Entering China
Starting this week, Shenzhen migrant workers have officially entered the state of “waiting for the New Year”, and if it is not a particularly important work, everyone will wait for the New Year.
In the afternoon, I was fishing, and my colleague Amin said that he was going to his girlfriend’s house for the New Year this year, and everyone was congratulating on “the door is really bright upside down”, only the new colleague Abin asked, can you still buy a ticket at this time?
You must know that the Spring Festival ticket sales are opened half a month in advance, and at this time, you can change the ticket to catch up with the second day of the new year to eat dumplings at home.
Ah Ming logged in to the ticket purchase website, and there was still a ticket for the ticket from Shenzhen to Hubei, although it was a green car, and the time was longer, but the price was low.
No wonder it is said on the Internet that there is a strange phenomenon in this year’s Spring Festival, there is no homecoming tide to be seen, and there is no crowding at the train station.
1. This year’s homecoming wave is unusual
In previous years, when the moon arrived, the railway station and bus station were overcrowded, and everyone stepped on the train home with large bags and small bags, creating a romantic “Spring Festival” that belongs to the Chinese people.
“If you have money or not, go home for the New Year”.
The Spring Festival homecoming tide has a special meaning for Chinese people, and it is okay to go out to work for 360 days, and there are 5 leftDay must be back home.
But this year, although there are a lot of people at the railway station, compared with the “Spring Festival” in previous years, it seems to be orderly, and there is no feeling of “crowded”, and even a little “deserted”.
Why can’t we see a “wave of homecoming” this year?
On the one hand, migrant workers are aging, and as time goes by, fewer and fewer migrant workers enter the city, and they are the main force of the Spring Festival transportation in previous years.
On the other hand, in this year’s employment environment, many migrant workers who lost their jobs a few years ago, or who have not found a suitable job, have already gone home early for the Chinese New Year, after all, one more day of stay will cost one more day.
2. Why did the 21.2 million Spring Festival motorcycle army disappear?
I vaguely remember that at the peak of the Spring Festival two years ago, there were millions of motorcycle troops in Guangdong returning to their hometowns and driving on the way home.
In the harsh winter, put on a helmet, fasten your luggage, get on a motorcycle and set off. It was both helpless and realistic for them to choose a motorcycle to return home, and at that time, the ticket price was expensive and they could not be booked.
Affordable, flexible and convenient motorcycles have become the first choice, and even some migrant workers whose homes are 1,000 kilometers away in Sichuan and Hubei still ride back.
But why has this pomp and circumstance disappeared?
This has to be mentioned, where do the people of Shenzhen come from?
Shenzhen is a typical “immigrant” city, where there are more people who speak Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Henan dialects than Cantonese.
The streets are full of Hunan restaurants, braised noodle restaurants, Sichuan restaurants…
According to the data of the seventh national census, the top 10 people in Shenzhen are from Guangdong, Hunan, Guangxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Henan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Chongqing and Anhui.
Have you found the characteristics, they are all southern provinces, the closest ones are in the next province and city, and the farther ones are also within a thousand kilometers.
With the post-80s and 90s migrant workers entering the cityCompared with the savings of their parents, young workers buying a car is an indispensable “card”.
They continued their father’s journey to work, and also chose to drive home, but replaced their motorcycles with cars.
Looking at the map, the “army of cars” will be rightStuck in a highway jam.
3. More and more people choose to stay for the Chinese New Year
“Reverse New Year” is not a new thing, compared to the interrogation of the seven aunts and aunts after returning home, it is a way to take the parents to Shenzhen for the New Year.
There are 8 people in our department, and 3 people don’t go back. 1 was on duty, and 2 took their parents over.
Last year, my parents came to Shenzhen to watch the fireworks show, visited the flower market, and there were many folk performances, which was very happy.
In addition, the temperature here is also a little higher, so there is no need to wear a bloated down jacket.
