How does Taiwan mark Homecoming and Reunion?
Everyday topic
In Taiwan the homecoming pressure sits mainly on Lunar New Year: the eve and the Spring Festival are holidays under the Act on Commemorative Days and Holidays and in practice merge with the weekend into one long break, with highway and rail traffic hitting their annual peak in those days. Mid-Autumn and Duanwu each bring a smaller wave. The difficulty of going home is often not distance but time — the congestion at each end of the long weekend turns 'going home' into a whole day's work.
What is this topic?
Homecoming is not one holiday pattern: Taiwan's main wave is Lunar New Year; Japan has year-end/New Year and Obon; China's roughly forty-day chunyun surrounds Spring Festival; and Thanksgiving drives the largest U.S. wave. India's travel follows state festivals, Indonesia's mudik clusters around Idul Fitri, and Brazil's return trips also follow school and family calendars. This guide compares dates, leave, transport pressure, and ways of reuniting, while leaving room for people who cannot or do not want to travel.
Sources and dates
Dates follow local time zones, calendars, and official notices. Check the source when a date is estimated or locally variable.