The Problem of Bad Habits in Rural Areas: Reflection and Improvement Measures for Rural Ignorant Culture
With my parents, although I don't want to go back to my hometown for the New Year, I have to go home with a sense of ambivalence every year. As a true countryman, I was not satisfied with everything in the countryside from the bottom of my heart. In the countryside, there are no boundaries between people, and the secrets of each family are told by aunts and aunts who know everything. This kind of social method is difficult to understand in the city, in the city, everyone respects other people's private space, and maintain a certain social distance from others, such a civilized society, giving people a very comfortable feeling, but also very suitable for establishing long-term friendship. In the countryside, comparisons between people can easily create a kind of pressure, everyone will compare their house to be bigger, or their car is more expensive, it is a kind of imbalance in mentality, some people spend their money on their faces, showing an ignorant and meaningless comparison.
The words and deeds of the countrymen are often staggering, and there are people who are so convinced of superstitions that they even call themselves "witches", which is so incompatible with reality in today's tech-savvy world. However, in our village, the witch trade is thriving, which shows how much superstition is believed in the village. In rural areas, customs such as dancing gods and exorcism still exist, indicating that the countryside still maintains its traditional "position", which is contrary to the trend of modernization. The demise of the countryside seems to have become an inevitable symbol of the development of an era. In the process, the rural people are facing a serious crisis of "cultural rupture" and "identity".
In places like the countryside, where there are traditional cultural barriers, people's ideals are often influenced by factors such as comparison and superstition. Driven by this mentality of comparison, farmers will not only spend their money on the so-called "face", but also be more likely to be drawn into the quagmire of comparison, which is difficult to get rid of. For example, building a house in the countryside is often not based on practical needs, but more out of comparison, so many families have small three-story buildings, which causes a great waste of resources. Similarly, the frequent appearance of luxury cars and luxury show-offs is also a kind of psychology of comparison and vanity. Such a life for the purpose of comparison is an uncomfortable, frustrating life, a life of self-centeredness, at the expense of the opinions and appearances of others.
Such an ignorant and deformed outlook on life truly reflects the heavy burden and the imprint of isolation and backwardness borne by the rural society.
In the countryside, if there is still alienation from modern civilization and respect and suspicion of personal privacy, ignorance and vulgarity in the countryside are even more noticeable. For example, in rural areas, people also believe in some superstitious things, and they pin their hopes on witches, help them solve their problems, and exorcise **. In the city, such customs are a thing of the past, but in the countryside, it is still popular, which is a sad thing. The old-fashioned and old-fashioned in the countryside seems to be a step backwards in time and a step back in culture. Under such circumstances, people cannot help but think that the demise of the countryside may be an inevitable product of the progress of history and the development of society. The modernization of the city and the backwardness of the countryside are a strong contrast, and the nostalgia and ignorance of the countryside are an inevitable obstacle. Under such circumstances, the rural residents themselves are facing the double test of the crisis of "cultural identity" and "social integration", and it is a major problem that contemporary farmers must face to find a matching development path.
In general, the contradiction between ignorance and modern civilization in the countryside, the comparative mentality of rural residents, the alienation between superstitious tradition and urban life, and the conflict between modern values are all reflections and observations of the author's reflection and observation of rural reality. With the development of society and the changes of the times, the collision between traditional culture and modern civilization in the countryside has become more intense and urgent. Perhaps, only when the peasants themselves constantly improve their cultural identity and constantly change their social values can they get out of the quagmire of ignorance and embark on a road full of light.