Chinese New Year

[fuzzy moonunit]

Though it technically starts Frebruary 3rd this year, the Chinese New Year travel season has begun. EVERYTHING shuts down for 5-10 days during the Spring Festival. Here's a glimpse of what I lived through last year and what I'm missing out on this year:

http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/chun-yun-worlds-largest-yearly-human-migration-1995-2011.html

[mnstang]

happy new year!

[SAMSONite]

Where are they migrating to?

[fuzzy moonunit]

Where are they migrating to?

Home. Chinese New Year is like Super Christmas. It's like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and your birthday all rolled into one. For most people it's the only time of the year that they get to see their family. Everyone travels back to their hometown.

[Mullet Tuner]

Sounds like an absolute nightmare.

[Xtort]

Home. Chinese New Year is like Super Christmas. It's like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and your birthday all rolled into one. For most people it's the only time of the year that they get to see their family. Everyone travels back to their hometown.

Does it have the high suicide rates of Christmas and Thanksgiving too?

[fuzzy moonunit]

Sounds like an absolute nightmare.

It's a bit of a nightmare, but it's truly awe-inspiring at the same time. I can't describe what it feels like to take part in this Chinese Hajj, but it's pretty awesome. I'm sure it's no longer fun after the first four or five times.

Does it have the high suicide rates of Christmas and Thanksgiving too?

No idea. I think hell will freeze over before anyone releases accurate official suicide rates in China. My anecdotal experience would be to suggest that they don't have the same phenomenon. Adults in America all seem to exhibit a little bit of Christmas depression, but the Chinese adults didn't seem to have it (or I didn't notice it). To be fair, I was like some sort of euphoric kid getting to experience all these things in rural, rural form. Perhaps my giddiness blinded me to the pains of the holiday.

[POOPY PANTS FACE]

sounds dumb because some sides of the family are acually fun to go to.

[Xtort]

No idea. I think hell will freeze over before anyone releases accurate official suicide rates in China. My anecdotal experience would be to suggest that they don't have the same phenomenon. Adults in America all seem to exhibit a little bit of Christmas depression, but the Chinese adults didn't seem to have it (or I didn't notice it). To be fair, I was like some sort of euphoric kid getting to experience all these things in rural, rural form. Perhaps my giddiness blinded me to the pains of the holiday.

Who knows what the real data is. It's probably not ever an easy statistic to gather all the data on anywhere. But I've read a few stories here and there regarding high suicide rates in China.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/11/content_6095710.htm

[fuzzy moonunit]

Who knows what the real data is. It's probably not even an easy statistic to gather all the data on anywhere. But I've read a few stories here and there regarding high suicide rates in China.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_6095710.htm

Perhaps there are no suicides around the holidays because all the suicidal people already killed themselves? I remember not too long ago Apple caught some heat for mass suicides in its Chinese factories. The solution? Install nets around the building so they could no longer jump to their death.

Edit: Almost forgot another good one! There was a bridge in Guangzhou that people routinely climbed to jump to their deaths. It was a major traffic disturbance all the time. The solution? Cover the bottom two meters of the bridge scaffolding in crisco/butter so it was too slippery to climb.

[Xtort]

Perhaps there are no suicides around the holidays because all the suicidal people already killed themselves? I remember not too long ago Apple caught some heat for mass suicides in its Chinese factories. The solution? Install nets around the building so they could no longer jump to their death.

Edit: Almost forgot another good one! There was a bridge in Guangzhou that people routinely climbed to jump to their deaths. It was a major traffic disturbance all the time. The solution? Cover the bottom two meters of the bridge scaffolding in crisco/butter so it was too slippery to climb.

[68GTO]

Wow. Use all context you can imagine.