Preamble:
When you are still worried about the alarm clock in the morning, the people of Northeast China have entered a comfortable "cat winter" life......
The so-called cat winter, that is, from the first heavy snowfall, the Northeast people basically do not come out to activities, until March and April of the following year, when the spring flowers bloom, they come out again to work.
Half a year of holiday life, such a beautiful way of life, many people are amazed. But do you know the real life of the Northeast cat winter? Maybe the truth is not as good as you think.
Cat winter is the most helpless choice
First of all, let's understand why there is a tradition of cat winter in the Northeast, which is naturally related to the extremely harsh natural environment in the Northeast.
Watching a snowy scene once in a while may excite your friends in the south. A while ago, a sudden heavy snowfall also made countless netizens bask in the snow scene, which looks romantic and beautiful.
But in the Northeast, snow is not romantic, but cold, perhaps disaster.
The snow in the Northeast is abundant and thick, and the temperature is extremely low, after a heavy snowfall, people's travel becomes extremely inconvenient, because at this time not only the roads are slippery, but the snow removal work has also become very difficult, and the temperature is often below minus 20 degrees.
Heavy snowfall, in addition to bringing inconvenience to transportation, so that the work of the Northeast people is also very inconvenient, in this case, the Northeast people have no choice but to nest at home, there is a tradition of cat winter.
From this point of view, it is not that people in the Northeast really don't want to go out to work, but that the harsh environment in winter really makes it impossible for them to go out to work.
Cat preparation before winter
So, before the cat winter, what preparations do Northeast people need to make?
As soon as winter comes, under the ice and snow, materials become extremely scarce, so before the heavy snow comes, that is, the autumn harvest season, the people of the Northeast begin their hoarding behavior.
There is a video on the Internet that is also very popular, when southerners are still talking about the roots, northeasterners are already buying Chinese cabbage by the ton. Northeast people buy cabbage are a car to buy, not to mention buying potatoes, the Northeast pot stew is also very famous, now Northeast cuisine is all over the country, large portions, affordable is the first impression of Northeast cuisine.
Northeast people are not only bigger, but also eat a lot of food, and they are all food lovers, so before the cat winter, the Northeast people often prepare a large enough cellar, put tons of cabbage, tons of potatoes or corn in it, and reserve the living needs of a family cat winter for half a year.
If a family does not prepare enough supplies during the autumn harvest season, it will be looked down upon by the people of the Northeast, because it means that your family's economic strength is not enough.
Why do people in Northeast China like pickled cabbage? First, it is easy to store, and on the other hand, the reason is that in the cold weather, it is really difficult to eat green leafy vegetables in the Northeast in winter, and sauerkraut has become the best choice, of course, this is a phenomenon that only existed in the Northeast in the past.
Generally around November, the heavy snow in the Northeast begins, one after another, non-stop. In this case, Northeast people like to nest at home, eating on the hot kang, chatting about homely things, which looks extremely warm.
Nowadays, in the remote villages of Northeast China, heating is basically based on coal, so in addition to stocking up on cabbage, you also need to stock up on enough coal in winter, because only in this way can you spend a comfortable winter.
Pros and cons of cat winter
At this time, some people will ask, what will people do when the winter is so long and they don't have to go to work for half a year? Do they swipe their mobile phones all day long and play on the Internet? Of course not, people in the Northeast are too good at playing.
Everyone understands the enthusiasm of Northeast people, and Northeast people especially like to chatter, so when it comes to the cat winter, it is often the neighbors who get together to play cards, drink, eat barbecue, and eat hot pot, and start the New Year in advance.
Hearing this scene, you began to envy the real cat winter life of the Northeast people again? But in fact, the Northeast people themselves are also miserable.
First of all, not to mention that there is no income in the past half a year, and it is not conducive to improving economic development, on the other hand, it is easy for people to be depressed when they stay at home for a long time. According to statistics, many people will suffer from depression when the cat is winter, which may be related to the lack of social interaction at home.
Nowadays in the Northeast, many young people will choose to leave the countryside and go to the county seat to buy a house, so that they don't need to be as usual Maodong, and Northeast people can still carry out normal work and life.
After all, in this fast-paced society, even if adults don't go to work, children still have to go to school, so cat winter is rare in the Northeast. ，
The heating system in the Northeast is very powerful, even if the water drips into ice outside, you can still wear short sleeves at home, in fact, even if the young Northeast people are no longer cat winters, but their hoarding behavior still can't change, they still like to buy tons of cabbage in winter, that's because they are in order to cope with the sudden bad weather, in case the snow can't go out, they can also have vegetables to eat. This is a Xi that has developed over the years, and it is actually a good Xi.
Heavy snow weather has also caused a lot of trouble to the people of Northeast China, not to mention that their cars will cause a lot of failures because of the ice and snow, and the heavy snow will press on the house, if the house is a little old, if the snow is not removed in time, it is likely to collapse.
Moreover, in the rural areas of Northeast China, if the weather is too cold in winter, the risk of pipeline freezing and cracking is also great. In the cold winter, danger is everywhere, and the scene of cat winter is not so beautiful.
Friends in the south may not be able to accept minus five or six degrees, but in the northeast, minus 20 is the norm, minus thirty or forty degrees is also possible to have weather, just imagine the process, this kind of weather can not be taken out of the hands of people, how to go out to work?
So, if it were possible, no one would want to live like this. The reason why I chose Maodong is just that there is no way to compromise with nature.
Nowadays, many elderly people in the Northeast are prone to sudden diseases because of the cold weather in winter, so they like to go to the south to spend the winter, forming a migratory bird life, just to escape the cold weather in the north.
So friends in the south, please don't blindly envy the life of the cat winter, the real life scene is not as beautiful as you imagined......