Figure Network. In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu. Wang Anshi's "Yuan Ri" really depicts the atmosphere of the New Year. As soon as you enter the wax moon, the taste of the year will become more and more intense, the streets and alleys are bustling, and the people who buy New Year's goods come and go, so lively.
In the New Year's market, the most conspicuous thing is the red lanterns, the red couplets, all kinds of Zhongtang New Year paintings, all kinds of delicacies, and the clothing, shoes and hats ...... in one street and two rowsIt's dazzling and overwhelming.
When I was a child, I had an almost obsessive expectation of wearing new clothes for the New Year. At that time, the family was poor, there were many brothers and sisters, and the annual cloth ticket was not enough, and only during the Chinese New Year could I add a new set of clothes.
We have entered the wax moon, and my mother will make us new clothes and new cloth shoes. In the years when the family had plenty of cloth tickets, we each made a new set of clothes, and in the years when there was a shortage of cloth tickets, my mother would also try to make a blouse or pants for each of us.
Every year, my sisters and I mostly wear saffron tops and blue pants, and my brothers wear more blue, gray or army green. In the era when there was no sewing machine, most of the new clothes for the New Year were sewn by the mother herself, and they were done, let us try them on, and the mother always said with a smile that red clothes were good-looking, red and festive, and the New Year would be prosperous.
Later, the eldest brother worked in the county, and the family's economic conditions have improved greatly, and every year for the Chinese New Year, the family's new clothes are handed over to the eldest brother to buy, and I still like red as always.
One year for the Chinese New Year, my eldest brother bought me a big red cotton jacket, I was so happy that I jumped three feet high, and on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I wore a big red cotton jacket and carried a lantern to run from house to house to show off, for fear that others would not see it, but whenever someone praised me for my beautiful cotton jacket, I would proudly say that this was bought by my eldest brother from the city store.
As an adult, living conditions are much better, and wearing new clothes for the New Year is nothing new. But I've become more and more picky about what I wear. I always feel that those bright colors are too dazzling, and the red and green do not match my temperament.
Therefore, every Chinese New Year, I always like to choose some plain colors, beige, light pink, haze blue, brown, pure black ......It seems that this is the way to show off your dressing style.
The parents saw it in their eyes and didn't think so, and they always said: "It's the New Year, it's only lively when you dress a little hot!" "But I'm not interested in red and green clothes.
Until one year, on the eve of the Spring Festival, my mother suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized. Looking at my emaciated and pale mother in the hospital bed, I was so distressed that I burst into tears. But my mother comforted me: "Don't be sad, I'm not fine, am I fine?" You go to the closet to find out if there are any bright red clothes, it's better to wear red for the New Year. ”
I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered what my mother always likes to say: "Wear red and green, and you will not cause disaster or disaster." "In the past few years, although I don't like the big red very much, I don't want to wear it out to show the public. However, there are still a few red clothes in the house. For example, red hats, red scarves, red double-faced velvet coats, red cotton jackets, red leather shoes, etc.
I opened the closet and pulled out a red sweater and a red woolen coat. Mother looked straight and nodded: "That's right, wearing this red clothes, the new year can be smooth and peaceful." I smiled and nodded in agreement, but I was a little unimpressed.
Unexpectedly, shortly after the Spring Festival that year, my father's health also had problems. For several years in a row, our family had a difficult time, and there was no lively atmosphere during the New Year.
Whenever I see other people's families celebrating the New Year happily, I can't help but think of the old saying: "Wear red and green, no disaster will cause disaster." "I came to believe in karma and the impermanence of fate.
After all these ups and downs, my attitude towards the big red dress changed 180 degrees. From the initial rejection to the later acceptance and then to the current favor, I gradually understood the meaning and meaning of wearing red clothes.
Perhaps it is not only a symbol of festivity and excitement, but also a cultural symbol of good wishes and blessings.
Now that I have entered the year of knowing my destiny, I have a new understanding of wearing red clothes during the New Year.
Every time I see my neighbors visiting relatives and friends in red clothes, my heart is also full of respect and blessings. I know that behind these bright reds, there is a yearning and pursuit of a better life.
So, every Chinese New Year, I would carefully choose a red dress for myself and my family as a new outfit for the New Year. Not for anything else, just to please a good fortune and ask for a peace and auspiciousness. And those red memories that were once buried by the years have become more and more vivid with the passage of time......
Now that I am old, I have a soft spot for red, and every time I celebrate the New Year, I will wear red clothes, which means that it is prosperous and auspicious, and I hope that in the new year it will be smooth and peaceful, and have a good start.
Perhaps to others, such a practice is a bit superstitious and cliché, but in my opinion, it is more like a kind of spiritual sustenance and spiritual comfort, allowing me to find a trace of warmth and strength in my busy and tired life.
Recalling my childhood attachment and expectation for the red clothes, the rejection and contempt for the red clothes when I was young, and then the love and cherishment of the red clothes after middle age, I deeply feel the impermanence and changes of life.
And that bright red will accompany me as always, witnessing my perseverance and expectation, sadness and joy, sweat and gray hair, growth and transformation along the way!
2024 Spring Festival, are your big red clothes ready? Wear red clothes and celebrate the New Year.
Author: Xiao Liangzi, likes to read in his spare time, and loves words. A cup of tea, a book, a pen, with warm stories and short and concise prose essays, tell about the warmth of human feelings and the cold of the world in the fireworks.