The Routine Farewells of Left-Behind Children | Sixth Tone
Sixth ToneChen Ronghui—Sixth Tone
For many of China’s rural children whose parents are migrant laborers, the annual Lantern Festival is a bittersweet holiday. The festival marks the end of the traditional Lunar New Year, when many migrant-worker parents leave their jobs and return home to their children for roughly two weeks. The festival signals it’s time to part again and get back to work, often far away from home.
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For many of China’s rural children whose parents are migrant laborers, the annual Lantern Festival is a bittersweet holiday. The festival marks the end of the traditional Lunar New Year, when many migrant-worker parents leave their jobs and return home to their children for roughly two weeks. The festival signals it’s time to part again and get back to work, often far away from home.