Traveling abroad in the Chinese New Year

As we all know, the Chinese New Year is the most important traditional festival in Chinese culture. Family members have a reunion, sit around a round table, and eat dinner together. Elders have chats, children expect red envelopes, and people join many new year activities…etc. They are normal impression. The activities are not only relaxed but also important. Each family has different new year activities. The highest ratio of activities people will do is to go to travel or have a sightseeing. I also prefer spending my holidays abroad during new year vacation, and going to Hong Kong has become the routine.

Many people in Taiwan usually travel oversea during Chinese New Year and so do I. I have went to Hong Kong during every new year vacation since 8 eight years ago. Actually I also visited Macau, Shen Zhen and off-shore islands. Not only travel expense is cheap but also location is near Taiwan, the critical reason is that many friends are in Hong Kong. Fortunately, I have good friends in Hong Kong, I thanks them for their kind offers of homestay. The offers let me save many travel expenses and enjoy being a Hong Kong man provisionally. The high class restaurant in 5 stars hotel is not my choice but the normal restaurant. Go out with subway or bus, and take a taxi when I have no ideas to reach my destination. The Hong Kong’s eating custom is much different form Taiwan’s. A knowing smile always appears on my face when I remember the embarrassed joke. My friends gave me a astonished looks, because I drank the cup of tea whose purpose is to clean hands and tableware. Shopping is another enjoyment for electric appliances and apparels are so cheap. I cannot help but set my eye on the windows. Fireworks, traditional activities, dragon dance, shopping, staying in the small house and rambling on the streets where people move rapidly always enhance my memory.

Although most people put emphasis on reunion during the Chinese New Year, I am the one of the low proportion people who choose not to stay home but travel abroad. Workday tasks are work, work, and work. As the reason, spending holidays abroad during the new year vacation is very sensible. To experience different life can always enhance and upgrade combat efficiency to my work. If my finance is steady, I will follow the routine in the future.