For New Year, migrants shop more, carry more

Younger workers have lighter bags as they offer expensive digital gadgets as gifts to relatives

The size of luggage carried by Chinese migrant workers returning home for the Spring Festival is often the reverse of their purchasing power; the bigger the bag, the less money spent.

As legions of migrant workers embarked on their journey home ahead of the lunar new year, they were often seen carrying suitcases, canvas bags and buckets stuffed with gifts for their rural families.