Combo photo shows Si Daoyuan in the ICU of the Tonghua Central Hospital in Tonghua, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 8, 2021 (L), and his wife Ni Lujia and their son Si Tongxun at their home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 9, 2021 (R, photo taken by Yan Linyun).
Si Daoyuan, 37, is an internist in the China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University. He arrived in Tonghua in January with a medical support team dispatched from his hospital to fight against COVID-19, and now works in the ICU of the Tonghua Central Hospital. He chose to work in the front line of the COVID-19 epidemic control during this Spring Festival with a strong faith that a reunion with family will not be far away. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- As a part of the preventative measures against COVID-19, China has encouraged people to stay put for the Chinese New Year. Many Chinese chose not to go back to their hometowns for family gatherings, opting instead to stay where they were for the most important holiday of the year.
Xinhua reporters helped those who didn't go back to their hometowns "reunite" with their families in pictures as a special memory for this New Year holiday.
Combo photo shows Han Xing making a hand heart gesture at his office in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 12, 2021 (L, photo taken by Mustafa Kaya), and Han's wife Zhai Lin making a hand heart gesture at their home in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2021 (R, Photo taken by Zhang Yuwei).
Han Xing, 44, is now the chief representative of Sinovac Research & Development Co., Ltd. to Turkey, where he spends the Chinese Lunar Year of the Ox. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Fu Baoyin holding his son making a hand heart gesture with his wife at their home in Yuzhong District, southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 10, 2021 (R, photo taken by Huang Wei), and his mother Zhong Shihui making a hand heart gesture in Yangshulin Township of Nong'an County, Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 9, 2021 (L, photo taken by Zhang Nan).
Fu Baoyin, a railway conductor in Chongqing, has been through the seventh Spring Festival travel rush since he started work, also the seventh Spring Festival that he was unable to spend with his family in Jilin. He had planned to take his wife and the newly-born baby back to his hometown this year. But in response to the call to celebrate the festival locally, he decided to stay in Chongqing and stick to his post for the Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Ju Wenxue in Luojiahe Village in Baota District of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 10, 2021 (C, photo taken by Shao Rui) and his father Ju Enkuan (R) and mother Li Jinhua (L) at the door of their house in Linfen, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 12, 2021.
Ju Wenxue, 42, serves as the first secretary to Luojiahe Village of Yan'an City. This year he chose to stay put at his position during the Spring Festival. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Chen Lin making a hand heart gesture in the mine in Jinchang of northwest China's Gansu Province on Feb. 11, 2021 (L, photo taken by Du Zheyu), and Chen's mother making a hand heart gesture with Chen's younger son in Langzhong of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Feb. 12, 2021 (R).
Chen Lin, 34, works at the third mining zone of the Jinchuan Group in Jinchang. This year, Chen chose not to return hometown during the Spring Festival and stay put with his wife and older son to help curb the pandemic. Though away from home, Chen has received specialties sent by his parents from hometown to help create atmosphere of the festival. They also sent each other New Year's greetings via video link. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Liu Yanyan making a hand heart gesture to her family at Ditan Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2021 (L), and Liu Yanyan's parents making a hand heart gesture to their daughter from Ningjin County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 8, 2021 (R, Photo by Han Qiang).
Liu Yanyan, 31, a doctor in Respiratory Department of Ditan Hospital, has been sticking to the front line of anti-epidemic since the COVID-19 pandemic, and chose to stay in Beijing for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday this year. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Nie Huachen making a hand heart gesture to his family in Fuxing office of SF Express in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 10, 2021 (L, photo taken by Mao Siqian), and his family members making hand heart gestures at home in Tongxu County, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 10, 2021 (R, photo taken by Li Jianan).
Nie Huachen is a dispatcher of Fuxing office in Shenzhen, SF Express. He came to SF Express eight years ago and became a delivery man. This year he chose to stay put at his position during the Spring Festival, as many customers planned to spend the festival locally in Shenzhen. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Yang Xiaohui making a hand heart gesture at a local police station in Hongqiao District of Tianjin, north China, Feb. 11, 2021 (L, photo taken by Sun Fanyue), and her grandparents making hand heart gestures at home in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2021 (R, photo taken by Wang Hongchao).
Yang Xiaohui, 24, is a police officer serving the communities in Tianjin City.
This year Yang chose to stay put at her position during the Spring Festival, and it was the first time she didn't return home for this occasion. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Wu Ming taking a Chinese character "Fu", which means good fortune, while making a hand heart gesture in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2021 (L, photo taken by Peng Ziyang), and Wu Ming's parents holding a Chinese character "Fu" and making a hand heart gesture to their son in Ulanqab of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 9, 2021 (R, photo taken by Bei He).
Wu Ming, 25, from Ulanqab, is now a ticket inspector in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. This year, he chose to stay in Beijing for the Lunar New Year, which is the first time that he would not be reunited with his family during this special moment. (Xinhua)■
