Feb 7, 2008 is the start of the new year in China and the start of the Year of the Rat. Chinese New Year is without a doubt the biggest holiday in China and a major one in East Asia. Hundreds of millions of people are traveling within China as they are visiting their family. They travel by train, bus, car, plane, boat, etc... you can imagine the chaos when such a large mass of people is on the move. In my travels last week I could already sense a larger crowd in the airports. Not for the faint of heart. Many companies and factories close for one to two weeks and doing business as normal is practically impossible. With the celebrations also comes a whole array of decorations. Every respectable store, restaurant, hotel, company lobby, etc,.. is covered with red decorations. I took a picture of a store selling these decorations in an attempt to capture the magic that surrounds the holiday.
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