In the past years, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year's Eve was always festive and lively. The sound of firecrackers comes and goes, the smell of wine is fragrant, every household is lit up, and the laughter of reunion wafts in the air.
However, such scenes also remind me of the special era of the sixties and seventies, which was the fervent era of the Chinese revolution.
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, the whole country was shrouded in a fiery revolutionary spirit. As a traditional festival, the Spring Festival has also been given a revolutionary color. As people celebrate the Chinese New Year, they still do not forget the call of class struggle to ensure that the "revolution" takes place. Therefore, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival is also mixed with a strong "revolutionary" flavor.
In this period, the Chinese New Year is not only a happy moment of reunion, but also an exposure and struggle against "cows, ghosts, snakes and gods". The brigade's radio station will carry out in-depth criticism and struggle activities, demanding that people never forget the class struggle, not believe in feudal superstitions, and live a truly revolutionary Spring Festival.
In this special Spring Festival, even the Spring Festival couplets are full of revolutionary slogans. People bought red paper from the consignment store and wrote revolutionary slogans, such as "It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, not to sell the name and learn from the overlord", "Listen to ***, follow the Communist Party", etc., to express their firm belief in the revolution. Some contents that were regarded as feudal superstitions, such as "fu" and "fa", were avoided or tacitly not written or posted.
Even in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year, the demands of the revolution could not be relaxed. People still have to go to work, and despite the cold, they have to participate in agricultural production. In order to create an atmosphere of agricultural education, the members of the society will gather together to carry out collective labor, and then criticize the "rich land against the bad right", all for the sake of the revolution.
In the era of material scarcity, the way every family celebrates the New Year also seems simple and frugal. A family may only have two catties of meat, a basket of radish and cabbage and a few eggs, and they can only make a few dishes together, barely for the New Year. If you can have a little fish or a little bitter old eight (potato wine), it will be even more extravagant, representing a manifestation of communist life.
Children often only have a simple new outfit, and some families can't even do this. Poverty is the norm, but it is also a revolutionary motivator.
In the revolutionary Spring Festival, revolutionary propaganda is an indispensable part. **The ideological propaganda team will perform on stage and perform various programs, such as model plays, solo singing, chorus, etc., all of which revolve around "revolution" and "class struggle". And some classic programs such as "The White-Haired Girl" and the Zhongzi Dance are even more well-known. In such an atmosphere, people once again reviewed the hardships of the revolution and emphasized the tremendous changes in the old and new societies in order to ensure that the revolutionary consciousness was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
However, this revolutionary Spring Festival was not completely accepted by the people. Traditional joy and peace pale in such an atmosphere, and people's respect for traditional culture and human order gradually fades.
With the changes of the times, especially the implementation of the policy of guaranteeing production to households, the peasants' livelihood has gradually improved. They began to solve the problem of food and clothing, and their living standards gradually improved. Some spare laborers began to move to the cities to work, and the rural economy began to improve. People are starting to own their own properties and even cars. Modern conveniences have also gradually penetrated into the countryside, and farmers, like city dwellers, have begun to enjoy the convenience of modern life.
Today, our farmers are getting better and better, and their living standards are getting higher and higher. All this is inseparable from the correct guidance of the party and its leaders, and it is precisely under their leadership that we have a happy life today.
The past may have passed, but the memories of those revolutionary years are still vivid. It was during that special period that we spent our own Spring Festival, and the flame of revolution ignited everyone's heart, let us remember it in our hearts, and be grateful for today's happy life.