The works of writers about the flavor of the New Year are as follows:
1. From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, you can’t be idle every day, and you have arranged everything about the New Year. A dense program for the New Year’s Eve dinner. Every house is busy and prosperous. (Xiao Fuxing's "The Taste of the Year").
2. When night falls, everyone sits around the round table. Grandma began to pray, uncles began to toast, and the children began to stuff sausages into their mouths. (Si Yu's "New Year's Eve").
3. Dumplings on New Year’s Eve are filled with money. We hope to get a coin out of the dumplings. This is our own property. As for the auspiciousness of eating dumplings with money, The kids didn't care. One year, in order to get the dumplings with money, I ate three bowls in one go, but I didn't get the money. As a result, my stomach burst and I almost died. (Mo Yan's "New Year's Eve in Hometown").
4. On the day of the end of the year, prepare to stay up all night. When having the New Year's Eve dinner, take out all the bowls and chopsticks and wish for prosperity in the coming year. The number of bowls to eat cannot be in single order, but must be in pairs. (Feng Zikai's "New Year").
5. When I was a child, I had a cowardly personality and rarely set off firecrackers myself, but I still liked to listen to others set off firecrackers. There is excitement, a feeling that something is happening or about to happen. (Wang Meng's "New Year").
6. From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, every day can not be idle, and a dense program for the New Year's Eve dinner has been arranged. Every house is busy and prosperous. (Xiao Fuxing's "The Taste of the Year").
7. When night fell, everyone sat around the round table. Grandma began to pray, uncles began to toast, and the children began to stuff sausages into their mouths. (Si Yu's "New Year's Eve").
8. Dumplings in Dali are filled with money. We hope to get a coin out of the dumplings. This is our own property. As for the good luck of eating dumplings with money, The kids didn't care. One year, in order to get the dumplings with money, I ate three bowls in one go, but I didn't get the money. As a result, my stomach burst and I almost died. (Mo Yan's "New Year's Eve in Hometown").
9. On this day at the end of the year, prepare to stay up all night. When having the New Year's Eve dinner, take out all the bowls and chopsticks and wish for prosperity in the coming year. The number of bowls to eat cannot be in single order, but must be in pairs. (Feng Zikai's "New Year").
10. When I was a child, I was timid and rarely let off firecrackers myself, but I still liked to listen to others set off firecrackers, which gave me the feeling of excitement and the feeling that something was happening or about to happen. (Wang Meng's "New Year").
11. In the first two years of the Republic of China, my grandparents passed away one after another. The family was led by my father, who carried out a reform movement in the family lifestyle and got rid of many old habits, including New Year rituals. I am no longer sent out to kowtow to New Year greetings from door to door. From now on, I am no longer a kowtower. (Liang Shiqiu's "New Year").
12. Since the Laba Festival, shops have stepped up their efforts to sell New Year goods, and more stalls have been added to the streets - those selling Spring Festival couplets, those selling New Year paintings, those selling honey offerings, those selling daffodils, etc. It only appears during this season. (Lao She's "Spring Festival in Beijing").
13. Within five days, everyone in the country will get dressed, stop business, hang out, gamble, play gongs, set off firecrackers, visit guests, and watch plays. It was an auspicious day. Everyone looked forward to a better and more prosperous New Year. Everyone was happy to be one year older and prepared many auspicious words to congratulate his neighbors. (Lin Yutang's "Remembering the Old Calendar New Year's Eve").
14. The mentality of celebrating the New Year is to prepare as many new items as possible to ensure abundance in the coming year. Yufengtai's red velvet flowers, Zhengxingde's jasmine tea, Jindi Diaoqian, Zhangzhou daffodils, Ningbo rice cakes, incense candle offerings, dried and fresh fruits, raw and cooked meat and fish. (Feng Jicai's "Eight Things to Do in the Spring Festival").
15. With the arrival of the New Year, all the ordinary things we see every day seem to be given a new meaning and become beautiful in our eyes. (Zhou Youbin's "The Taste of the New Year").