As a Chinese, no matter how many Zhong Lingyuxiu you have seen outside, and no matter how many mountain and sea delicacies you have tasted, you cannot replace that strong New Year's taste. So, what is the smell of the New Year that we have always been looking forward to, have you thought about it carefully?
In fact, the New Year's flavor during the Spring Festival every year is so strong, mainly during this time period, we will do some things that we would not normally do, and these customs have been retained from generation to generation, which has naturally become an important part of the "New Year's flavor" in our hearts. However, in recent years, everyone has found that the taste of the New Year has become weaker and weaker, mainly because many of our inherited New Year customs are gradually disappearing due to various reasons.
It is worth mentioning that the Spring Festival in 2024 may not be the same as before, because many New Year's customs have been "stopped", have you noticed?
Setting off fireworks and firecrackers has always been a grand custom or program during the Spring Festival for the people of our country. In traditional culture, fireworks are set off during the Chinese New Year, which has the meaning of driving away evil spirits and avoiding harm and praying for peace, so every night of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, every household will set off more or less firecrackers in front of their homes.
However, with the continuous development of urbanization in China in recent years, fireworks and firecrackers have basically been banned in most cities, mainly considering that fireworks in cities may cause fires or other more serious accidents.
But what is incomprehensible is that some areas, whether urban or rural, are now prohibited from setting off fireworks for the New Year, which makes many people feel that the taste of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker.
There is a strange place in the holiday arrangement of this year's Spring Festival, that is, there is no holiday on Chinese New Year's Eve, although the official said that all units are encouraged to "adjust the holiday" according to the actual situation, but the specific way still depends on the employer and the enterprise to arrange themselves.
But this means that many people will miss the time to worship their ancestors this year. Because according to the custom of most regions, on Chinese New Year's Eve, it is necessary to get up early to kill chickens and slaughter pigs to worship ancestors, and then paste the Spring Festival and eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. However, this year's strange holiday arrangements have caused many young people to miss the time to worship their ancestors, which is indeed unreasonable.
In the past, some traditional cultural performances were often held during the Chinese New Year in many regions, such as lion dances, dragon dances, and some traditional drama performances, etc., but now this kind of traditional cultural interpretation has gradually lost its inheritors, so that this kind of performance during the Chinese New Year is gone, and people feel less and less flavorful of the New Year.
Giving red envelopes is a traditional custom of the Chinese to celebrate the New Year, representing the blessing of prosperity and happiness in the coming year. In traditional culture, red envelopes are given to children by elders, which is called "New Year's money"; At the same time, there are also adults in the red envelopes who honor the elderly, implying that the other party gets good luck and health.
However, with the development of science and technology, many people send red envelopes directly on their mobile phones, and this change has also made many young people feel that the taste of the New Year has disappeared.
To sum up, in the upcoming Spring Festival in 2024, many Chinese New Year customs will gradually disappear, and we should pay more attention to the protection of traditional culture. I don't know what everyone thinks about this?