Nine reasons for young people not to go home for Spring Festival

Going home for the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year is one of Chinese traditions. However, in recent years, some young people would not like going home for the festival due to various reasons. China Youth Daily offers nine reasons for the young who will not go home for the coming Spring Festival based on analysis.

First, it is difficult to buy a ticket or there is no ticket to buy.

Secondly, it is boring to go home, which is not as good as traveling. More young people choose to travel as one of ways to spend the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year. The idea to be with old parents for the festival has disappeared in their mind.

Third, Other times can be chose to pay filial respect to parents as it is unnecessary to go home just for the festival.

Fourth, each year, young couples quarrel on which families they will go, his or hers. It is difficult for the only children to choose between.

Working in a news institution in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Ms Zhao is a native of Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province. Her husband is a native of Yantai, Shandong Province. They have quarreled for many times just for going home to spend the festival with parents. The question is that both of them are the only children of their respective parents. They cannot go to both families for the festival at the same time, which is hard for their choice.

"If I suggest that we go to my home for the New Year, he will be certain to say that you have married me. It is a convention for a married woman to go home for the New Year with her husband. If I go home with him, who will take care of my parents?" Ms Zhao said it would make one side feel uncomfortable if we choose the other side. Spending the festival ourselves, we will treat them unfairly. After all they support us to grow up. If going home respectively, we will be reluctant to separate. It is a hard for us to choose where to go.

With the development of the society, more children will face the problem that is how to spend the New Year with parents as only children.

Fifth, work prevents young people from leaving for home.

Sixth, money is not available for going home. Many rural workers in urban areas decided not to go home for the New Year after consideration since the cost will be high for them to spend during the festival.

Seventh, experiencing the New Year alone. Besides, some university students will not go home due to reasons including study, practice and hunting for jobs.

Eighth, some do no want to go home since their bad relations with parents. Family contradictions also become one of the reasons for some children who are not willing to go home.