Although the Spring Festival, a traditional holiday for family reunion in China, is around the corner, many migrant workers cannot go home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every province in the country has introduced measures to encourage residents to stay where they work for the holiday and avoid going to high and middle risk regions.
To create a sense of togetherness, Chinese netizens have started an online activity to encourage people to take holiday-themed photos separately and piece their photo with that of their family apart.
Chen Junjian, a 36-year-old security worker, with his wife and daughter on Huangcheng Plaza, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province (L), and his father with his brother's family of four in his hometown of Jinyushijia Community, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, February 6, 2021 (R). /CFP
Jiang Xinyu, a 37-year-old furniture marker in Guangzhou, with his wife and children having dinner at home (L), and his father-in-law, Li Sihua, mother-in-law, Li Liying, and brother-in-law, Li Hailin, having dinner in Jiang's hometown of Xinning County, in Shaoyang City, central China's Hunan Province (R), February 3, 2021. /CFP
Fan Erming, a 42-year-old courier staying in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, during the holiday (L), and Wang Dongmei, wife of Fan, with his son, daughter and Fan's mother in his hometown of Zhumadian, central China's Henan Province, February 6, 2021. /CFP
Fu Anqi's parents, Fu Zhurong and Mo Tong, in their home in Wuzhou, of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (L), and Fu Anqi, a 26-year-old internet company HR business partner who decided to stay in Guangzhou during the Spring Festival holiday, February 4, 2021. /CFP
Father Tong Guiyin in Duanzhuang Village, Tanghe County, Nanyang City, central China's Henan Province (L), and Tong Kai, a 34-year-old ride-hailing driver in Guangzhou, with his wife, their newly born daughter, and his mother in Guicheng, Nanhai, Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province, February 4, 2021. /CFP
Dai Yong, a 46-year-old sanitation worker in Xiaozhou Village, Guangzhou, in south China's Guangdong Province (L), and his 86-year-old mother Fan Ming, sister Dai Yun in his hometown of Nanxian County, Yiyang City, in central China's Hunan Province (R), February 1, 2021. /CFP