Some reflections on the Spring Festival

I have not looked forward to the Chinese New Year for several years, because the whole family is at the place where my parents work, and this place is mostly populated by outsiders, so they all go home to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and the city becomes a ghost town. , driving on the road is unprecedented and unprecedented. Without the lively atmosphere of the Spring Festival, it remains the same year after year. So my memories of Chinese New Year these past few years are cooking, washing dishes, cooking again, and washing dishes again. I no longer have the happy expectations of my childhood during the New Year. When I was young, I looked forward to the Chinese New Year because I had new clothes to wear, and there were friends to play with firecrackers with. The first day of the new year was my own time, and I could use my pocket money to buy barbecue and other delicious food, and I could see people I hadn’t seen for a long time. 's parents. So all the memories about the Spring Festival are beautiful and happy.

However, during this Chinese New Year, my grandfather’s little act of paying attention to etiquette made me feel ashamed. I feel ashamed that my ignorance of the festival rituals has made the entire festival meaningless. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, grandpa cooked glutinous rice balls, which were also filled with coins. Whoever eats this coin means that this year there will be a lot of money and a bright future. In the morning, we wished them New Year greetings and specially prepared red envelopes for us. The cover of the red envelope also specially selected words that express different hopes for each child. Compared with our parents and our generation, these etiquettes are less valued, and WeChat red envelopes are more convenient. It has become so natural that we would accept red envelopes from our parents every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but at first we didn’t say any New Year’s greetings to them. Already tacitly accepted that this is natural.

Grandpa’s red envelope is traditional, and my parents’ red envelope is modern, but grandpa’s red envelope makes me feel more powerful, an invisible force that allows me to feel some of the excitement and rituals of the Spring Festival. We can also feel the care and concern and deepest love of our grandparents for us. From the glutinous rice balls with silver coins packed by my grandfather to the special New Year greeting red envelopes, I feel the power brought by the sense of ritual. So I started to reflect on what is the meaning of the Spring Festival? In modern life, I have to admit that I have begun to downplay the Spring Festival and marginalize traditional etiquette. In fact, we can give meaning to the Spring Festival through some rituals. What meaning you give it, what meaning it contains.

I began to think about how to lead my next generation to inherit the meaning of the Spring Festival when I start a family. I think I must have a reunion dinner together on New Year’s Eve. There must be these dishes on the dinner table: fried crispy pork, sugar cake, fried tofu with lettuce, and fish. I want to tell them that this is a dish that my mother has had during the Chinese New Year since she was a child. After eating, be sure to set off fireworks, big or small. The beauty of fireworks is short-lived, but the moment you see the fireworks bloom, you will feel that the whole world is beautiful and the world is worth it. . Our family rarely sets off fireworks. This is what I realized when I saw a family in the open space yesterday on New Year's Eve. So I must add this project to leave them with a little expectation for the Spring Festival.

The first day of the Lunar New Year is a time for them to move freely. On this day, as parents, we should carefully prepare red envelopes for them and give them hope for the new year. We should also eat glutinous rice balls on this morning, and eat glutinous rice balls with silver coins. Let them look forward to the first day of the new year. Finally, we should write couplets together and post them. In modern times, we are all accustomed to buying couplets and pasting them directly, but now I think writing couplets together can make children feel like they are celebrating the Spring Festival more. Whether they go to see the rapeseed flowers, play mahjong, or play cannonball with their friends, this day belongs to them. Give them free time and space, and let them have the right to make their own choices.