Hundreds of millions of people In China are already travelling home in what is considered the world’s biggest annual human migration – Lunar New Year Celebrations: BBC has more:
State media says about three billion passenger trips will be made by plane, train and car over the 40-day period.
It is a public holiday in many places with ethnic Chinese populations such as Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.
The festival is known as Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in South Korea, and is traditionally a time to be with family.
In a speech at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping extended Lunar New Year greetings to Chinese people everywhere.
This year the government is urging people not to set off firecrackers, amid rocketing pollution levels in cities.
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