The Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in traditional Chinese culture, and the rural New Year flavor is a unique expression of traditional culture. With the acceleration of urbanization, more and more young people choose to spend the New Year in the city, but for young people, the rural New Year flavor still has an irreplaceable attraction. In Shandong, a land rich in cultural heritage, the taste of the countryside is an unforgettable memory. At the end of every year, those young people who work hard in the city will always be tugged at by this unique flavor of the year, which evokes their endless longing for their hometown.
First, the simple local customs.
For young people, the taste of the countryside is their deepest yearning. They believe that although it is convenient to celebrate the New Year in the city, it lacks the warm and peaceful atmosphere of the countryside. In the countryside, they can set off firecrackers, paste Spring Festival couplets, visit relatives and friends with relatives and friends, and feel the strong human touch and warmth of home.
The New Year's flavor of the countryside is first reflected in the simple local customs. In those familiar fields, the villagers are busy, preparing for the New Year. Festive Spring Festival couplets are pasted on the doors of every house, conveying people's good hopes for the new year. And those familiar hometown sounds and nostalgia make people feel extra cordial and warm. 2. Abundant New Year's activities.
The flavor of the New Year in the countryside is also reflected in those colorful New Year's customs activities. From the beginning of killing New Year's pigs, steaming steamed buns, and grinding tofu in the wax moon, the atmosphere of the New Year has gradually become stronger. And on Chinese New Year's Eve, every household is even more colorful and lively. Dumplings, rice cakes, big fish and meat, one after another delicacies fill the table, making people salivate. In addition, there are various folk performances such as dragon and lion dances, singing operas, and stepping on stilts, which are dizzying.
3. The cohesion of family affection.
For young people, in the countryside, the New Year's flavor is not only an atmosphere, but also an emotional sustenance and a condensation of family affection. Young people have been nurtured by their elders since childhood, inheriting ancient customs, and every Spring Festival, no matter where they are, they will return to their hometowns to reunite with their relatives and spend the festival together. In this cold winter, the reunion of the family makes every Shandong village full of warmth. And those long-lost hometown sounds and nostalgia make people feel extra cordial and warm.
Fourth, the inheritance and innovation of Shandong rural New Year's flavor.
With the changes of the times, the flavor of Shandong rural New Year is also constantly inheriting and innovating. Young people are beginning to integrate modern elements into traditional customs, injecting new vitality into the flavor of the countryside. For example, in the village temple fair, in addition to the traditional dragon and lion dance performances, fashion elements such as cosplay and street dance have also been added, attracting more young people to participate. This kind of innovation not only enriches the connotation of rural New Year's flavor, but also makes traditional culture closer to the lives of young people.
5. Expectations for the future.
The New Year's flavor of Shandong's countryside also carries people's expectations for the future. In the new year, people hope for a bumper harvest of grains, prosperity of livestock, harmony in the family, and success in the career. These simple wishes are the truest portrayal of the people in the countryside of Shandong. They use their diligence and wisdom to write their own beautiful life.
In short, the New Year's flavor of Shandong's countryside is an unforgettable memory, and it is full of human touch and unique charm of traditional culture. For those young people who work hard in the city, this unique New Year's flavor carries their endless longing for their hometown. And this strong flavor of the New Year will continue to be passed on and become an indispensable part of the lives of rural people in Shandong. Only by inheriting and developing the flavor of the rural New Year can more people feel the breadth and profundity of traditional Chinese culture. For the future of the rural New Year, the young people of Shandong are full of expectations. They hope to increase the protection of traditional culture, so that more people can understand and inherit the rural New Year's flavor. At the same time, they also suggested strengthening the construction of rural infrastructure, improving the quality and service level of rural tourism, and attracting more tourists to experience the taste of the countryside.