On the eve of Chinese New Year, I set off from Beijing for my grandparents’ home in northern China. It is the day after the city of Wuhan has in effect been placed under quarantine. I am headed some 600km from Wuhan, but this New Year holiday is very different: almost everyone on the train from Beijing is wearing a face mask. I take mine off when I arrive at my grandparents’ crowded flat, where they, along with a total of seven aunts, uncles and cousins, are already folding dumplings for the pot.
在除夕这一天,我从北京出发前往我在manbetx3.0 北方的祖父母家。这是武汉市事实上“封城”后的第二天。我去的地方距离武汉大约600公里,但是这个春节假期非常不同:从北京发出的火车上几乎人人戴着口罩。当我到达祖父母拥挤的家时,我摘下了自己的口罩。他们和我的7位婶婶、叔叔和堂兄弟姐妹已经在包饺子了。