<<——Preamble——>>
In the long river of time, some things are like meteors streaked across the night sky, blooming in an instant and fleeting.
The New Year has arrived, and for many post-60s generations, the once strong "New Year's flavor" is an indelible memory in their hearts.
With the passage of time, those once familiar "New Year's flavors" have gradually disappeared.
The fast pace of life, the abundance of materials, and the development of modern science and technology have gradually made us lose the essence of the New Year. That pure joy and strong human touch seem to have been washed away by the torrent of time.
But I'm convinced that those good memories are not really gone. They just sleep somewhere in the bottom of our hearts, waiting to be reawakened.
Let's embark on a journey through time, go back to that era full of "New Year's flavor", and re-feel the warmth and joy.
I hope this article can become a key to open the door of memory and take you and me back to that era full of "New Year's flavor".
<< - the embodiment of the flavor of the year in different times - >>
The post-60s generation has experienced tremendous changes in Chinese society and witnessed the historical process of the country moving from poverty to prosperity.
In the 60s, the material conditions at that time were very scarce, the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation, all aspects of life needed to be purchased with tickets, although there were tickets but everything was limited supply, so the Spring Festival would become the most lively and generous day of the year, so the Spring Festival became the most anticipated festival.
For those who lived through that period, the Spring Festival not only means a family reunion, but also a time to forget the hardships of life for a while and enjoy a happy time.
Entering the lunar month, people begin to prepare for the New Year. Adults will be busy buying New Year's goods and buying new clothes for the children. At that time, the material conditions were very scarce, and many goods had to be purchased with tickets, so everyone would be careful to make sure that the family had a good year.
Usually people eat very simple almost rare meat, the best meal of the year must be saved until Chinese New Year's Eve, whether the family conditions are poor or rich, on Chinese New Year's Eve will prepare this Chinese New Year's Eve meal, Chinese New Year's Eve can eat meat dumplings is really delicious.
The collective Spring Festival is also a distinctive feature of the Spring Festival in the 60s, when it comes to the Spring Festival, various units will hold cultural and artistic activities, and will also give people movie tickets.
In order to welcome the arrival of the New Year, people do not care whether the road is far away, whether it is by bicycle or on foot to go to the movies, in that era not every place has a theater, some even have a theater in several towns and villages, but at that time it was really full of strong New Year's flavor.
Of course, in order to facilitate the villagers to buy New Year's goods, each street will uniformly issue food stamps and shopping books. At that time, the most spectacular scenery of the Spring Festival was the long queue that could not be seen at a glance, and the people lined up at the door of the supply station all night with various food stamps in their hands, waiting to prepare the New Year's goods.
In order to have a better New Year's scene, people clean the streets together, and every household has to paste the Spring Festival couplets with paste, and hang the portrait of the great leader, and look up to see that the street is full of all kinds of slogans, full of New Year's flavor.
At that time, the children looked forward to the New Year every day, because there were new clothes for the New Year, and the clothes at that time were worn by the eldest and the second, as long as they were not worn out, they would continue to let the next child pick them up and wear them, and some would even make up a patch and continue to wear them.
But only when it comes to the Chinese New Year, even if the family conditions are not good, they will make new clothes for the children, whether it is to change the old clothes with fabrics or make new clothes, the children are smiling.
When children have new clothes, they quickly put them on, go to the street and show off with their playmates in the street, and ask their uncles and aunts if they are handsome or beautiful, as long as they are praised for their happiness.
There is meat to eat during the New Year, and everyone looks forward to the New Year. At that time, meat was rare in most households, and the only way to eat meat was to eat it in large quantities on New Year's Day.
In the New Year, the happiest moment for children is to earn New Year's money, when families are in poverty, money is used for livelihood, and children have almost no pocket money in normal times.
When it comes to the Chinese New Year, the elders will give their children New Year's money in order to celebrate the New Year, and then the money earned will be handed over to the parents, and the parents will also leave some change for their children.
The days of the Chinese New Year are the happiest time for children, taking change to buy what they want to eat and play, and playing with their partners.
With the change of the social atmosphere at that time, the form of the New Year has also changed, and in the past, after eating Chinese New Year's Eve, you need to kneel and kowtow to your parents to greet the New Year, but now it has been replaced by bowing.
The gifts between the younger generations and the elders have also changed, and they used to be some pastries, but now they have been replaced by New Year's pictures of great leaders, and the elders will take the New Year's pictures with both hands and stick them on the wall to wish the great leaders a healthy Spring Festival.
At that time, the great leader was the little sun in everyone's heart, and everyone firmly believed that under the leadership of the great leader, they would get better and better, get rid of poverty, and live a well-off life.
On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the small year has arrived, and on this day people will sacrifice to the god of the stove and pray for abundant food and clothing in the coming year.
In the next few days, every household began to clean up and welcome the arrival of the new year. The children will also be busy with the adults, and although it is hard, their hearts are full of anticipation for the new year.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, the family gathers for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. The meal, although simple, was full of warmth. After dinner, the adults would sit around the fire and chat, and the children would set off firecrackers and play in the yard.
At 12 o'clock in the evening, the New Year's Eve bell rings, and people will greet each other and wish each other a happy new year.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, people will wake up early, put on new clothes, visit relatives and friends, and exchange New Year's wishes. On this day, the streets and alleys are filled with a festive atmosphere, and people's faces are filled with happy smiles.
In the 60s, although the material conditions were difficult, the spiritual life of the people was very rich. During the Spring Festival, traditional activities such as Yangge twisting and stilt stepping will also be held in various places, and people will laugh and spend the festival together.
Nowadays, with the change of times, the way the Spring Festival is celebrated has also changed a lot.
In recent years, it has gradually become a trend to hold family banquets for Chinese New Year's Eve dinners in private rooms. Chinese New Year's Eve dinner only once a year, has a good meaning: to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, but now they are very busy with work and almost have little time to cook by themselves, all for the sake of life busy to make money, ignoring the company with relatives, even the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is for convenience, save trouble and choose to go to the restaurant box to eat.
Although they are all eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the atmosphere is really different, cooking Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home can promote feelings with family members to enjoy this beautiful process, although it saves time and effort in the hotel box, but it is also to eat their own, looking at the mobile phone to reply to work, even the most wanted to talk about home even has no time.
If you have money or not, you can't afford to go home for the New Year, this is what everyone who works hard outside often says. The Chinese New Year is to rush home to reunite with their families no matter where they are, but now people live day after day, working overtime day and night, working hard for a few taels of silver.
In the face of many pressures, car loans, housing loans, you have to do it, in the past, the economy was not rich, the spiritual world is abundant, now on the contrary, the economy is much better than before, but people's spiritual world is sometimes tired.
Only in the New Year, when there will be a little leisure time, they will choose to travel during the Spring Festival, so that they will all travel, and gradually the taste of the New Year will disappear......
Now young people go home for the New Year and face the arrangement of blind dates. Going home for the New Year to feel family affection is the voice of people outside. But as they get older, parents hope that their children can bring their other half back for the New Year.
Nowadays, young people don't want to work in their own cities, they will choose to go to other places, and they go for almost a year, but now a series of objective reasons why it is difficult to buy tickets have become stumbling blocks for young people on the way home.
In order to reunite with the family, the best choice is to let the parents come to the city where they work for the New Year, so that it has become a reverse New Year, the original home to visit the parents, but now the parents come to visit their children.
With the popularization of the Internet, people have overcome many obstacles, and now almost everyone has a smartphone, which can make video calls through the Internet, and can often see their parents through video even if they are far away.
Even if they can't return home due to busy work during the festive season, their children will share the joy of the festival with their distant relatives by giving red envelopes to soothe their feelings. Although this solves the doubts of many objective factors, it also neglects family affection, and it is destined not to meet cordially across the mobile phone screen.
During the Spring Festival, modern people pay more attention to the pursuit of spiritual culture. Many people will take advantage of this holiday to study, study Xi, participate in interest classes, etc., to enrich their knowledge and skills. At the same time, various cultural activities are also emerging, such as Spring Festival temple fairs, folk exhibitions, art performances, etc., providing people with more choices.
Although times have changed, modern people are paying more and more attention to traditional culture. During the Spring Festival, people will paste Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns, dragon and lion dances, etc., to inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
In addition, many places also hold activities such as traditional handicraft making and folk culture experience, so that people can have a deeper understanding and feel the charm of traditional culture.
<<·——Conclusion——·>>
Nowadays, the post-60s generation has also become a respected elder in the family from ignorant children.
With the development of society, life is getting better day by day, and the quality of life has been greatly improved. The elders cannot forget the strong complex, and adhere to the original Xi customs every year, the Spring Festival, New Year paintings, and the symbols of the New Year of the ancestors, although the times have changed, these Xi customs still have a lot of weight in their hearts, and today's development has buried the taste of the year.
The fast-paced life drives us to forge ahead, which also leads to the fading of the New Year. But now and in the past, the Spring Festival is an important opportunity to inherit and promote Chinese culture. It allows people to return to the family and feel the warmth of family affection, and at the same time enhances social cohesion and identity.
Let us cherish the special festival of the Spring Festival, inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, and create a better future together.