What is inside Spring Festival passengers’ bags?
January 12th, 2012 by Annie Lee | Posted in Life Style | 56 Comments »
From our last post about going home for the Spring Festival, it seems that a lot of our readers are curious as for why these long distance home-goers are carrying so many bags despite all the difficulties during the journey. A reporter asked 4 passengers to open their bags to reveal the treasure inside.
(Photo from Sohu.com)
Jan 8th, the first day of 2012 spring transport, a few passengers in Fuzhou Railway Station revealed their luggage.
Basically inside the luggage are:
1) Foods and water for the long journey ahead
2) Clothes and necessities for the holiday at home, including cotton quilt.
3) Gifts and special goods for the Spring Festival
4) Daily necessities that can be used by families
5) Anything they don’t want to throw away.
For many Chinese especially those from rural areas, everything they possess in the cities are paid by their hard-earned money, they have been saving up throughout the year so as to provide as much as possible for their families at hometown. They don’t buy stuff easily unless they absolutely need it, and for what’s already bought, they won’t throw them away easily either. Therefore, the gigantic luggage.
Another reason why many are carrying quilts is, according to an article on Southern Weekend, that home doesn’t have extra quilt for them, and buying new ones just for the few days of stay is not worth the money, so they carry things back and forth with them like a snail.
It’s all about making the most out of their little but hard-earned money. The trouble of carrying heavy and huge bags is minor compared to a lot other hardship in their life.
Tags: chunyun, Holiday, Migrant Worker, Spring Festival, Spring Festival travel season, traval
800 million peasants carrying their entire livelihood on their backs at once. I pray once again to thank God I was not born in the shit hole call China. China is still a poor ass country of brainwashed peasants!
TAPSUMBONG!
Sir I think you are a bit of a nob, please learn how to write correct sentences “thank god i was not born in the shit hole call(ed) China”.
Also, apart from Seoul, South Korea is pretty bad. I have a feeling you are from Chuncheon and are basically bitter.
Cheer-up my friend the North is waiting for you
Russian Dude
“Sir I think you are a bit of a nob,”
Think I care?
“please learn how to write correct sentences”
Posts here don’t deserve strict grammar.
“apart from Seoul, South Korea is pretty bad. ”
I’d rather live in the shittiest place in Korea than any place in Russia or China, the two biggest knuckle head jackass nation on the planet, in a heartbeat.
Russia is the other shit hole mirroring China.
“Cheer-up my friend the North is waiting for you”
Cheer-up my comrade since Russia is nowhere near becoming a decent nation just like their buddy retard Chinese.
TAPSUMBONG!
You like India may be, k_guy?
+++India has what you like, India’s bureaucracy is the worst in Asia. India fared worse than Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and China.
+++India’s bureaucracy was responsible for many complaints businessmen had about India, like lack of infrastructure and corruption. It also said that Indian bureaucrats were rarely held accountable for wrong decisions.
+++India has the most new cases of polio for years, putting it as a country where the virus is endemic.
+++India has said it could block sites like Facebook and Google, a government minister had accused the internet firms of not co-operating.
+++Police in India’s Maharashtra state have arrested five members of an upper caste for beating, raping, stripping and parading naked a low-caste Dalit woman.
+++Train accidents in India have killed some 1,220 people over the last five years, railway officials revealed last month.
+++++Indian milk widely ‘contaminated’ with added substances. More than two-thirds of Indian milk is adulterated with items ranging from salt to detergent and may be unsafe to drink, 250 samples from four eastern states were found to be contaminated with detergent. In India, nearly 70% of samples were found to be contaminated.
TAPDATASSUMBONG!
korean_guy is actually a Chinese troll.
No, he ain’t Chinese and ain’t Korean neither.
He is a Japanese/white Russian/Jew with a touch of black and Latino shit for blood Injun/Mongolian/Tibetan/Afrikan muslim wife beating and porking red neck with a little mosque on the prairie kind of godking Obama dollar lama shithead.
voiceofhome
“he ain’t Chinese and ain’t Korean neither.”
What I am is Chinese/China hater. I hate evil and hate injustice, China thrives on evil and injustice.
China is bad for human beings!
TAPSUMBONG!
@korean_guy das was du hier von dir gibst nimmt einen Kindergarten niveau an!
Du kleiner Hurensohn, machst dich über andere Länder schlecht obwohl du dein eigenes nicht mal kennnst.
Du kleiner Hurensohn, machst dich über Nationalitäten lustig und weißt wahrscheinlich nicht mal zu welcher du gehörst.
Du kleine Missgeburt schiebst alle Menschen eines Volkes in eine Schublade.. bist du denn so besser als die Menschen die du verurteilst?
Ich glaube, alle hier die eine perfekte fremdsprache sprechen sind immigranten!
in einem land zu leben heißt nicht, dass man es perfekt findet
btw: bitte verpiss dich zurück in dein drecksloch!!!
Warst du nicht gelehrt, nicht billige chinesische Bier zu trinken? Das Scheiße wil dich töten!
Tun Sie etwas Gutes und bringen Höflichkeit ein Chinese.
Das TAPSUMBONG!
300 million peasants carrying their entire livelihood on their backs at once. I pray once again to thank God I was not born in the shit hole call America. America is a poor ass country of brainwashed peasants! So much debt!
Pop lo Americano
PowerBullTroll
“America is a poor ass country of brainwashed peasants! So much debt!”
Yes those peasants are called undocumented workers!
China is a greedy ass peasant who deposits money earned from the back breaking works of his slaves to the bank, aka United States Treasury. If the bank goes belly up the greedy ass peasant is now a broke-ass peasant with nothing to show for. China cannot not deposit their money into America. Matter of fact China should be thankful to be able to send their money this way.
TAPSUMBONG homey!
“America is a poor ass country of brainwashed peasants! So much debt!”
Yes those peasants are called undocumented workers!
America is a greedy ass peasant who deposits money earned from the back breaking works of his slaves to the bank, aka Shitty Treasury. If the bank goes belly up the greedy ass peasant is now a broke-ass peasant with nothing to show for. America cannot not deposit their money into themself. Matter of fact America should be thankful to be able to send their money this way.
Joop pol pop americano homey!
Thanks Annie Lee for a great post! I’ve often wondered what they could be taking! Good luck to all making journeys home, and 新年快乐!
To Korean guy and Russian dude, I’m amazed. These comments do not belong here.
Caitlin
“These comments do not belong here.”
I wonder if you would have the same sentiment when your child grows breast prematurely due to bad baby formula or if your husbands rectum is blown to pieces because the hydraulics on his office chair exploded? Or God forbid another child in America gets lead poisoning or killed because their parents wanted to save some money by installing tires made from China?
You have been warned: The Chinese are extremely bad for the world and our well being. Their lack or morals and scruples are well known. They may seem humble with a jacked up grin on their face but their mind is chucking along on how to screw you for a buck. Good luck!
TAPSUMBONG!
I bought some stuff in China… quite a bit of stuff actually, and it all broke and fell apart.
My laptop bag broke the day I bought it, and my suitcase’s zipper broke as well. Either I’m the incredible hulk, or the metal was actually really cheap plastic with a slight metal coating.
The thing about Chinese made products, is that it can be made to high standards BUT it typically isn’t. It’s the originating companies that demand things be made to a certain standard at a specified price, as to boost the brand name companies profit margins. I have purchased high quality Chinese made goods. They were of course, more expensive than the typical slosh. And i’ve purchased ALOT of cheap Chinese made junk, but i have no issues with it because i expected it to wear and break down quickly.
go figure.
Look at some high end brand name goods. Some will be made in China and made to higher standards. I’ve also purchased some knockoff clothing (of American brand names) in China that were actually better quality than the real thing…this does not happen often
It’s about supply, demand, and profits. The American company contracting for Chinese made goods makes HUGE profits compared the the factory owner. The factory owner in turn makes his own decent sized profits on the backs of his factory workers.
In the end, you get what you pay for. If you get something cheap, it doesn’t matter where it’s made, it’ll be cheap junk. If you are paying a premium, even if it’s made in China, chances are it’ll be well made.
Yeah, I actually got a pretty good knockoff leather belt for 100元. It has the Apple logo on it.
My only gripe is that high-end goods in China end up being 2-3 times more expensive than their American counterparts. Samsonite bags are a good example. The same bag in America is $199, but in China it’s well over $400.
Prices are a bit ridiculous.
keius
Chinese under foreign supervision can churn out decent products. Chinese have low wage labor, that is it. Chinese companies on their own do not have the scruples or even desire to plan for the long haul. All they are interested in is forcing multinationals to transfer technologies to them by dangling the market carrot. The problem is even if Chinese companies are able to (and they are) obtain technologies, they do not have again scruples or morals or even the disciplines to carry out the product with quality in long term. And thus they will never be able to churn out quality products on their own let alone come up with innovations on their own since that will take time, money, patience & scruples.
TAPSUMBONG!
korean _guy_:
“These comments do not belong here.”
I wonder if you would have the same sentiment when your child grows breast prematurely due to bad baby formula or if your husbands rectum is blown to pieces because the hydraulics on his office chair exploded? Or God forbid another child in China gets lead poisoning or killed because their parents wanted to save some money by installing tires made from America ?
You have been warned: The America are extremely bad for the world and our well being. Their lack or morals and scruples are well known. They may seem humble with a jacked up grin on their face but their mind is chucking along on how to screw you for a buck. Good luck!
Lol pop americano!
Korean guy and Russian dude:
I’d rather be up in North Korea eating Twinkies with Kim Jong “Fatty” Un
Johnston
“I’d rather be up in North Korea eating Twinkies with Kim Jong “Fatty” Un”
No you don’t you self-hating POS.
TAPSUMBONG!
India_America_guy
“I’d rather be up in Mongadishu eating Twinkies with India “Fatty” Isnudhu”
No you don’t you self-hating POS.
India!
There is a famous Latin saying – “Omnia mea mecum porto” which means “Everything of mine with me I carry”.
Originally, it meant that the most important things are carried in heart and can’t be taken away from a person.
But these guys took it literally
Apple has said it will halt the sale of all iPhone models from its stores in China, after large crowds disrupted the launch of the iPhone 4S.
The crowd became unruly, throwing eggs. Scuffles broke out with police.
China don’t have enough junk to sell, so keep whatever you have and take it home with you.
I came from Global Voices site and this is great. I’ve always been so curious as to what is inside. Thanks for the photos and thanks for the article. LOVE IT!!!
korean_guy…
if you want to see “brainwashed peasants,” look no further than the throngs of proletariats clammering over the upcoming election… regardless of democrat or republican leanings, if these folks think anything will change in this country, they truly are brainwashed…
i had the distinct pleasure of living in china for a year, and have traveled throughout the country for years, as my wife is a chinese citizen. america is not perfect, china is not perfect, but in my time spent in china, i had never in my life seen a more hard-working, humble and grateful population. i also never felt safer in my life…
life is not easy for most folks in china, but you’ll never hear people complain in china, like they do in america… my god, what would the average american do without an unending supply of handouts from the taxpayers…
when america finally collapses and we’re “thrown back,” to peasant-esque living, we’ll see how well our populace handles it…
ou_bei_wen
“if these folks think anything will change in this country, they truly are brainwashed…”
I agree America has been a victim of Left wing brainwashing and you are the result of that effort.
“i had the distinct pleasure of living in china for a year,”
What did you do to deserve that shitty fate? Sounds like you are a self-hatin’, captialism hatin’, proclaimer of American Imperialism that want to see an egalitarian society come to fruition. Please stay in China and make sure these Chinese scums don’t cross border!
“as my wife is a chinese citizen.”
What you mean to say is she’s a Chinese!
“america is not perfect, china is not perfect,”
Stating the obvious doesn’t help your weak argument. And just because America and China isn’t perfect doesn’t mean they are equal. China is a shit hole I would never be caught IN.
“but in my time spent in china, i had never in my life seen a more hard-working,”
Big deal! So what? When you are in poverty or the bottom of society all you can do is work hard. People SHOULD work hard. Its a given.
“humble and grateful population”
Chinese humble? grateful? NO Chinese have the most severe victim-mentality. They have a huge chip on their shoulders, they are just waiting for the right moment to screw west over. You just watch!
“life is not easy for most folks in china”
Its a shit hole and China has their evil leaders to thank for making China even a shittier place to be.
“but you’ll never hear people complain in china,”
Really? That’s why China has over 180,000 uprising? Is that why they hold demonstrations and wreak havoc everyday? Are you on drugs the whole time?
“my god, what would the average american do without an unending supply of handouts from the taxpayers…”
Yes I agree entitlement state is a bad thing. But what does that have to do with Chinese?
“when america finally collapses and we’re “thrown back,” to peasant-esque living,”
No this will not happen, and you don’t have to befriend Chinese to learn how to be an effective peasant.
TAPSUMBONG!
You get a pat on the back bud for your shoe leather diplomacy. Trust me none of the Chinese that you have such warm feelings about give a rats ass about you, particularly if you dare to disagree with them or question the motives or wisdom of their leaders.
Chinese and their bad behavior incident # 1,232,343
I now know Chinese carry eggs with them…just in case.
http://goldsea.com/Text/index.php?id=12380
TAPSUMBONG!
Chinese humble? Grateful? No they are the most ungrateful, mean spirited, prideful group of people on earth.
Jackass in action:
http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/stories/porsche-buyer-demands-refund-beseiges-dealership-with-protest.html
These behavior is ingrained in ALL Chinese, from peasant to politburo leader. Shit’s scary son!
TAPSUMBONG!
CCTV has gotten Afrikan shit on their site.
What the fuck is wrong with the Chinese, now you got 2 fuckers to deal with koreanasshole.
Why do Chinese make such fit with western products? This is their way of spitting back at their envy and hatred of the west. Chinese think they should have been the glorious leader rather than the west. We all know how that turned out (And Chinese are now even more humiliated because they had adopt Capitalism to survive, the system they were diametrically opposed to. The idea the Chinese try to destroy was the one that saved their greasy ass. So much for saving their greasy FACE!!) Chinese are so erratic and emotional that they will buy an expensive western product just to destroy. Unfortunately this only feeds on the negative stereotype of the Chinese. The Chinese shit storm is HERE!
TAPSUMBONG!
communist china, specifically CCP is against capitalism, not the general population. and even then not all of them in CCP are that mad
China’s not really Communist, it’s technically more authoritarian than anything else. And while China’s voice is spouting pro-Communist political bs, it’s actually promoting Capitalism, and anti-democracy (bigwigs gotta protect themselves).
which is why I said specifically CCP, understanding how chinese think, there’s no way a culture which prides itself more on individual performance would remain communist.
I would pay $25 cold hard cash to piss on the nine politburo bastards right in their mouth.
TAPSUMBONG!
Jason
“specifically CCP is against capitalism, not the general population.”
Wrong, CCP is not against capitalism. It was implementation of capitalism that brought all them poor as Chinese peasant out of poverty. Deng and his greasy ass CCP thugs realized, after murdering 70+ million Chinese, that communism doesn’t work! They said to themselves “shit we killed 70+ million of our own people only to realize the shit didn’t work. And pig Mao is dead. If we don’t do something China will stay jackass poor without any hope. Let’s implement capitalism.” SO he did, and he told China to keep quiet about it, to save China’s greasy face, since admitting it would mean humiliation.
What the Chinese government, aka CCP, does not care about IS the Chinese population. The CCP regards their subjects as little above cattles and they don’t have to worry about their welfare because there is shot load of them, all 1.34 billion of them. You can’t even kill Chinese enough to decrease the population. Even with the one child policy them Chinese keeps on breeding like rabbits. One good thing is that China had seemingly unlimited source of dirt cheap labor.
SO no CCP isn’t against capitalism but they will kill to mask it since all CCP leaders would be literally fried in sewage oil once the public realize what transpired, but that won’t happen as long as China get their pork and oil to fry it in.
“and even then not all of them in CCP are that mad”
CCP isn’t mad, they are just plain evil greasy thugs that need to be hanged like the Nazi war criminals.
TAPSUMBONG!
What you don’t see in them bags are hidden eggs. Chinese love to throw eggs! But save the boy-urine marinate for themselves for snacks.
http://micgadget.com/20269/breaking-beijings-flagship-apple-store-not-selling-iphone-4s-after-fight-breaks-out-between-scalpers/
http://yeinjee.com/2011/china-virgin-eggs-cooked-boys-urine/
TAPSUMBONG!
Who brings eggs to an Apple store and why? Chinese will bring eggs to an Apple store just in case they feel the need to throw it. Matter of fact Chinese carry at least couple of eggs all the time. Damn they even brought out the Beijing SWAT.
Peasants shouldn’t own iPhones!
China, what a joke of nation.
http://micgadget.com/20269/breaking-beijings-flagship-apple-store-not-selling-iphone-4s-after-fight-breaks-out-between-scalpers/
Shit’s scary son!
Damn
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/01/13/watch-video-china-iphone-violence-at-beijing-apple-store/
Shit’s Scary Son!
korean_guy,
sorry you feel that way… i’ll politely agree to disagree…
ou_bei_wen
“sorry you feel that way”
I am sorry that the world just got worse due to the rise of China. I have no issue with any country getting themselves out of poverty. What I have issues with is immoral country like China on the world stage: Chinese leaders are vile evil criminals and Chinese people are too busy rioting at Apple stores and wanting to screw everyone for a buck. I’m sure you see plenty of smiling Chinese just chucking along with their duties but for the greater concern for the world the rise of China is shit storm no decent world needs. The shitty place America is at right now is no comparison compare to the near future with growing Chinese influence.
The world just got scarier!
I am sorry that the world just got worse due to the rise of America and India. I have no issue with any country getting themselves out of poverty. What I have issues with is immoral country like America and India.on the world stage: America and India.leaders are vile evil criminals and America and India people are too busy rioting at Apple stores and wanting to screw everyone for a buck. I’m sure you see plenty of smiling American and Indian just chucking along with their duties but for the greater concern for the world the rise of America and India. s shit storm no decent world needs. The shitty place America and india is at right now is no comparison compare to the near future with growing America and India. nfluence.
The world just got scarier because of America and India!
PowerBullTroll is a shanzhai troll, a hemorrhoid piece of ass flesh.
TAPSUMBONG!
korean_guy is a shanzhai troll, a hemorrhoid piece of ass flesh.
Like the Titanic all over again there were scenes of panic as the Costa Concordia cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people was listed and sinking.
Italians, Germans, French and British were among the 3,200 passengers. There were also 1,000 crew on board.One thousand passengers were Italian, with 500 Germans and 160 French. But they don’t know how many Chinese or Asians was on board, they didn’t count.
No mention of Chinese, only in China will they talk about them.
And what about the high speed trains in China, are they still scared to go on them?
I heard that the incident occured because the captain, a American India captain was surfing too much on internet porn and forgott to stear the boat!
Shameful, shame on you america shame on you india!
Not good at all!
pop lop americano
Stupid things happen in the West. Few can actually be blamed on governments.
A little civic lesson for you VocHome if the Chinese government controls everything down to village cadre the Chinese nation shall take the heat for every stupid lame thing that happens in China.
So smarty pants, people who voted for Obamakong that took the US to the left side of hell and cannot fine it’s way back, is not to blame but the voters are. Right?
The Amerikans cannot expect a regime change at all, not even if their pres is a war criminal.. Got it.
Another civics lesson for you…Obama has control over foreign policy and the executive branch of govt, and has some other abilities like to appoint judges and veto power.
also commander in chief of armed forces, and yes voters can throw him out after four years.
homer
“people who voted for Obamakong that took the US to the left side of hell and cannot fine it’s way back, is not to blame but the voters are. Right? ”
I bet your disdain for Obama comes from your hatred of blacks, consistent like a typical racist Chinaman (ironically racist Chinaman fails to realize they are the “niggers” of the world, not blacks).
America took a step forward in a positive society evolution in overcoming despicable racist past in electing a black president. The unfortunate aspect of Obama being the first black president was the fact that he ended up being the most left-wing president in the history of the United States since W. Wilson and America took 4 steps back.
Left-wing ideology is just as cancerous to free world and free market (and just about everything that is good in this world) as the rise of cancerous jackass China and their thug peasant government!
If China is as smart as they think they are they would espouse capitalism to the full, reform their evil vile government and bring back protestant ethics they would be thriving way past America…but the truth is Chinese are not smart and surely not wise. China will never be a global leader.
KONG QING LUCK DONG DONG!
American are so fat even korea guy look so fat he mist be american fatso, so fat like his fat fat cat, hahaha american fat
This is great post! Thank you, China Hush!!! It seems that people never will leave their ventilator at home be it summer or be it winter!
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