In the new year, I have received a lot of blessings, each of which is the sincere blessing of family and friends, and I believe that everyone hopes that they will have more good things to happen in the new year, good luck and good luck.
But will Chinese New Year's Eve really get rid of all the troubles, and will everything be new in the New Year? How can we really get rid of our troubles, and how can we live a new version of ourselves?
This year's Spring Festival is unusually lively, and after entering the wax moon, you can hear the sound of firecrackers one after another.
There are young children in the family do not understand why the New Year firecrackers, the old man tells the child about the story of the "Year Beast", the legend is that the "Year" is a kind of monster, every New Year will come out, so people use firecrackers to get rid of the "Year Beast", and over time it has become to get rid of all disasters.
In fact, in the oracle bone inscription, the word "year" is structured as Shanghe and Xiaren, and the original meaning is that the year is completed, and the grains are ripe, that is, "Shuowen Jiezi": "Year, the grain is ripe." "It has nothing to do with man-eating monsters.
According to Zhu Chunxiang's research, the first mention of the "Year Beast" came from the ** newspaper in the early 30s of the 20th century.
On January 17, 1933, the tabloid "Diamond Diamond" edited by Shanghai writer Zheng Yimei included an article written by Sun Yusheng entitled "Old Records of Shanghai Dialects: Memories of Customs in the Years".
The text records: The Nian Beast is an animal locked on a stone pillar in the Heavenly Realm, guarded by Ziwei Xingjun, and then escapes every Chinese New Year's Eve, ** breaks into the village to eat people.
However, the Chinese have inherited thousands of years of customs such as setting off firecrackers, sticking spring associations, and lighting lamps to worship the heavens and ancestors, but they have become a means to scare away the beasts.
From being grateful for a bumper harvest to driving away monsters, the casualness and vanity of Chinese culture can be seen; And the fall from awe to fear is enough to prove that the faith of the sages is polluted by this world.
The smoke and rain of a hundred years cannot stop the invasion of lies, so every year on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it has become the time for Chinese to dream of "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new" and driving away the gloom.
It seems that all the worries and anxieties will pass in the vigil of "Chinese New Year's Eve" because of the "New Year".
In fact, the real source of Chinese culture is to worship the heavens and ancestors, and Chinese New Year's Eve, as a festival at the end of the year, originates from the custom of revering the sky and worshipping ancestors at the end of the year in ancient times.
Anyone who has been to the Temple of Heaven, the imperial altar in Beijing, will see the tablet placed in the middle of the Temple of Heaven, with the words "Emperor God" written impressively.
In the bones of the Chinese, from the temple to the market, they all have a deep reverence for this emperor God, and it has been dissolved in the blood.
The kings of all generations have held grand worship activities with great reverence, and the Temple of Heaven is the epitome of this activity.
In fact, whether it is the Chinese nation or any nation in this world, there will be extremely shocking commonalities towards the emperor and God.
The Jewish Passover, which echoes China's "Chinese New Year's Eve", has too many striking similarities:
First, it is the most important holiday of the year, the whole family reunion.
Second, at the same time, it is the beginning of the year.
Third, the same meaning: both have the meaning of "passing" and "passing".
Fourth, and most importantly, red door frames and red couplets.
A little correspondence will find that two different peoples have extremely similar rituals in essence; Two different festivals, there is an amazing consensus.
Thus, the light and revelation above the sun, like the sun on the clouds, pierced through the fog and dissolved the cold and dampness.
No one will deny the existence of the sun because of the gloom, but most people will forget the "Emperor God" to care for the world's grace because of the sorrow of 2023.
When Lao Tzu, who rode a donkey out of Guguan, shouted: "The avenue is hidden", the Chinese's acceptance and response to universal revelation came to an end.
The reverence for the "Emperor God" has degenerated into a ritual of seeking blessings and eliminating disasters and satisfying oneself, and the entire culture has slipped all the way to mutual harm without a bottom line.
Therefore, when the light above the daylight penetrates everything, the heart that has been locked by the cold can be ignited again.
Although everyone is looking forward to a better tomorrow and a better next year, in fact, if people lose their awe and canonize themselves as gods, people will become more and more selfish, the taste of the New Year will change, and the human touch will only become weaker and weaker.
In the past 2023, a lot of things have happened in the world that break through the bottom line of people's hearts, but people's hearts are the easiest to be numb, and only inner vigilance and reflection can awaken people.
Sticking Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, and sending blessings can not really get rid of the darkness, and the real blessing and peace are never from the external form of blessing, but the inner reverence for God.
For the blessings that can truly help us overcome fear have long been prepared for those who are willing to seek them, and they have never changed.
As long as you are willing to let go of your pride, admit the defilement of your heart, and refuse to live in nothingness, the blessings you are looking for will come.
Seek and find, bless you!
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