Spring Festival is a time to get together and do all the little things you enjoy.
春节是个团聚的日子，你可以尽情做点儿自己喜欢的事。
As most university students are packing their bags, boarding trains or flying home, some will stay behind to spend the holiday on campus.
当多数大学生都在打包行李、乘火车、坐飞机返乡之时，还有一些人选择留在校园里过寒假。
Zhou Yunyun, 22, a senior finance major at Jilin University, has decided that instead of traveling to Hainan province he will kill the time by playing computer games with his online friends.
就读于吉林大学金融专业大四年级、22岁的周云昀（音译）决定取消去海南的计划，选择与网友一起玩网游来过春节。
“I’m used to chatting and playing with them every day. We send each other gifts frequently. It’s just fun to make friends this way,” he said.
“我已经习惯每天和他们打打游戏、聊聊天。我们经常会给对方寄些小礼物。这种交友方式挺有趣的。”他说。
Zhou found it too expensive to fly all the way home, which would have cost him about 6,000 yuan for a return trip.
周云昀觉得坐飞机回家太贵了，往返机票大约要6000元。
Now he can save that money for job-hunting.
如今他可以把这些钱存下来，以备求职之需。
“When I returned home in past years, my relatives always asked me a lot of questions about my plans after graduation. They had high expectations for me, which made me feel stressed,” said Zhou.
“以前每年回家，亲戚们都会盘问我毕业后打算做什么。他们对我期望很高，这让我压力很大。”周云昀说。
The campus, usually bustling with life, will probably turn into a ghost town, with most restaurants, shops and student centers closing during the break.
以往熙熙攘攘、人声鼎沸的校园到了春节可能就会变成一座空城，因为大部分餐馆、商店和学生中心都放假关门了。
But there are a few advantages, according to Jia Debao, 21, a junior majoring in administration at China Agricultural University.
而中国农业大学管理学专业大三学生、21岁的贾德宝（音译）则认为冷清也有冷清的好处。
“I might feel a bit lonely, but at least I can stay away from my parents’ nagging and enjoy the peace and quiet,” he said. “More importantly, I can enjoy the high speed of the Internet, I can always find empty seats in classrooms, and I don’t have to wait to use the bathroom.”
“也许我会觉得有点孤单，但是至少我可以远离父母的唠叨，享受这份清净。”他说，“更重要的是，网速很快，自习室里也不必担心找不到空座，洗澡时也不用再排队了。”
Students who are employed by universities will also stay on campus. Library assistant Lan Zini, 19, a sophomore majoring in law at Sichuan University, is one of them.
那些留校打工的学生们也会在校园里度过春节。来自四川大学法律专业大二年级、19岁的蓝子霓（音译）便是其中一员，他选择留校做图书馆管理员。
“I will stock up on instant noodles before the holiday starts,” he explained. “That way I can stay in the dormitory all day long to watch movies and TV dramas.”
“我会在假期开始前囤好方便面。”他解释说：“这样我就可以整天宅在宿舍里看影视剧了。”
But education experts recommend students who stay on campus to come up with more interactive plans. That’s because communication in the virtual world can’t replace real life interpersonal relationships.
但是教育专家建议校园留守族们应该多参加一些社交活动。因为虚拟世界中的沟通无法替代现实生活中的人际交往。
Society has promoted a kind of “couch potato” or shut-in culture among young people, according to Shi Tongyu, a researcher at the Journalism and Communication Studies Department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
中国社会科学院新闻传播与研究所研究员石同宇（音译）表示，当今社会，年轻人已然都崇尚一种“宅”文化。
He warned that this trendy lifestyle can damage students physiological and psychological development.
他提醒大家说，这种流行的生活方式会阻碍身心健康发展。
“When you constantly stare at a computer screen and type on your keyboard, you gradually lose the ability to socialize and survive normally,” said Shi.
石同宇说：“当你目不转睛地盯着电脑，敲击键盘时，你会逐渐丧失正常的社交以及生存能力。”
“A human’s most important task is to survive, which cannot be accomplished by staying at home all the time. Instead, it must be achieved through real life experience and communication.”
“人的首要任务是生存，而整日宅在家中是无法完成这个任务的。相反，这必须经由真实生活体验与沟通才能实现。”