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Explore Chinese culture behind the vocabulary
春节
Chūnjié
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China, marking the start of the lunar calendar year. Families travel from across the country to reunite for the New Year's Eve dinner — the world's largest annual human migration. Children receive red envelopes (红包) filled with money, firecrackers ward off evil spirits, and dragon dances fill the streets.
The Spring Festival travel rush (春运) sees over 3 billion trips made within a single 40-day window — more than the world's entire population moving.