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🇨🇳Chinese New Year in China. Why is it quieter than you think... no one?!

Chinese New Year Review in China 🇨🇳

Why is it quieter than you think... no one?!

Before we came, we thought Chinese New Year had to

🎆 tight man.

🧧. Bustle.

🏮 Red whole town.

But when it really arrived...

Very quiet. 😳

Open streets, closed shops, almost no cars.

Like the city paused to breathe

🇨🇳 Why aren't there people?

Because Chinese New Year (- Chuanjié)

Is the most important "relative reunion day" of the year.

The Chinese will travel home.

No matter how far you work, go back.

This phenomenon is called

(Chunyön)

The largest migration in the world during the festival.

The result is...

🏙 Big city = quiet.

🏡 Provincial house = tight

Everyone's in the house.

Eat with eyes

Waiting for the ancestors, Jae Aung Pao, watching TV together.

The atmosphere we actually encountered

✨. Daytime. - Quiet.

✨ Evening - heard firecrackers.

✨ Night - Flares from along the village.

There is no Thai open mall.

There's no big event like our house.

But it's so warm...

Personal feelings

At first, secretly confused

"Why is it so quiet?"

But when going to sit and eat with my girlfriend's family

Saw the adults talking. The children ran around.

I know...

Real Chinese New Year

Not on the street.

But at the "home dining table." ❤️

# Chinese New Year # Love experience # Relationship narrative

# Chinese girlfriend # Foreign fans

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