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Bonobo

(29,257 posts) Thu Mar 6, 2014, 12:01 AM Mar 2014

The grace, beauty and humility of workers.

I didn't intend to start a thread on this because I didn't want it to look like I was copycatting, but it was made clear that I couldn't show this aspect of beauty on another person's OP.

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The grace, beauty and humility of workers. (Original Post) Bonobo Mar 2014 OP

did you know the largest migration of humans on earth is Chinese workers heading home for New Years? bettyellen Mar 2014 #1

Yeah, I knew it. Bonobo Mar 2014 #2

I have seen some incredibly touching pics of that. your Op reminded me of them. bettyellen Mar 2014 #3

Thanks, Betty! Wilms Mar 2014 #4

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

1. did you know the largest migration of humans on earth is Chinese workers heading home for New Years?

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 01:08 AM

Mar 2014

It's their big holiday season. And the one time many from the provinces get a long enough leave to get back home see their families.

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)

2. Yeah, I knew it.

Reply to bettyellen (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 01:16 AM

Mar 2014

It is a massive thing. Similar movements happen in Japan twice a year. Obon in August and New Years in Dec.

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

3. I have seen some incredibly touching pics of that. your Op reminded me of them.

Reply to Bonobo (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 01:23 AM

Mar 2014

Wilms

(26,795 posts)

4. Thanks, Betty!

Reply to bettyellen (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 05:09 AM

Mar 2014

I knew many people had moved far away for work, and that the New Years celebration was two weeks long. But I never thought it through to realize the mass migration the holiday brings.

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