More and more people hate the New Year as much as the author, and this traditional festival has been questioned in the eyes of some. The "Chinese New Year" seems to have become a burden, bringing no longer happiness and reunion, but a waste of time and suffering. Many people, like the author, feel uncomfortable and tired during the Chinese New Year. They mainly endure an unavoidable trouble, a family responsibility that takes on injustice, and this injustice and dissatisfaction can gradually accumulate and affect people's attitudes towards the holiday. In short, if the festival becomes only for the purpose of celebration rather than enjoyment and relaxation, it loses its original meaning and value.
What's more, whether or not the Chinese New Year is happy and enjoyable depends on each person's experience. Not everyone can feel the colors and atmosphere of the Chinese New Year like "reunion", "joy", "food" and "new clothes", which are the keywords that people often talk about. Especially for people like the author, the threshold for the New Year has become very high. In order to emulate a perfect Chinese New Year, many people have to do a lot of preparations, from exhausting travel to complicated social relationships, from expensive food and drink to difficult expectations, which make the psychological pressure increasing. Isn't the Chinese New Year supposed to make people feel comfortable and happy? How can people feel so tired?
Perhaps we need to re-examine the true meaning of the Chinese New Year. It should not be an "additional burden", but should be a stage for expressions of love and care. In this festival, there should be more attention to the mentality of others and less desire to show. In this festival, we should make "reasonable arrangements", rather than blindly pursuing and expecting too much; We should abandon the pretense of "face" and "vanity", and truly care about ourselves and our families from the heart. If we can approach the New Year with such a mindset, the joy and happiness we look forward to will also be reflected in the days.
In short, the Chinese New Year is not something we should hate and avoid, but an opportunity to experience it. Although we can't pick and choose the guests who visit, we can't pick the weather and some other uncertain things, but we are able to mentally revisit and reorient our expectations and attitudes towards this festival. In this way, the Chinese New Year can truly become a pleasant and joyful experience, and we can better enjoy the joy and happiness brought to us by the festival.