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Chapter 227 The taste of the new year has faded

On the first day of the new year, the sun was almost basking on her buttocks, so Su Chen slowly got up from the bed.

Mainly because it was New Year's Eve last night and Su Chen didn't go to bed until three or four in the middle of the night, so he got up so late today.

The reason why I wake up late is not only because I go to bed late, but also because I don’t need to go around to pay New Year greetings on the first day of the new year.

Her parents weren't at home either, and they didn't know where to go to play. Su Chen grabbed some food to fill her stomach.

Being bored at home during the Chinese New Year, Su Chen planned to go out and visit the busy attractions.

Live broadcasting is naturally also essential, and it can be regarded as celebrating the Spring Festival with ancient people from all dynasties.

Thinking of this, Su Chen started broadcasting without hesitation, wanting to take ancient people from all dynasties to visit the popular attractions during the Spring Festival in Wuhan.

After all, during the Chinese New Year, there will be activities at various popular scenic spots in Wuhan, making the scene very lively.

Ancient people from various dynasties did not expect that the anchor would start broadcasting, so they were somewhat surprised to see the anchor broadcast live on the first day of the new year.

Ying Zheng: Anchor, are you back from New Year greetings?

Su Chen was a little embarrassed when asked. He couldn't possibly say that he had just gotten up from sleeping in!

In their time, it was impossible to leave one's homeland unless there was a major disaster.

After all, no matter how poor they are, they are still very lively and festive during the Chinese New Year.

After listening to the anchor's explanation, ancient people from all dynasties suddenly realized.

"The anchor lives in the city and doesn't want to send New Year greetings to the neighbors. Now he has nothing to do to take everyone out for a walk."

But now it seems that in later generations, the New Year customs are somewhat different.

He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost noon, thinking that the anchor might have just returned home after paying New Year's greetings.

Ancient people from various dynasties couldn't help but marvel when they heard about the distance of thousands of kilometers. No wonder it is so.

But it seems that the anchor's family situation is not what he imagined.

"Besides, on the floor where the anchor's home is located, I don't know anyone upstairs or downstairs. I usually only have an impression when I take the elevator."

But they couldn't imagine a man and a woman leaving their hometown and settling down thousands of miles away.

In fact, it is not just Ying Zheng who has this question, many people in various dynasties also have the same doubt.

According to custom, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, you need to go to your neighbors to pay New Year greetings.

After drinking Laba porridge for a few days, it will drip and drip twenty-three.

But despite this, ancient people from various dynasties thought about the prosperous scene in later generations and guessed that the flavor of the New Year in later generations should be very strong.

Twenty-three, the sugar melon is sticky.

Last night was New Year's Eve, and today is New Year's Day.

In Su Chen's impression, he rarely returned to his parents' hometown.

"The community where the anchor is located has dozens of residential buildings, and the entire community has thousands of residents. It is obviously impossible for every family to pay New Year's greetings."

The main reason is that the distance is too far and it is inconvenient to go back and forth.

"But it's a little different in the city. Mainly because you don't know the neighbors, so there's no need to visit."

In his memory, there was a ballad about the Chinese New Year when he was a child.

"Not at all. The anchor's parents' hometown is not in Wuhan, but thousands of kilometers away from Hubei!"

Su Chen had to lament that the taste of the new year was getting weaker every year.

Many people from various dynasties asked the anchors on the barrage about this issue. They wanted to know how rich the flavor of the New Year will be in future generations.

They had to lament that they were all neighbors, but they didn't move around at all times. It seemed that the human touch in later generations was relatively weak.

It's different for them. People in a village are all from the same clan and are related by blood. They must visit each other during the Chinese New Year.

"If you live in the countryside, the first day of the Lunar New Year is still about paying New Year greetings to the neighbors in the village."

The living conditions of later generations are so affluent, and there should be all kinds of New Year's goods. Amidst the crackling firecrackers, it is difficult to imagine the Chinese New Year flavor.

Li Shimin: Anchor, don’t you know all the thousands of residents in the community? Don't any of your parents' relatives live in this community?

In his opinion, with such a large population in later generations, the anchor should have many relatives.

Although their taste is far from meeting the requirements of future generations, it is good to listen to it and open their eyes.

They didn't understand this phenomenon in later generations, but they didn't say much.

The distance is indeed too far, and it is unrealistic to go home for the New Year.

Seeing that so many people had questions, Su Chen patiently explained.

Therefore, generally speaking, the family will be settled in the man's hometown, and it is impossible to travel thousands of miles away.

Don't be greedy, children, Laba is the new year.

"Everyone has misunderstood. It is not what everyone imagined. The flavor of the New Year is very weak now, far less than before."

After all, earth-shaking changes have already occurred in later generations, and it is normal for some phenomena that they cannot understand to appear.

When ancient people from all dynasties heard this, they were extremely surprised. It was a custom on the first day of the New Year for neighbors to visit each other to pay New Year greetings. Is it possible that this custom no longer exists in later generations?

Chongzhen: Anchor, I don’t quite understand. Could it be that in later generations, the custom of paying New Year’s greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year has changed?

In their Ming Dynasty, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, neighbors would greet each other and wish each other good luck and fortune.

Since the ban on setting off firecrackers, the sound of Chinese New Year firecrackers has not been heard for a long time.

When I was a child, I occasionally went back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year, but as I grew up, I rarely went back to my hometown.

Twenty-four, clean the house.

Twenty-five, grind tofu.

Twenty-six, cook the meat.

Twenty-seven, kill the New Year Rooster.

Twenty-eight, hair.

Twenty-nine, steamed buns.

Have fun all night on the 30th night, and have fun on the New Year's Day.

The songs still have the same flavor as before, but unfortunately, they are losing their flavor now.

This is not just his feeling, it is also a common view on the Internet, which means that the spirit of the new year has faded.

In the past, there was a saying that everyone often said, whether you have money or not, go home and celebrate the New Year.

Year after year, our lives are getting better and better, but our enthusiasm for going home for the New Year has waned.

Many people even no longer go home to celebrate the New Year.

In other words, everyone celebrates the New Year in the city and no longer goes back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year.

He often hears people around him complain that the Chinese New Year is boring and not fun anymore.

There are also many people who think that whether it is the Chinese New Year or not, it is the same. Eat and drink well every day to celebrate the New Year.

I remember when I was a child, everyone looked forward to celebrating the New Year, wearing new clothes, eating delicious food, and visiting relatives.

Have a good rest at home, enjoy a lively meal with the whole family for a few days.

Visit relatives and friends, receive red envelopes, talk about the money you earned in a year, and talk about your plans for the coming year.

Nowadays, during the Chinese New Year, everyone feels more and more that the spirit of the New Year has become less intense.

Ancient people from all dynasties were extremely surprised by what the anchor said and expressed their incomprehension.

How come the taste of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker?

Obviously the living conditions of later generations are so affluent, and they have no worries about food and drink, so the flavor of the new year should be very strong.

If they could have such good living conditions as later generations, I can't imagine how lively they would be during the New Year, and the flavor of the New Year would spread far and wide.

And they still don’t understand it. From what the host meant, it seems that the New Year flavor was very strong in the past, but then it became lighter. This is different from what they imagined.

Liu Che: Anchor, isn’t life in future generations very rich? Why has the taste of the New Year faded?

Whether the taste of the New Year is light or not is closely related to the development of the times. From what Su Chen has seen so far, as the times develop, the taste of the New Year becomes weaker.

"It can be seen that everyone is very confused about this. There are many reasons why the taste of the New Year feels less and less."

"One is that everyone has grown up, and now the person who is happiest during the New Year is not me."

"When I was a kid, I looked forward to the Chinese New Year the most, with delicious food in front of me."

"When you grow up, you need to spend money to buy New Year's goods, put them in front of your children, and shop around to see who is cheaper."

"When I was a kid, I loved New Year greetings the most. I went to every house to wish them good luck and good fortune. When I got the red envelope, you were the one to receive it."

"When I grow up, I am most afraid of New Year greetings. Children come from every house to wish them good luck and bring them red envelopes. You are the one who hands them out."

"When I was a kid, I used to play everywhere during the Chinese New Year."

"When you grow up, your boss will send you a WeChat message during the Chinese New Year. The plan has been adjusted. Please revise it quickly."

"When I was a kid, after the New Year's Eve dinner, I would throw my hands and go out to set off cannons."

"When I grow up, after the New Year's Eve dinner, I roll up my sleeves and wash the mountains of bowls and plates."

“When I was young, new clothes would be placed in front of the bed during New Year greetings.”

"When you grow up, you think you don't have enough money to buy clothes for your children and parents."

"So I had to comfort myself, forget it, just wear the one from last year, it's quite new."

Su Chen felt this most clearly. He used to receive red envelopes frequently during the Chinese New Year.

But now that he has grown up, there are no relatives to send him red envelopes.

Instead, he would give red envelopes to relatives' children.

The common people of all dynasties were deeply touched by this, and gradually understood why the young people of later generations felt that the taste of the New Year had become dull.

In layman's terms, when you were a child, you were the one who felt the flavor of the New Year, and there were people you could rely on everywhere, including your parents, grandparents, and grandparents.

But when you grow up, you are the one who creates the flavor of the year, and you become the person others rely on.

It's no wonder that people who are tired don't want to miss the New Year, but those who feel the flavor of the New Year look forward to it year after year.

"The second reason is that there are fewer people staying in their hometowns, making it difficult for relatives and friends to get together."

"It turns out that in the countryside, it takes several days to visit relatives and friends during the New Year."

"But no matter how difficult it is, we have to go. If someone doesn't go, there will be objections and they will think that the relatives are alienated."

"Many people have gone to cities now, and very few actually stay in the countryside to celebrate the New Year."

"Every Chinese New Year, everyone will move around, but they don't have much time. They drive everywhere to pay New Year greetings."

"Go to a relative's house, have a cup of tea, chat for a few words, and then rush to the next house."

"Young people in every household are very busy, and everyone understands that."

"Some people will still go back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year, but there are fewer and fewer people in the countryside. It's hard to get together with childhood playmates, and it's hard for relatives to get together."

"I feel like my hometown has lost the flavor of the New Year. Later, some elderly people became accustomed to celebrating the New Year in the city."

Ying Zheng: This is the situation faced when moving from the countryside to the city. The anchor's hometown is thousands of kilometers away, so it is even more difficult to go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.

If you are not in the same place, it will not be easy to move around during the New Year.

Slowly, as time goes by, my hometown loses the flavor of the New Year.

However, this situation does not exist in his Qin Dynasty, and the people have always celebrated the New Year with a sense of New Year.

The main reason is that relatives and friends are not far away, so it is easier to visit during the Chinese New Year. "The third reason is that relatives have become guests at some kind of ceremony, and they have less contact with each other."

"Transportation is better than before, but relatives have less time to move around each other."

"On the one hand, it's because everyone is very busy at work and has very few holidays."

"On the other hand, there are more and more relatives who are very snobbish and look down on poor relatives at all."

“If there are too many snobbish relatives in a big family, they won’t want to interact with each other.”

"Some relatives even turned against each other because of money matters."

"Only when some elders celebrate their birthdays, a certain family has a wedding banquet, a child is born, and other happy and white events, relatives will gather together."

"There are fewer opportunities for relatives to really help each other. Even if some relatives are still very poor, those rich relatives will not do their best to help."

"We used to help each other when doing farm work."

"During the Chinese New Year, I will prepare some gifts. If I have something to do to make money, I will also think of relatives."

"But now, the relationship between relatives has faded, and they no longer greet each other during the Chinese New Year."

"In recent years, there has been a gradual trend among young people to cut off relatives, and they are unwilling to spend energy maintaining relatives they are not familiar with."

Some ancient people from various dynasties could not understand this. Relatives are relatives with whom they are related by blood and should take care of each other.

In their social relationships, they attach great importance to relatives, who are relatives of the same clan.

Usually when something good happens, the first thing that comes to mind is your loved ones.

If anything happens, relatives will be the first to seek help.

Although some rich relatives may dislike poor relatives, they will not sit back and do nothing, and will help to some extent.

"The fourth reason is that a warm home has become a prison."

"Home is originally a safe haven in life, but it gradually changes in comparison."

"Nowadays, home is particularly torturous."

"Three sentences are about money, four sentences are about getting married, five sentences are about saving, six sentences are about being sensible, seven sentences are about raising you, it is not easy, and eight sentences are about you looking at other people's homes. The nine sentences say that you have to strive for success."

"You can't complain, you can't cry tired, you can't talk about feelings, you can't gossip."

"I went home to celebrate the New Year. I wanted to rest, but instead I went from one cage to another."

"You have to deal with a roomful of relatives and a year of censure from your parents."

"My relatives said that I earn this little money in a year, but my son doesn't earn as much in a month. It's embarrassing."

"My parents say that Aunt Zhang and her grandson next door are all in trouble. Can you understand us and be understanding? We are helpless."

"The conflict between old and new ideas cannot be reconciled. If you insist on yourself, your parents will be sad. If you blindly obey your parents, your heart will be too tired."

People in various dynasties did not think there was anything wrong, and it was normal for parents to nag a few words to their children.

They have been like this since they were young. Although they were not happy to hear these words when they were young, they were used to it.

If they contradict their parents, they will definitely be scolded by others for being unfilial.

Moreover, the parents in the surrounding neighborhood educate their children in this way, so they think this is normal.

When they grow up, they educate their children in the same way.

"The fifth reason is that living standards have improved, but the authentic flavor of hometown is missing."

"During the Chinese New Year in the past, every household cooked a lot of delicious food."

“Pastry, dumplings, popcorn, dried chili peppers, cured fish and bacon, pickled vegetables, etc., can only be tasted during the Chinese New Year.”

"Many families have been busy since the month before the New Year, preparing a lot of things for the New Year."

"Now the standard of living is higher. Every household has no worries about food and clothing. They can eat and drink on a daily basis. They don't care what they eat during the New Year."

"Online videos are becoming more and more popular, and the Spring Festival Gala has no interest in it. It is not as good as the online jokes."

"I used to look forward to the Chinese New Year, but now every day feels like a Chinese New Year."

""Gong Xi Fa Cai" is still playing in supermarkets, the prosperous couplets are hanging on the streets again, and the Spring Festival gala is starting as usual, but everyone's expectations for the New Year are getting smaller and smaller."

"All wishes are fulfilled in normal times, the taste of the New Year is average every day, and the expectations for the New Year are getting smaller and smaller."

“Without the taste of hometown, the flavor of the New Year will also be weak.”

"People who celebrate the New Year in the city go back to the countryside to pay New Year greetings. Often the New Year's goods brought out by relatives are the same as those in the city, and they don't feel the New Year flavor of their hometown."

Zhu Yuanzhang: We have the most say on this. When I was a child, I looked forward to having something good to eat during the New Year. But when I grow up and become an emperor, I can eat all kinds of delicacies, but I don’t look forward to the New Year as much as I did when I was a child.

When he was a child, his family was poor and he was often hungry. He could only eat on the New Year's Day.

Because of this, when he was a child, he often looked forward to the arrival of the New Year soon so that he would not go hungry.

But since he became emperor, not only did he not have to worry about not having enough to eat, he could also eat delicacies from the mountains and seas every day.

However, although living conditions have improved, I no longer look forward to the Chinese New Year as much as I did when I was a child.

The situation in future generations is the same now. The living conditions of future generations have improved. They don’t have to wait until the New Year’s day to eat and drink spicy food, so their expectations for the New Year will naturally become smaller and smaller.

He felt that maybe it wasn't that the flavor of the New Year had become less intense, but that the full of expectations could not compete with time after all. The person who could find happiness in the New Year had grown up.

“The sixth reason is that we always feel like we don’t have enough vacation time, especially for those who travel far away.”

"More and more young people are going out to work, and it is normal for them to travel across several provinces to work."

"Therefore, the few days of holidays during the New Year seem a bit insufficient."

"I spent two or three days on the road. When I got home, I only stayed for a day or two, and then I had to rush back to the company. I didn't have time to go to my relatives' homes to pay New Year greetings."

"Some young people celebrate the New Year in other places, and their parents have also gone to other places, so the doors of their hometowns are closed."

"Some relatives haven't seen each other for several years. I'm afraid they will feel strange when they meet. They don't dare to recognize each other. There is no common language at all."

“Because I don’t have much contact with each other, I don’t want to have contact with each other less and less.”

“More and more people are choosing to travel far away, so it’s difficult to get together during the Chinese New Year.”

"Some people who work in distant places have become alienated from their relatives and friends in their hometown, and have established new circles of contacts and friends in other places."

Ancient people from all dynasties thought carefully and found that this was indeed the case. The problem of distance was indeed not easy to solve.

If they put themselves in their shoes, they would have relatives thousands of miles away. Even if they wanted to visit during the Chinese New Year, they would not be able to go.

Eventually, as time went on and I didn’t contact my relatives for a long time, the relationship gradually faded away.

They have discovered that people in later generations like to travel thousands of kilometers to study or work.

The result of this is that it is no longer convenient to go home for the New Year.

In this way, the flavor of the New Year will naturally fade away.

Perhaps, this is the trouble caused by the development of later generations!

"The seventh reason is that with the development of communications, more people are paying New Year greetings online, and the New Year greeting rituals are becoming simpler and simpler."

“During the New Year and holidays, more and more people communicate online instead of visiting each other in real life.”

"Relatives set up a WeChat group, where everyone sent red envelopes and sent blessings, and had a great time playing with their mobile phones."

“During the Chinese New Year, send out red envelopes in WeChat groups, grab red envelopes, and the year will be over.”

"When interacting with your elders, you also send a WeChat red envelope and say a few words of blessing, which is considered a New Year greeting."

"Some relatives and friends don't have time to go back to their hometowns during the Chinese New Year, so they video chat with other relatives online."

"The way to get together is simple and there are not too many rituals."

"We can send New Year greetings online anytime, anywhere, regardless of time or location, and it has been recognized by more people."

After this period of live broadcast, ancient people from various dynasties have gradually understood some basic situations of later generations.

For example, with the development of the Internet, you can contact people thousands of miles away anytime and anywhere regardless of space and time.

Originally, the distance was so long that it was inconvenient to go home to celebrate the New Year. Now that we can communicate directly online, everyone is even less willing to go back to their hometown to greet the New Year face-to-face.

However, they feel that although online communication saves time and effort, it is not as direct as face-to-face communication.

The relationship between people requires reciprocity. The more interactions there are with each other, the deeper the relationship will be.

The relationship between people and their hometown needs nostalgia to connect them.

If my hometown becomes deserted, the nostalgia will fade and the flavor of the New Year will fade.

"The eighth reason is that it is a difficult question whether to go back to my in-laws' house during the Chinese New Year or to go back to my parents' house."

“There are more and more only children, and people from all over the world form a family. Whose home do we go to during the Chinese New Year?

"Previously, there was a news about a woman who was married far away and wanted to go back to her parents' home during the Chinese New Year but was slapped by her father-in-law."

"A girl from Guizhou married in Anhui. This year she wanted to go back to her parents' home to celebrate the New Year, but her father-in-law objected."

"In anger, the father-in-law reached out and slapped his daughter-in-law."

"Don't always think of running away to your parents' home when your married daughter throws water away. The father-in-law's words made the woman extremely wronged."

"The Chinese New Year is the biggest festival in China and is of great significance."

"Where to live it and how to deal with it in a harmonious way requires great wisdom."

"When the Chinese New Year comes, all the usual conflicts come out."

"I don't want to celebrate the New Year, I'm afraid of celebrating the New Year, I don't want to face all the worries at the end of the year, and the flavor of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker."

Su Chen is not married yet and cannot realize this yet.

But we often see conflicts like this online, where couples often argue over whose home to go to during the Chinese New Year.

When I was a child, celebrating the New Year was filled with joy and hope. I looked forward to growing up and having a better life.

Now during the New Year, there are worries, disappointments, and all kinds of annoying things.

It's still the same year, it just lacks the original flavor.

It's still the same year, but what has changed is the people's hearts.

As the saying goes, if you have money or not, go home to celebrate the New Year.

Regardless of whether you are doing well or not, you must go home to celebrate the New Year.

There are all kinds of pains during the New Year, but there are also many joys.

The food at home is steaming hot, but no matter what we eat outside, it doesn’t taste like home.

Parents have been looking forward to being with their children for a year, and the days when they see each other become less and less.

Apart from being nagging, if you take a closer look, you can see that there are also many loving things about parents.

Meet friends you haven’t seen for a long time and talk about the hard work of this year.

Buy some Spring Festival couplets, buy toys for your children, and set off fireworks together.

Create a sense of Chinese New Year for your children and leave them with a happy childhood.

(End of this chapter)