2. In childhood, every New Year's Eve, the whole family always sat around the table, chatting while eating. The sound of firecrackers became less and less, and my eyes began to blur. At this time, my father often used the monster "Nian" to scare me. Saying "Nian" is actually a ferocious, fierce and powerful beast that lives in the wilderness. It eats all kinds of birds and animals, from sleepy to living. If you blink, you may bite your head off. This worked wonders, and I immediately woke up and opened my eyes wide. From then on, I knew the legend of "Nian" and felt a sense of awe.
3. I spent 22 New Year's Festivals in the countryside, and the understanding of the Year in my soul is all memories of that time. Buy firecrackers, send the kitchen god, stick to the door, worship the ancestors, send the Vulcan, catch the temple fair, listen to the big play, worship the New Year, eat all kinds of New Year's Eve dinners, and visit relatives and friends? These vivid scenes are like branches and branches on the big tree of "Nian", which really makes people fascinated and fascinated. In short, the flavor of the year in the countryside is so strong that it can't be turned away, so that people can enjoy it and understand it deeply.
4. The city also has the flavor of the New Year, just like the clouds floating on the horizon, which come and go lightly, making people not have much interest. No door-to-door, no greeting, the streets and alleys are empty, only the cold wind mixed with the smell of gunpowder floating from the countryside comes out of the alley, which is very leisurely and ethereal. Of course, there are dinners, and there are scattered people in the park, but these are not the same as the bustling temple fairs and the mighty New Year's greetings.
5. But whether in the countryside or in the city, there is always the custom of sticking to the door. This custom can be traced back to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is said that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, suffered from a strange disease, and he often heard of amityville horror in his dreams, which made him sleepless at night and anxious. Qin Shubao and Weichi Gong, the generals, were all dressed up and guarded by both sides of the substation door. This method really worked, and Li Shimin soon recovered from a serious illness. To thank the two generals, he painted pictures and posted them on both sides of the palace gate. Since then, folk "door-sticking gods" have become popular. This is just a legend, but it can well express people's good wishes to ward off evil spirits and disasters, and welcome good fortune.
6. Spring Festival couplets probably originated from peach symbols. Sticking Spring Festival couplets is of course an expression of joy. According to legend, Meng Chang, the master of the post-Shu Dynasty, once wrote "Qing Yu in the New Year, Changchun in the Festival", which can be regarded as the earliest Spring Festival couplets in China. Every New Year's Day, people are beaming with joy and putting up Spring Festival couplets for every household. This wonderful tradition continues to this day.
7. Speaking of Spring Festival couplets, there are many anecdotes. Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher who lived in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, was persuaded by his wife to write a couplet "Spring Breeze, Spring Rain, Spring Scenes, New Year, New Year and New Scene" and posted it outside the door. He was taken away in less than half a cup of tea. He had to write again "Yingti North Star, Yanyu South Suburb", but he still couldn't keep it. This time, my wife was in a hurry, and Wang Xizhi used his quick wits to write, "Happiness never comes in pairs, but it never rains alone." No one uncovered such an unlucky couplet, and on the first day of the next day, he added three words to the upper and lower couplets, becoming "Happiness never comes in pairs, but it never rains alone last night." This really made people exclaim.
8. China has a vast territory, and the customs of celebrating the New Year in different regions are of course different. Lao She recalled that children in that part of Beijing like three things, one is to buy mixed food, the other is to buy firecrackers, and the third is to buy gadgets such as kites. I'm afraid the children in other places can only look at it and sigh. When he arrived in Henan, Yan Lianke once said in the article that it is really a spectacle to walk away from relatives' gifts and meat and hang them in the air. In Zhejiang, we want to eat sauce meat, dried fish, and fragrant boiled taro (Zhang Kangkang's hometown is far away), while in Fujian, we want to make white sugar rice cakes and brown sugar rice cakes, as well as fried dates and five sausages (New Year's Eve)? Although there are different styles in five miles and different customs in ten miles, the taste of the year has not changed after all, which can make people have a long and far-reaching aftertaste.
9. The New Year's Day is still an understanding of life. Wandering in a foreign land, there are always worries and worries lingering in my heart every New Year's Day. This kind of homesickness is constantly cut and confused, which is a special taste. In the Tang Dynasty, Gao Shi wrote a poem "Night Work", in which he wrote: "The hotel is cold and sleepless, and the guest's heart turns sad. My hometown is thinking thousands of miles tonight, and I am worried about another year in the Ming Dynasty. " The word "sorrow" vividly expresses the poet's longing for his hometown and relatives, which is certainly not comparable to Wang Anshi's poem "Yuan Ri". Su Shi was relegated by Song Zhezong to Huizhou, where he spent his first Spring Festival with mixed feelings and wrote a poem, recording his sentimental feelings. He said: "The year before last, I served Wang Qi, and there were thousands of lights at the door. The tooth flag wears the night market, and the iron horse rings spring ice. This year, on the rivers and seas, the cloud room sent monks to the mountains. I also raised the paste fire again, and I saw layers in the pine. " The contrast between the past and the present, a prosperity and a decline, a glory and a withering, and the feelings of life are all in the state of mind of wandering alone in the river and sea.
1. How to spend the New Year's Festival is purely a state of mind, and you can't force it at all. Qian Zhongshu spent the New Year, declined visitors and devoted himself to reading; Feng Jicai's Chinese New Year, "closed door" and exclusive dialogue with pen and ink, isn't this all a feeling? You can also be alone with your family and enjoy your family. You can also travel around the world and wander around the world; Can you cook tea around the stove and read books at night? As long as you feel happy.
11. In fact, the Chinese New Year Festival is not only a shallow scratch, but also a heavy stroke. After the year of no doubt, the years become short and have no rhythm. If you are not careful, the flowing days will slip through your fingers. It is a wise choice to seize the moment, cherish time like gold and do more things that are beneficial to others. In fact, it should be said that it is valuable and meaningful to have such feelings in the thick flavor of the year.
12. The New Year Festival is a taste, homesickness, warmth, happiness, culture and a love song filled with deep thoughts. As long as you are a Chinese child, no matter where you are, you can't escape the sultry smell of the year.