December 29, 2020

China's national rail operator issued a notification of ticket pre-sales for the 40-day 2021 Spring Festival travel period, known as chunyun, on Tuesday. For the Chinese people, who spent an unforgettable Spring Festival this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this means they are now officially entering the most important annual holiday season. This time, they are fully prepared for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush, the world's largest migration, despite the outbreak of sporadic new cases in several cities in China. 

For many, what was missed in the 2020 Spring Festival could be compensated for as the country has successfully contained the virus spread, making family reunions and gathering of friends possible in 2021. There were hard lessons to be learned during one year of fighting the coronavirus, which changed the public's hygiene habit and mindset, even reshaped the Chinese people's collective memory.  

Some who sacrificed their reunion happiness with their families during the 2020 Spring Festival told the Global Times on Tuesday that they won't get into the same struggling situation this year as during the early outbreak in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province last year, given what they had learned from China's experiences in fighting the epidemic over the year.

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