I don't know if you've noticed?This year's New Year's Day was quiet, and many cities announced that they would no longer organize New Year's Eve activities.
For example, Shanghai said that the Bund would no longer show light and shadow shows, and would not organize a zero-hour countdown event.
For example, Guangzhou has also issued a notice that Haizhu Square, Yuexiu Park and other public places, Chinese New Year's Eve will no longer organize any form of large-scale mass activities.
For example, Wuhan said that no large-scale activities were organized at Jianghan Pass and Pedestrian Street, and even the bell tower stopped ringing bells.
I asked the people around me, almost no one has too many travel activities, and the highway is not free during the New Year's Day holiday this year, so I am ready to nest at home and lie flat for three days.
In the three days of New Year's Day this year, there were several anomalous phenomena.
First, there is almost no atmosphere in the shopping mall
I went to the surrounding shopping malls, which were quiet, and I didn't feel the atmosphere of New Year's Day at all, and in the past, many shopping malls did a lot of ** activities, and there were even some performing arts programs, all of which are now gone.
Second, the festival atmosphere in the community is very light
In the past, the banner of the four words of New Year's Day can be said to be the standard configuration of almost every community, and now, almost invisible, our community, or the previous anti-fraud banner, did not hang lanterns, nor did they have additional cleaning, tidying up the community, etc., at noon in the community downstairs turned, it was actually more deserted than usual.
The third is the people around him, who are very calm
It is said that the new year, farewell to the old and welcome the new, everyone is full of expectations for the new year, now, the circle of friends is rarely sent, let alone text messages, even some New Year's greetings are too lazy to pour chicken soup on themselves, as if ordinary days, there is not much expectation, and rarely go out to travel, at most the free park near the home to take a turn, more young people choose to stay at home, and no longer call friends to gather, at home on the Internet, rest and rest.
On the whole, there may be the following reasons:
1. Everyone has no money in their hands
Every holiday means spending money, and this year's environment is like this, many people may not even have a job, let alone spare money to spend, even if they have a little savings on hand, they can save some money, because I don't know if they can earn it next year
2. Treat consumption more rationally
No longer extravagant, usually only buy necessities, do not pay for any holiday feelings, when you need the necessities, when you need them, and no longer stock up.
I found that a lot of ** on the Internet, in fact, is a disguise, ** price is even more expensive than usual, it is nothing more than raising the price in advance, and then discounting, but now these routines, many people are no longer fooled, they need to buy, and they don't buy even if they don't need to discount again.
3. I don't have the heart to New Year's Eve
I remember that at the beginning of 2023, when the epidemic control was just relaxed, people rushed out to travel, and many businesses were also expanding their operations, grinding their fists, ready to work hard for a year, to make up for the previous deficit, and now a whole year has passed, things are far worse than I thought, and the economy has not recovered to three years as expected.
And the employment situation is still grim, many unemployed are struggling, small shops are still struggling to support, families with mortgages are still persistent, next year does not let people see obvious signs of improvement, the cold winter is still there, many people are worried about life, or next year is worse than this year, so they can't be happy, no heart for New Year's Eve.
Some people say that this year's New Year's Day is as cold as the general environment, no matter what, we ordinary people, the more critical the moment, the more we must maintain a normal heart and be ready to live a tight life!