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Why is the taste of Chinese New Year in rural areas getting weaker and weaker?

Now there are fewer and fewer days left in the Spring Festival holiday. It is estimated that some young people will go out to work. During the Spring Festival, Bian Xiao received many replies from friends and users, saying that the taste of New Year seems to be getting weaker and weaker, and he can't find the mood and atmosphere of New Year as a child. What is the reason?

First, life is rich and people are scattered. Speaking of which, we all feel the same way. In the past, the Spring Festival was very lively in the countryside. Farmers who go out to work basically go home. After dinner, we chatted in the village, talked about the gains and losses of this year, and met to bless each other. Now with the development of urbanization, there are more and more people in rural families. If you settle in the city and move to the city, the countryside will be hollowed out. When there are fewer and fewer scattered people, the taste of the year will weaken.

Second, traditional entertainment has gradually disappeared. Now everyone is voicing a problem, that is, there is basically no entertainment to play during the Spring Festival. Many of them used to celebrate the Spring Festival by cockfighting, dragon dancing, lion dancing, temple fairs, dance performances and singing. This place still needs tickets, so many people won't go out.

Third, there is less "hands-on"; People's emotions need to be communicated. Before the Spring Festival, almost everything needs to be done by family members or village neighbors. This virtually gave many opportunities for communication, such as killing pigs, wrapping jiaozi, writing couplets, paper cutting and so on. Now, everything is basically ready for the Spring Festival. You can buy what you need and what you lack. Lack of hands-on fun also gives people a sense of emptiness of "doing nothing"

Fourth, the desire to celebrate the New Year has weakened, and now the living standards in rural areas have been greatly improved, and farmers are getting richer and richer. They changed from food, clothing, housing and transportation to eating well and choosing to eat well. In the past, the countryside was still very poor, and there was almost no meat to eat all year round. Many people have thought about the Spring Festival, because they eat the most meat during the Spring Festival, so they can make up for it. Now they can eat meat almost every day. Don't eat bad food.