Spring Festival holiday, the seven-day break for most Chinese people during the Chinese new year, is the most important festival in China. Celebrations are held across China and even the world. The Festival should be about relaxing and reuniting with family. But do people really find it relaxing as it's expected? 

Man, 84, sues kids for Spring Festival neglect

An 84-year-old man is suing his children after he got sick from sleeping on his daughter's doorstep for four days during Spring Festival, Xinhua reported Monday.

Adults under strain as hongbao grow fatter

For Chinese children, the arrival of Spring Festival brings with it cash-filled red envelopes, but the practice is putting strain on the wallets of adults.

City dwellers head to mountains for a retro Chinese New Year

As the Spring Festival approaches, some urban residents are in favor of visiting remote mountainous areas, foregoing the conventional options of relaxing at home, traveling abroad or returning to their hometowns.

Urbanites suffer anxiety going home

Although ideally Spring Festival should be about relaxing and reuniting with family, more and more Chinese are finding the holiday stressful, burdensome and taxing both on one's energy and pocketbook.

70% of Chinese anxious about festival home union

In contrast to the mass enthusiasm for returning home for family union during the upcoming Spring Festival, there are some, becoming known as the"home-fear group", who have deep reservations about going back home.

For migrants, no Web, no train ticket

Migrant workers complain that without Internet access, they have had more problems than ever buying train tickets since railway authorities launched the online ticket booking system.

A nation on the move during holiday

Authorities said ensuring safety is the main task during the Spring Festival travel period as the transportation system nationwide braces for a tough test.

Chinese rush overseas for Spring Festival

Yang Jing and her husband are just a month away from their dream honeymoon in Bali. They will spend the upcoming Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, in the tropical island.