Today is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, for the north, this day is a small year, the small year is the beginning and foreshadowing of the entire Spring Festival celebrations, people began to prepare New Year goods, sweep the dust, cut window flowers, paste spring unions, sacrifice the stove king... At this point, the prelude to the New Year has begun. In the eyes of the Chinese people, it is an important festival that cannot be replaced, ignored and perfunctory, which is a historical inheritance, a national totem, and a cultural element. Even in times of war, famine, and plague, the year is an indispensable node. After a small year is a big year, no matter how chaotic the world is, whether you have money or not, you must go home for the New Year.
As the saying goes, after a small year is a big year, the taste of the year should be more and more intense, with the development of the times, now people seem to be much simpler than the New Year, can not say that there is no New Year's taste, but always feel that the new year is a lot lighter. In the pre-material life is scarce, although not rich, but the Year is not ambiguous at all, as soon as you enter the Wax Moon Gate, every family begins to celebrate the New Year, adults and children are in a state of excitement, the street is also a strong New Year's flavor, no matter what shops, are overcrowded, eat and wear, every day is not empty-handed. At that time, the taste of the New Year was superficially a material taste, but in fact, there were more spiritual and cultural elements in it, because it was a pure New Year's taste, and people inherited the essence of the year left by the ancestors. Wanderers return home, purchase New Year goods, clean up, paste couplets, set off firecrackers, Chinese New Year's Eve meals, wrap dumplings, keep the year, press the old money, and pay respects to each other....
Now people also attach importance to the year, but the taste is somewhat varied, looking at the mall, sometimes there are more people selling goods than buying goods, although the atmosphere is also very strong, but never see the previous hustle and bustle. In the past, the family gathered together to sniff melon seeds, eat fruits, make dumplings, laugh and chat, and now a Spring Festival Gala that has remained unchanged for decades has replaced all, although more and more people do not watch the Spring Festival Gala, but every year still make great efforts to engage, in fact, this Spring Festival Gala is really diluting the atmosphere of the New Year. Then there is the smart phone, one for each person, which also invisibly dilutes the taste of the year.
In any case, the year is still going to pass every year, as for the taste of the year, conform to the times, after all, society can not return to the era of material scarcity, it is impossible to do without television sets and smart phones, as long as the family is reunited, even if it is a complete year. However, how many people can be reunited, and the year has become an indelible thought in people's hearts.