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In a few days, the annual "World's Largest Population Migration" – China Spring Festival will be on the line.

Have you bought your ticket? Have you packed your luggage? Are you ready for the new year home? Voice of China specially launched "Countdown Countdown", let's take a look at the changes in the preparations for the Spring Festival to go home.

To go home, the bag is essential, no matter the size, it is the carrier of the homesickness and memory, especially during the Spring Festival, from the initial cotton cloth wrapped, snakeskin bags, to today's universal smart trolley case, small The change of luggage has witnessed the rapid development of Chinese society.

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The 50s to 70s of the last century

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Small piece of hand 拎 large piece of cloth

At the beginning of the founding of the Republic, there was no concept of "Spring Festival". In 1953, the words "Spring Festival Passenger Transport" appeared for the first time in the newspaper. At that time, the scale of returning people during the Spring Festival was much smaller than it is now. When people are away from the door, if they have less baggage, they will be hand-held or put into a small bag. The baggage is usually wrapped in a piece of cloth, and then tied with a rope into a "well" shape, which is carried on the back. Some college students will also bundle the bedding and carry them away.

In the 1960s, when going out, a military green canvas bag was standard. When you went home for the New Year, this bag must be packed full.

Passengers getting on and off the scene during the Spring Festival of Shanghai Station in the 1960s

In the 1970s, there was a print on the canvas bag, and when I came home with such a canvas bag, it was returned from the "big city."

If you can go home for the New Year with a leatherette, it feels more "faceted."

During the Spring Festival in Shanghai in 1976, passengers lined up in the square.

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1980s

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Woven bags prevail

Since the reform and opening up, more and more people have chosen to go out to work and study. Most of them will return to their hometowns during the Spring Festival, and the "unusual global population movement" has gradually formed. In 1981, the "Spring Festival" in the modern sense appeared in the media. The annual "Spring Festival" has begun to take shape.

During this period, people's duffel bags were rarely wrapped in cloth, and most of them were woven bags. One-shoulder leather bags and cotton and linen handbags were also common. During the Spring Festival, passengers dressed in tunic suits provoked two snakeskin bags with a pole. Occasionally, there were several people carrying shoulder bags and hand luggage bags, which became the standard for train stations and bus stations at that time.

In 1980, the police helped the passengers who had difficulties, and the shackles in their hands were woven bags.

In the mid-1980s, passengers at Nanjing Station carried luggage for passengers during the Spring Festival.

In the late 1980s, during the Spring Festival in Anhui Fuyang Station, passengers lined up to go out to work.

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1990s

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Backpack popular trolley case

In the 1990s, there were more and more migrant workers, and the Spring Festival was growing in size. The crowd carrying the big bags in front of the train station is very spectacular. During this period, in addition to snakeskin bags and handbags, people are still accustomed to carrying a cotton linen backpack to squeeze the train. This bag has a large volume and can hold a lot of luggage, which is very convenient for travel.

In the middle and late Spring Festival of the 1990s, passengers who pushed the trolley case were also seen. At this time, the trolley case generally has only two wheels, but even then, it is much less important than the tote bag. People's travel burden is greatly reduced.

In the Spring Festival of 1998, young boys and girls who worked in Beijing towed heavy luggage and prepared to take the train home for the Spring Festival.

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The beginning of the new century

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Full luggage style

Since the beginning of the new century, the tools such as snakeskin bags, handbags, diagonal shoulder bags, backpacks, and two-wheeled trolley cases with luggage have not only many types, but also more complete styles and richer colors.

With the improvement of living standards, people have more and more luggage items, and the tools for selecting luggage are more diverse. Many passengers carry a shoulder bag, a carrying bag in the left hand, and a trolley case in the right hand, which has become a beautiful landscape in the Spring Festival.

In 2000, on the first day of the Spring Festival, many people who went home for the New Year were waiting at the Guangzhou Railway Station.

2004 Passengers waiting for the Guangzhou Railway Station during the Spring Festival

The flow of people during the Spring Festival in Shanghai Railway Station in 2007

On January 6, 2009, a passenger rushed to Wuchang Railway Station in the snow

Also, the woven bag has always been very hot…

Don't underestimate this woven bag. Today, a few years later, some international big-name products inspired by it are frequently appearing in various shows.

After 2010

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Four-wheeled trolley case is the winner

Today's Spring Festival Road, you can see a four-wheeled trolley case, which is light and convenient.

The black technology suitcases are also on the line. For example, some four-wheel boxes do not need to be manually pushed and pulled, and can be automatically controlled by the bracelet.

There are also boxes with adaptive artificial intelligence chips that can monitor your position. The four wheels can be rotated 360 degrees, and you will follow you silently.

There is also a suitcase with an engine, you don't want to walk and ride it.

From cotton bags to snakeskin bags, handbags to backpacks, from two-wheeled trolleys to smart trolleys, there is a song that sings "Your backpack, let me go slowly", in fact, the bag on the Spring Festival Road It is the epitome of the rapid economic development in the 70 years since the founding of New China. There are families and families, and the progress of the national society has brought peace and joy to every family. No matter where you are, no matter what the objects in your hand are, the meaning of bearing is the same. It may be filled with the harvest of the past year, filled with the expectations of the family, and they all have a common Direction: Go home.

Remember what kind of bag you used?

Source: Voice of China Comprehensive China News Network, Shanghai Railway Bureau, Hanzhong Railway Station, Guangzhou Daily, Qilu Network, Zhongshan Business Daily, Internet Intelligence, National Humanities History, Sohu Technology, etc.