, Li Yun immediately searched for air tickets to return to his hometown of Chongqing during the Spring Festival. After much hesitation, he still did not place the order. "My grandpa is old and has underlying diseases. If he gets COVID-19 before the Spring Festival, I may not go home," Li Yun said.

The epidemic is still affecting people’s travel plans to a large extent. Many migrant workers like Li Yun who work in other places said in interviews with reporters from Tianmu News that if they were unfortunate enough to be “recruited” before the Spring Festival , would consider celebrating the New Year in situ, mostly because of “the fear of infecting the elderly at home.”

“Judging from recent data, the growth of air ticket bookings has indeed slowed down, mainly due to the increase in passenger income. We have adjusted our travel plans due to the impact of the epidemic," Xiao Peng, public relations officer of travel app Qunar.com, said in an interview with a reporter from Tianmu News.

“According to predictions by experts from various places, the peak of the epidemic may arrive around the Spring Festival, which will also affect passenger flow before the Spring Festival.” Xiao Peng said.

Travel - "How can you have fun when you have symptoms?" Wang Li, public relations officer of Tongcheng Travel, told Tianmu News that recent travel demand is still mostly based on "rigid" demand, and not many travel-related ones.

It can be seen that even if travel policies are relaxed, before the epidemic improves, people will still have many concerns when choosing whether to travel, such as "Will I get infected during travel?" "Will I develop a fever after being infected?" "Waiting for symptoms" and "How can I play well if I have symptoms?"

Li Lei from Hefei, Anhui Province told Tianmu News that she had originally booked a flight to Harbin on the 22nd of this month, but because a friend traveling with her had a cold, she was not sure whether she was infected with the new coronavirus. Ms. Li still chose to refund the check.

“It would be too uncomfortable if I got sunburned while playing, so I ended up refunding the ticket,” Li Lei said. "We plan to wait two months and then check the situation before going again after the new year."

Ms. Zhang from Chongqing originally booked a flight to Sanya at 6pm on the 16th of this month. Unfortunately, when she woke up on the morning of the 16th, Ms. Zhang found that she was dizzy and had symptoms of fever. After taking a self-antigen test, Ms. Zhang confirmed that she was "positive."

What are the customs of the Spring Festival?

my country’s New Year celebrations have a long history, and some relatively fixed customs have been formed through inheritance and development, and many of them are still passed down to this day. Such as buying New Year's goods, sweeping dust, pasting couplets, eating New Year's Eve dinner, watching the New Year's Eve, paying New Year's greetings, dragon and lion dances, worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off disasters, visiting gods, boating, temple fairs, traveling with gongs and drums, cursor flags, and Lantern wine, flower viewing lanterns, etc.

Traditional festival rituals and related customary activities are important elements of festivals and carry rich and colorful festival cultural heritage.