The "green" annual taste of the grasslands in northern China: changing customs and customs reflects the changes of the times

　　China News Service Hohhot, February 10 Title: The "Green" New Year's Taste of China's Northern Grasslands: Changing Customs and Customs Refracts the Changes of the Times

　　China News Service reporter Li Aiping

　　In the past 10 days, the most profound imprint left on most people in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northern Grassland of China is that this Spring Festival, many customs and habits are changing, and the public is becoming more and more rational.

　　On February 10, Jin Xuedong, who lives in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia, lamented: "This year, there is no 'disturbance' from the sound of firecrackers, and the air is indeed much fresher." ”

　　This "quietness" that Jin Xuedong felt also occurred on the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon, commonly known as the "Little Year" in the northern region, when the sound of firecrackers could not be heard throughout Hohhot.

　　Li Yongchun, who drives taxis all year round, believes that "the Spring Festival in the Year of the Tiger may be a 'green' year. ”

　　This conjecture was eventually confirmed. since Chinese New Year's Eve, cities and villages in Hohhot, Baotou, Wulanchabu and other places in Inner Mongolia have been "quiet" for the New Year.

　　The Spring Festival, without the sound of firecrackers, is only part of the "green" New Year flavor of the northern grasslands, and other local folklore has also changed.

　　Previously, in most urban and rural areas in Inner Mongolia, there was a custom of "cautious travel on the first day of the New Year", especially "a married girl should not return to her mother's home", but the reporter found in the interview that many local people have already broken through this "custom".

　　Wang Xiaoxia, who chose to return to her mother's house on the first day of the New Year, said, "Isn't it good to spend more time with my parents?" Why stick to the custom of 'returning to your mother's house on the second day of the first year'. ”

　　According to the local customs and customs of Inner Mongolia, from the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve to the second day of the first lunar month, the people must greet the gods of wealth and hold various ceremonies with the blessing of firecrackers.

　　However, the reporter found in the interview that this custom has also changed due to the no longer setting off fireworks.

　　Su Chunfeng of Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia, told reporters: "In the past, the people were keen to greet the gods of wealth during the New Year because everyone was looking forward to a good life, and now that everyone is rich, this ceremony has become just a ceremony." ”

　　In some areas of Inner Mongolia, the customs and habits that are treated rationally by the people are also: every year on the fifth or sixth day of the first lunar month, clean up the "poor soil".

　　"Many young people don't even know about this statement, and only the elderly occasionally talk about it." In Su Chunfeng's view, there is only one way to get rich, that is, to do a good job and work hard.

　　Although some folklore has changed, watching the Asian Cup women's football team win the championship, watching the wonderful events of the Winter Olympics, going to the bookstore to "recharge"... This Spring Festival, the local people are still very full.

　　"At a time when the country advocates green, low-carbon and environmental protection, it is an inevitable trend to change customs and customs to reflect the changes of the times." Gai Zhiyi, doctoral supervisor of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, believes that in the past 10 days, the "green" annual flavor of China's northern grasslands has been quite meaningful. (End)

Source: China News Network