As the New Year approaches, I can't help but recall the anticipation and joy of my childhood. When we were children, after Laba, we couldn't wait for the arrival of the New Year. At that time, new clothes and hair flowers were the items we were most looking forward to.
Every Chinese New Year, I would go to the bustling market with my parents to buy new clothes and flowers. The bustling crowd of people in the market, the variety of bright colors, and the variety of different styles are all dazzling.
After buying new clothes and hair flowers, I will carefully put them away for fear of crumpling or damage. Waiting for the arrival of the New Year's Day, put on new clothes, put on hair flowers, and play with the children.
We admired each other's new clothes, comparing who was the most beautiful and whose hair flower was the most unique. At that time, our hearts were full of longing and expectation for the future.
In addition to wearing new clothes and flowers, it is time to watch firecrackers during the New Year.
Nowadays, every time I recall the New Year's scene in my childhood, the warmth and beauty are still touching.
Chinese New Year nursery rhymes in textbooks:
Children, don't be greedy, after Laba is the New Year, Laba porridge, drink for a few days, mile la la twenty-three, twenty-three sugar melons sticky, twenty-four sweep the house, twenty-five grind tofu, twenty-six to buy meat, twenty-seven to slaughter roosters, twenty-eight handfuls of flour hair, twenty-nine steamed steamed buns, thirty nights to stay up for a night, the first and second days of the first day of the new year to walk all over the street.This nursery rhyme is a true portrayal of our childhood, I was impressed by the grinding of tofu, there is a family in our village grinding tofu, we take soybeans to grind, and we also like to watch donkeys pull the mill,Full of childhood memories. Killing pigs and chickens to buy meat, fried fish croquettes, steamed sweet potato stuffed steamed buns, flower rolls, jujube buns, etcThere is a strong smell of the New Year everywhere.
In today's life, with the improvement of economic conditions, people's material needs have been greatly satisfied. Regrettably, however, despite the increasing abundance of material life, the flavor of the New Year is becoming less and less.
Precious items such as new clothes and delicious food that were once only available for the Chinese New Year can now be easily obtained at any time, without having to wait for that particular moment.
In the past, Chinese New Year was the most important festival of the year, and it was also the most anticipated moment for children. Because it is only during the Chinese New Year that families get together, put on new clothes, and enjoy a sumptuous meal.
However, it is this readily available convenience that makes the taste of the New Year become less and less flavorful. There is no expectation, no hope, and the meaning of the New Year seems to disappear. What was once a moment of joy, warmth and reunion now seems to have become just an ordinary holiday.
There is less sense of ritual for the New Year,This generation of children doesn't seem to have any concept of the Spring Festival, and they don't look forward to the New Year.
The year without the flavor of the year is a debt to the child's childhood, and when the child grows up,Maybe I don't even want to go home for the New Year, and the flavor and reunion of the Spring Festival may become weaker and weaker.
3 simple ways to give children a "sense of ceremony" for the Spring Festival and get the flavor of the New Year back.
1.Buy New Year's goods together
On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household has to buy New Year's goods, although many of them can be bought online, I will also buy some online every year, but every year I will also take my children to the street to stroll, so that children can feel the atmosphere of the New Year, and at the same time buy some New Year's goods.
For example, take your children to buy Spring Festival couplets, small decorations, etc, and will also take children to make Spring Festival onesSmall handiwork, cut window flowers to write blessing wordsDecorate the room and let the child feel the atmosphere of the New Year.
2.Let the children participate in cleaning, pasting Spring Festival couplets, etc
For example, "Twenty-four sweeps the house".The 24th day of the lunar calendar every year is the traditional Chinese dust sweeping day, and many people will also follow the tradition to carry out a family cleaning before the Chinese New Year, "driving away evil spirits and avoiding disasters", "removing dust and clothing new", hoping to sweep away bad luck and welcome good luck and blessings in the new year.
Let the children participate in the day of cleaning, and talk to the children about the meaning of the day of cleaning, while working, the children are very energetic. Although the child does not do much, he can feel the atmosphere of the coming year.
Another example, paste Spring Festival couplets,We generally still use the traditional paste method to cook some paste, and children are also very curious, can they also make pasteBecause I usually buy glue sticks or something.
When the child sees that the paste is brushed onto the wall with a brush, the couplet can be firmly glued, and the "sense of ceremony" of the Spring Festival comes out.
In addition, let the children participate in making dumplings, preparing Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, keeping the New Year, etc.
As the book says,The quick-frozen ones are also considered dumplings, but the ones made by my mother are called New Year's.
3.Read picture books about the Spring Festival with your children
Tell the children about the customs of New Year's beasts, sticking Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, and pressing New Year's money.
A picture book with the theme of the Spring Festival, I recommend "Reunion", an original Chinese picture book, which won the awardFeng Zikai's first prize for children's picture booksIt is a picture book that children must read in their lives.
Look at it once, be moved onceThe classic that made many people cry tells the warm story of the father who built a house outside and returned home during the Spring Festival and reunited with the family of his youngest daughter's mother, showing the subtle and deep emotions between father and daughter.
In just a few days of the Chinese New Year, Dad brought the feeling of home and love to his children little by little.
The plot seems to be very simple, but it hits the heart at once. The strong flavor of the New Year, the happy times, the deep family affection, the faint sadness and the expectation of happiness jumped on the paper.
You can learn about customs and touch Chinese cultureAt the same time, feeling the love of the family is a good inspiration for children's understanding and perception of traditional folk customs and family affection, and also reminds us to cherish the time with our families.
Reunion", the Spring Festival must be read for children. Suitable for kindergarten and first and second grade kids.
Let the children know more about the festival and watch this set of "Holiday Feast".
A full set of 4 volumes, including traditional Chinese festivals, ancient poems of festivals necessary for primary school, sayings, proverbs and afterwords, ancient poems of solar terms, etc.
Each festival includes the origin of the festival, customs, food, poems related to the festival, proverbs and afterwords, astronomical knowledge, festivals in the four famous books, etc.
A set of festival feasts, learn history, read allusions, master the historical knowledge in the festival, know customs, learn geography, and explore the folk culture of different regions.
Integrate mini-games into festival activities, play games, watch popular science, and cultivate children's observation and thinking skills.
"The Feast of the Holidays" set of 4 volumes,Don't miss it if you have elementary school students at homecan be opened to understand.
New Year's goods are not closed