This year, the taste of the rural New Year is fading, and six peculiar phenomena have appeared
In the countryside, more and more new houses are being built, but fewer and fewer people are left to live in.
The "disappearance" of the "Chinese New Year" in the countryside has become a common concern of all sectors of society, and the number of "new houses" in the countryside is increasing, and the number of rural residents is decreasing, which is also a puzzling problem. In the past seven or eight years, the old houses in the countryside have not undergone major renovations, so when the Spring Festival comes, the village will be lively, and relatives and friends will gather here. There are also many elderly people and children in the village. Lights are on in the house, families gather together to play cards and have fun, and children set off firecrackers outside and laugh constantly. But the situation today is very different from what it used to be. In the countryside, more and more new houses are being built, and fewer and fewer people actually live in the countryside. Take my family as an example, there are six new houses and three new houses renovated in our village this year (2023). In the countryside, many old houses have been torn down and replaced with new concrete houses. However, although the house has become beautiful, the village has lost its former vitality. During the Spring Festival, many people do not return home, but stick Spring Festival couplets at home, worship their ancestors and then leave. In the countryside, new houses are "unfinished houses" that no one lives in. This is a very strange phenomenon.
There are many reasons why more and more new houses are being built in the countryside. First of all, with the advancement of urbanization, the rural economy has also undergone great changes. In addition, the state has also increased investment in rural construction and increased subsidies and preferential treatment for rural construction. In addition, residential renovations and renovations have added jobs in the local construction industry. However, the emergence of this phenomenon may have something to do with the changes in Chinese New Year customs. As more young people return to the city, they have less time to go home and the countryside becomes less attractive.
The number of bachelors in the countryside increased, and the single women disappeared.
In addition, there is a strange phenomenon that in the countryside, the number of bachelors is increasing, while the number of single women is almost extinct. When I returned to my hometown for the Spring Festival, I saw a shocking number in the countryside. Although he has participated in five weddings, most of them are drunk by the bride when she gets married. Only one man got married. There are about two dozen men my age in the village, but less than half are married. Even the young men, who were four or five years younger than me, were almost forty years old and not yet married. On the contrary, most of the women in the village only got married in their twenties, and they talked twice in their thirties, and there were three marriages, and there were very few "leftover men".
Extension: Similarly, in the countryside, there are very complex reasons for the increase in the number of bachelors. Due to the acceleration of urbanization, migrant workers have more choices in their work and life. In order to seek a better survival and development, many young people choose to work in the city. At the same time, due to the increasing level of education in rural areas and the increasingly frequent exchange of information between urban and rural areas, rural women are becoming more and more receptive to modern values, rather than seeing a fixed marriage as the only choice in life. As a result, men from rural areas are under increasing pressure to find a partner. In rural areas, due to the influence of traditional thinking, most of them are patriarchal, so the birth rate is relatively high. This results in fewer wealthy children from the countryside and more poor children.
Every household is buying a bigger TV set, but the number of viewers is decreasing.
Another strange situation is that every home has a bigger TV, and very few people actually use it. At this time, the TVs were relatively large, and in the village, every household had a large-screen TV, but most of the time, it was used for decoration. In comparison, our family is relatively lucky, every Spring Festival and other holidays, as soon as we return home, we will always turn on the TV, although we rarely watch it, but it is used as a radio. And some people, the TV at home is just put on, either playing mobile phones, or playing mahjong, or playing mobile phones, or early**. Even the largest viewers, the elderly and children, barely pick up the TV to **TV show or**. I asked the old men and women in several villages, and they all said that the TV was boring, and as soon as they turned it on, it was a big movie, a big movie, over and over again, and it made them very bored. In their opinion, it is more appropriate to watch Xiao** on the mobile phone, because there are no ads, and you can see more information, which will not make people feel bored. For children, they prefer to use their mobile phones to watch cartoons, play games, or talk instead of watching TV.
Extension: There are many other reasons for the decline in TV viewership. With the development of technology, electronic devices such as mobile phones, computers, etc. are becoming more and more common, and leisure activities in rural areas are changing. Compared with ordinary TV, mobile** has the characteristics of being lighter, more personalized and convenient, and can well adapt to various human needs. The mobile software and the short** platform bring users more colorful information, and users can browse and convert according to their preferences, and will not be bound by time. In addition, in rural areas, due to the popularization and popularization of the Internet, people can use mobile ** to get more entertainment and information at any time and anywhere. This, combined with the trend of lower TV prices, has led many people to see TV as a sign of living standards rather than a practical value.
To sum up, there are more and more new houses in the countryside but fewer and fewer people live there, the number of bachelors is increasing but single women are no longer visible, more and more families are buying bigger and bigger TVs, but the number of people with TV is decreasing, this strange situation reflects the changing social and living patterns in the countryside. With the advancement of urbanization, the impact of modernization on the countryside, and the development of science and technology, rural society is experiencing a series of impacts and adjustments. Looking forward to the future, with the development of rural areas and the improvement of people's livelihood, there will be more positive social changes and phenomena.