Originally Posted by Jiatong

State media estimated the in-country china travel movements at 3.6 BILLION this year for the 40 days of CNY. A lot by trains.....

The 40 days of CNY starts 2 weeks prior to CNY eve ( Jan 30 )
No public primary school days from Jan 18 - Feb 16.
Fireworks go on sale a week before CNY eve and end on Lantern festival Feb 14

This year the pork prices have declined before CNY, a first since 2009 !. Some say it's due to no 'lavish' government meat dish plates...

BTW; In 2015 CNY is on Feb. 19th, after the NFL super bowl !, & its in warm Arizona, NOT cold Jersey..