Since last November, in the three months since the R.O.C. government began allowing people on Taiwan to visit their hometowns on the Chinese mainland, over 12,000 people have gone back to see their relatives.
從去年十一月中華民國政府開放在台灣的民眾回大陸探親，三個月內就有超過一萬二千人返鄉訪親；這片探親熱潮在農曆春節前後又創高峰，許多人趕辦手續，與睽別近四十年的親人圍爐團圓。