Yao Qinchuan. Liang Shiqiu is "tired and happy" for the New Year
Old Beijing pays a lot of attention to the New Year, and for Liang Shiqiu, who doesn't like to be lively, the New Year is always "tired and happy".
What makes Liang Shiqiu happy is that every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, adults will sprinkle sesame straw in the yard for children to step on. At this time, the sesame straw has already been air-dried, and it crackles when you step on it. Whenever his parents spoke, Liang Shiqiu would be the first to rush out of the house, "jumping around on the sesame straw at will, very happy and interesting." ”
As for why he stepped on sesame straw on Chinese New Year's Eve, his father told him that it was because of the proverb that "sesame seeds bloom and the season is high", and sesame seeds were given a symbol of auspiciousness and beauty, and the folk custom of "stepping on the year" was born.
In addition to "stepping on the New Year", another happy thing is to "touch the lamp" on the sixteenth night of the first lunar month. At this time, each of the children will carry a papier-mâché "angry wind", hit other people's lanterns hard, and laugh and watch each other's lanterns catch fire, which is called "touching the lamp". Liang Shiqiu is "invincible" every time, touching whose lantern and whose lantern is on fire. Some friends haven't had enough lanterns, so of course they don't want to touch Liang Shiqiu, so they hurriedly hide when they see him. However, because the lanterns of that year could not be kept for next year, they had to be destroyed in the form of touching the lanterns, and eventually, "the lanterns in everyone's hands were also burning, and the flames of the lanterns were bright and bright."
The thing that made Liang Shiqiu feel unhappy during the New Year turned out to be "can't sleep lazy". Because Chinese New Year's Eve is observed, you can't sleep at 12 o'clock at night. Liang Shiqiu has had the habit of going to bed early since he was a child, which is undoubtedly a torment for him. In addition to not liking to keep the New Year, Liang Shiqiu also doesn't like to ask for New Year's money, because "New Year's money is not taken for nothing, it is like pounding garlic to kowtow." Therefore, as long as adults don't take the initiative to give New Year's money, Liang Shiqiu is definitely not like other children, taking the initiative to beg, "kowtowing like a puppet, I really can't stand it."
Liang Shuming does not rest during the New Year.
Liang Shuming, known as "China's last great Confucian", has been busy working and learning all his life, even during the Chinese New Year.
In 1936, Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching, and everyone was planning how to have a happy reunion year, but Liang Shuming gave up the opportunity to reunite with his family and set off from Beiping to Guangzhou to give a speech. At that time, the family persuaded Liang Shuming to go back after the New Year, but Liang Shuming replied seriously: "If you postpone the trip, all plans will be disrupted, won't you be a person who doesn't keep your promises?" ”
When the car passed through Shanghai, Liang Shuming paid a visit to Jiang Baili, a military educator, and the other party warmly invited him to a meal. Although Jiang Baili also advised Liang Shuming to go to Guangzhou after Chinese New Year's Eve, Liang Shumin resolutely resigned because "important matters are on the body and cannot be delayed."
At the beginning of February 1939, Liang Shuming, who served as a member of the National Political Participation Council, took a few of his subordinates and friends to inspect some guerrilla areas behind enemy lines in Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other provinces. February 18 was the Chinese New Year's Eve of that year, and Liang Shuming wrote in his diary on that day: "Drove through Sanyuan and met Zhao Daiwen (chairman of Shanxi Province) in a garden; Arrived at Luochuan in the evening, and snow fell on the way. Some companions mentioned it before they remembered that today was Chinese New Year's Eve. In the following eight months, Liang Shuming visited more than 50 cities and counties, and nearly 200 villages and towns where he stayed and ate. At that time, the people around him once said with emotion: "Even for the Chinese New Year, Mr. Liang's daily plan is full, and he is rarely seen resting." ”
Liang Shuming said: "What I do is to devote myself to solving the practical social, political, and international problems that I have encountered. I haven't stopped to rest ......Liang Shuming used his own practical actions to interpret the ethics and responsibility of Chinese intellectuals.
Lu Xun loves to watch "New Year's movies" during the New Year
In addition to liking writing in his life, Lu Xun also has another hobby, that is, watching movies. On weekdays, as long as he encounters a movie he likes, no matter how expensive the ticket price is, Lu Xun will generously donate money and watch it with his wife Xu Guangping. During the Spring Festival, new movies in the cinema were also released very frequently, so watching movies became Lu Xun's daily routine.
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, January 22, 1928, Lu Xun was extremely excited when he learned that the Star Theater was preparing to screen the "New Year film" "Madhouse". Of course, a good movie must be shared with others to be happy, so Lu Xun contacted his third brother Zhou Jianren and invited him to watch the movie together.
In addition to Zhou Jianren, Xu Guangping, his wife who has long been cultivated by Lu Xun as a "movie fan", is of course indispensable. That night, the three of them went to the Star Cinema together to play "Madhouse". Interestingly, on the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year, when Lu Xun learned that the Guanglu Grand Theater was preparing to screen "Tarzan of the Apes", he became interested again, although he had seen this movie before, but in Lu Xun's words, "review the old and learn the new", so he bought a movie ticket for the first time.
Since then, going to the theater for the New Year has become a "prescribed action" that Lu Xun Lei can't move. After the birth of his son Zhou Haiying, of course, Lu Xun will not let the child "lose at the starting line", and watching movies has become one of the indispensable ways of "early education".
In addition to the "New Year's Movie" that must be watched during the New Year, during the Spring Festival, Lu Xun usually has to "drink two cups" with relatives and friends, and occasionally, he also cheers to go to the door to set off firecrackers. Lu Xun once recorded in his diary on February 19, 1920: "On the night of the old Chinese New Year's Eve, the ancestors were sacrificed at night, vegetables were added and drunk, and flowers and cannons were fired. ”