As luggage-laden people flocked to railway stations and airports across China, heading home for the Spring Festival holiday, Xinhua's Wu Zhi and his friend Daniel Cotterall set off from Wuhan and were about to discover how the traditional festival is celebrated in a remote rural area in Hubei Province.
They will also tell a story about the significant changes that began around a decade ago in a once-poor village after it started to "go green."
Produced by Xinhua Global Service
