Twenty-eight handfuls of dough hair, twenty-nine steamed steamed buns, and thirty nights to stay up for ......Recalling the customs of his childhood, Wang Hong, who grew up in the hutongs of Beijing, would ring this nursery rhyme in his head. Nowadays, although there are some customs that Wang Hong will not follow, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers together to make dumplings and eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, which is still the most important activity of her family for the New Year. "Peanuts or coins are also placed in the dumplings, and whoever eats them is a sign of good luck in the coming year. ”
Will you still stick to the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year? What "sense of ceremony" do you value for the New Year? Last week, the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily jointly launched a questionnaire network (wenjuancom), a survey of 1,333 young people showed that 941% of the young people surveyed will adhere to the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year, 767% of the young people surveyed pay attention to the "sense of ceremony" of the New Year, and the family reunion for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the most important embodiment of the "sense of ceremony" of the New Year.
I feel like I must go home on Chinese New Year's Eve."
As the Spring Festival approaches, Yang Min, who was born in the 90s in Hohehao, feels that the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger. From the Xiaohei River Lantern Festival that started on the eighth day of the lunar month, to the calligraphy teacher's activities of writing and sending Spring Festival couplets in Hohhot Museum, and then to the New Year's Goods Expo with a full sense of Spring Festival atmosphere, Yang Min feels that the warm-up activities before the Spring Festival this year are much more lively than in previous years.
Yang Min is from Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and spends the Spring Festival with her parents and grandparents every year. "Usually I spend Chinese New Year's Eve with my parents, Chu.
The first and second years of junior high school will go to the grandparents and grandparents' houses respectively. Yang Min's family is large, with more than 10 relatives on both sides of her parents, and she will follow her elders to visit the New Year door to door every Chinese New Year, "For me, this is a kind of companionship, and it is the maintenance of family affection."
I think I have to spend the New Year with my parents, especially on Chinese New Year's Eve. The 30-year-old is a native of Beijing, and every year from Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the first lunar month, he spends time with his family, accompanying his elders to visit relatives and do family routines.
In his spare time, Liang will also work part-time as a tour guide, recently many foreign tourists contacted him, ready to travel to Beijing during the Chinese New Year, "most of them are southern tourists, after Chinese New Year's Eve and family reunion, they come to Beijing together on the first day of the new year, in addition to visiting Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall and other attractions, they will also visit temple fairs to feel the atmosphere of Beijing's New Year."
The survey showed that 593% of the young people surveyed will return to their hometowns to reunite with their extended families during the Chinese New Year this year.199% of YMCCs surveyed will travel with their small family or friends,106% of the YMCA surveyed will celebrate the New Year with their small family, 9Seven percent of the young people surveyed will spend the Chinese New Year alone at their place of work or with friends.
Yan Wenfeng, a post-00 college student from Huanggang, Hubei Province, pays more attention to the "sense of ceremony" of the New Year, and every year when the Spring Festival is approaching, she will buy the window flowers of the year to decorate her home, and she will also buy herself a new dress, "Every New Year is a new beginning, change into new clothes, and start a new life."
Lu Sijia, a post-95s Shaanxi girl who works in Beijing, feels that her parents pay more attention to the "sense of ceremony" of the New Year than herself: every Chinese New Year, they will put new door joints and window grilles on their homes and clean their homes. On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the lights in the house are turned on to create a lively and festive atmosphere. Influenced by her parents, this year's Chinese New Year, Lu Sijia wants to take a set of family photos with her parents, "My dad has always wanted to take pictures, hoping to meet his wishes and add some blessings to the New Year."
The data shows that 76Seven percent of the young people surveyed paid attention to the "sense of ritual" of the Chinese New Year. Cross-analysis showed that the proportion of men surveyed who paid attention to the "sense of ritual" of the Chinese New Year (775%) slightly higher than women (76.).1%）。The proportion of post-90s respondents who pay attention to the "sense of ceremony" of the Chinese New Year is the highest, at 792%。
Specifically, family reunion for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the most important manifestation of the "sense of ceremony" of the New Year among the young people surveyed, with a selection rate of 692%，63.8% of the young people surveyed believe that pasting Spring Festival couplets and New Year's pictures can make the New Year more "ritualistic". In addition, the young people surveyed felt that the "sense of ceremony" of the Chinese New Year was also reflected in: visiting relatives and friends (497%), take a family photo (479%), cleaning, decorating the home (47.).3%), buy new clothes, change new hairstyles (45.).6%) and hanging lanterns and setting off firecrackers to create a festive atmosphere (409%), etc.
Sweeping the house and making dumplings are the Chinese New Year customs that the interviewed young people adhere to a lot.
Yang Min's hometown Bayannur City is located in the Hetao area, the local area has a rich food culture, every year people start from Laba to prepare New Year's goods, fried twist flowers, steamed steamed buns, killing chickens and sheep ......On the table of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there are usually "four hard plates of Hetao": crispy chicken on the outside and tender on the inside, "meatballs" that are delicious and tender, "grilled meat" that is fat but not greasy, and "steamed sheep" that are delicious and delicious.
Every Chinese New Year's Eve, in Bayannaoer City, local residents still have the traditional custom of "building a fire". During the day, families pile up charcoal fires in their yards, and at 11 to 12 p.m., people light fires and set off fireworks to symbolize a safe Chinese New Year's Eve.
In Yanwenfeng's hometown of Huanggang, Hubei, sacrifices and vigils are indispensable parts of the New Year. From the beginning of childhood, people will perform sacrifices, from the first day of the first month to the fourth day of the first month, sacrifices are also required every day, "On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, you must keep vigil until after 12 o'clock before you can sleep, which is a custom that our family has always adhered to." ”
In Yan Wenfeng's memory, before the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, he had to finish the work of killing New Year's pigs, killing chickens and slaughtering sheep. On the 29th of the lunar month, the family will buy some snacks such as biscuits, nuts, and candies, and then prepare the ingredients needed for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in advance. In Yanwenfeng's hometown, Chinese New Year's Eve is not popular to eat "Chinese New Year's Eve dinner" but to eat "brunch", on the reunion table, fish, cattle and sheep, cabbage is a must, meaning "more than every year", "cattle and sheep run around, work and life are getting better and better", "eating cabbage will make a fortune".
The survey showed that 941% of the young people surveyed still adhere to the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year. Specific to the Chinese New Year, nearly half (490%), 40Four percent of the young people surveyed still adhere to the tradition of making dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve. 39.8% of the young people surveyed said that "steaming steamed buns, killing pigs and cutting meat" is an important preparation for the New Year. Others are: slaughtering chickens and driving the big set (377%), worship ancestors on the big offering (335%), ground tofu (333%), sacrificial stove (314%) and slaughtered ducks, steamed buns (303%), etc.
The data shows that there are some differences in the annual customs of respondents in different regions. Among respondents in northern China, more people adhere to the customs of "making dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve", "sweeping the house on 24", "steaming steamed buns, killing pigs and cutting meat", while respondents in southern and southwest China attach more importance to customs such as "worshipping ancestors and making great offerings".
Liao Yuanqing, a post-90s generation from Sanming, Fujian Province, lives in a Hakka group. In the local area, many families will make rice cakes and share them with their neighbors on major festivals. Every year, every family will prepare sweet peanut cake to worship the king of the stove to pray for happiness in the coming year. In the first month, there will be a folk lantern dance team on the street to dance the dragon lantern, randomly enter a few households to send blessings, and some local tea competitions will also be held on the street to interact with the people.
Wang Hong recently went to Ditan Park and found that the staff were already preparing for the temple fair. "In previous years, there were a lot of New Year's customs during the Chinese New Year. Wang Hong remembers that when she went to the Ditan Temple Fair a few years ago, she saw performances that imitated royal sacrifices, and there were also juggling performances such as top jars and middle flags. "There is an ice frolic performance in the Old Summer Palace, which is also quite popular. One year at the Old Summer Palace temple fair, tourists could exchange cash for ancient copper coins and give copper coins to each merchant when spending, which is quite interesting. ”
Among the young people surveyed, 46 were men1%, 53 female9%。The post-00s accounted for 212%, and the post-95 generation accounted for 213%, and the post-90s generation accounted for 350%, 85 accounted for 133%, and the post-80s generation accounts for 92%。224%, and 19 in North China3%, and 17 in South China8%, and 13 in the Northeast9%, and 9 in the Northwest9% and 8 in the Southwest8%, and Central China accounted for 79%。
China Youth Daily, China Youth Network Intern Reporter Wu Xinyu Reporter Li Jieyan **China Youth Daily.
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