The meaning of the New Year
Text/ Zhang Caimei
"New Year", also known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year Festival, New Year Festival, New Year, New Year, New Year, is an evolution of the ancient era of the first Year festival. Therefore, the original New Year was a kind of sacrifice activity for people to thank the gods of heaven and earth, thank their ancestors for their blessings, and pray for blessings to ward off evil spirits, and today, the meaning of the New Year is even richer.
For children, the meaning of the New Year is the pride of growing up a year older, the joy of sticking firecrackers on the couplet, the satisfaction of wearing new clothes and eating melon seeds and candies, the happiness of stringing relatives to receive red envelopes, and most importantly, the happiness of parents going home to play together. In the seventies and eighties, materials were relatively scarce, and for children, the most important thing for the New Year was to have new clothes and good food. Today, unlike in the past, material things have been greatly enriched, but the companionship of parents is less. Many parents go out to work in order to continuously improve the material living standards of their families or cannot accompany them frequently due to the nature of their work, resulting in many spiritual and psychological problems in children who are satisfied with material satisfaction. Some juveniles have committed crimes, some minors have been violated, and whenever I handle these cases and see this kind of news, I can't help but feel sad. Our material things are no longer scarce, but our souls are withering away. Therefore, I hope that for children, the most important meaning of the New Year is the warmth of being reunited with their parents, and the fullness of the soul that is watered with love. Only a person with a full soul can be full of love and love for others, for society, and for the world, and will he grow into a pillar of the country.
What is the significance of the New Year for adults? It is the busyness of washing and brushing, it is the competition and showing off of relatives and friends gathering, it is the cumbersome courtesy of walking relatives and relatives, it is the worldly helplessness of inviting guests and gifts, it is the traffic congestion, it is the big cost of large procurement, it is the hard work of continuing to stick to the job, it is the inner collapse of not being able to reunite, it is... Also as an adult, I think the real meaning of the New Year lies in introspection. The ancient sage "three provinces and my body", now the pace of life is fast, the pressure is high, few of us can do so well to improve themselves, but it should not be difficult to save once a year. New Year is also the Spring Festival, the plan of the year lies in the spring, as an adult, we should sum up the past and plan the future. Reflect on your own gains and losses in the past year, continue to maintain the good things in the new year, and continue to improve the bad things in the new year. Because adults bear the responsibility of the family and the responsibility of society, adults do well often have a strong country and a prosperous family, and adults do not do well, often the family is poor and the country is declining. New Year's Day, rest days, and introspection and new beginnings should be the greatest significance of the New Year for adults.
For the elderly, what is the significance of the New Year? It is the seriousness of adhering to traditional customs and customs, the bustle of looking forward to the full hall of children and grandchildren, the solemnity of taking relatives to relatives, the satisfaction or helplessness of talking about children and grandchildren, the surprise of unconsciously another year, is ... When people reach old age, they will feel that time passes faster, some people will be worried about death, some people will cherish the moment and live a wonderful life, some people will exert their residual heat to contribute to their children and grandchildren, and some people will serve the society when they are old and strong... Therefore, the elderly can also have various ways of living. Although people cannot live a lifetime, the grass and trees are autumn, but as long as they ask themselves at the moment when they close their eyes, they will not regret it, even if they do not waste this life. Therefore, for the elderly, the biggest significance of the New Year is to review, review whether there are regrets in the life you have passed, think about how to make up for your life after that, and finally draw a satisfactory end to your life.
Perhaps, for you, none of the above is the meaning of the New Year, but I believe that the New Year definitely has a special meaning for you.
About the Author:
Zhang Caimei, female, born in 1983, Fengxiang, Shaanxi, graduated from Lanzhou University in 2010 with a master's degree in international law. Since August 2010, he has worked in the Fengxiang District People's Procuratorate, during which he has published more than 100 articles in the media such as Procuratorial Daily, Legal Daily, Western Legal Daily, Justice Network, and Legal Network.