Talk about the changes before and now.

I think this problem is quite complicated. It is difficult for Wan Li to explain it clearly, or even to write a thick book. Because comparing the difference between the present and the past Chinese New Year is basically comparing the changes of some folk customs during the Chinese New Year, and the folk customs in different places are different. Most northerners will eat jiaozi during Chinese New Year, while southerners will make some sweets and so on. Here I can only briefly talk about some personal experiences to attract more attention. Nowadays, most people think that Chinese New Year is boring. Especially in cities, this concept is still quite marketable. I think (in fact, many of them are analyzed by other professors, and I agree) that a large part of the reason should be that the progress of social productivity has led to the change of people's lifestyle. For example, in the past Chinese New Year, the happiest thing was that everyone sat around their elders to have dinner together, and the children would be excited to get lucky money, but now these two points have become much more dull. The main reasons for this change may be as follows. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. Let's talk about eating in the new year. In the past, for most families, eating at ordinary times was relatively simple. There are only a few days in a year when you have a toothache. Give your family a good meal, and the New Year is one of the most important days in a year. Therefore, no matter how hard the usual days are, the New Year's Eve dinner is still very important. Try to prepare chicken, duck and fish, especially fish, because it means "more than one year" in it. People in many places will try their best to eat a fish during the New Year, regardless of their living conditions. In addition, ham, bacon and the like will basically only enter the door during the New Year. So in the past, people still looked forward to eating the New Year. Now, with the improvement of productivity, the material is extremely rich, and the people's living standards are constantly improving. Almost what I ate in the supermarket before the New Year can be bought all year round. Basically, there is not much difference between what we eat now and what we usually eat during the Spring Festival. Except for a few foods such as spring rolls that we want to eat during the Spring Festival here, although we can't say how delicious they are, they are quite popular because they can only be eaten during the Spring Festival, but now their symbolic significance seems to be even greater-we no longer have much expectation for what we eat during the Spring Festival, so our enthusiasm in this regard has also declined. Say "OK" first. In the past, the productivity level was very low. People work day and night for a living all year round, with little rest and little interaction between relatives and friends. If they travel for a long time, they seldom stay at home for a few days a year, let alone get together happily. The Chinese New Year provides everyone with such an opportunity to sit together and talk about the harvest, hardships and happiness of the past year, and to be filial to their elders together. At this time, elders can also enjoy family happiness. Of course, everyone will cherish such a rare opportunity and spend every minute with heart. It's the easiest time to get together now. Make some phone calls, make an appointment for a time and place, and get together whenever you want. With the help of airplanes, trains and cars, distance is no longer a problem. You can fly from one end of the earth to the other in 12 hours. When the opportunity is no longer rare, people's mentality will change and they will no longer cherish the warmth of this moment. Third, let's look at "wearing". In the past, it was very pleasant for most families to put on new clothes during the New Year. In Lu Xun's novel "Overcharging 35 Dou", the farmer who increased production but did not increase income said that he would pull two pieces of cloth to make new clothes, which also illustrated this problem. In White-haired Girl, Xi's father, although he had no money to buy new clothes for Xi, also pulled a red rope for Xi. It can be seen that wearing new clothes is also an important part of the past Spring Festival. Nowadays, at least in some big cities, there are few customs of wearing new clothes for the New Year. The reason is the development of productive forces and the improvement of people's living standards. Wearing new clothes is no longer a hopeful thing. In addition, for many people, the primary role of clothing has changed from keeping warm to showing personality, and fashion is their pursuit. For most parts of China, winter clothes have worn out during the Spring Festival, and the trend has passed, but spring clothes have not arrived yet, and fashionistas are not interested in adding clothes for the Spring Festival. Although it is still the golden season of clothing enterprises, the sales volume is still good, but for many people, the meaning has become different. So this layer will be lighter. Finally, talk about children taking "lucky money". It is true that children are still excited about getting lucky money, but I think it is worth thinking about whether the mentality here is the same. I remember when I was a child, I felt that I had become a rich man and a rich man on this day. Although there may be only a few cents in the red envelope I received, it still makes me feel very satisfied. Nowadays, many children expect to get more lucky money besides lucky money. I have heard a child say more than once that "XX is better than XX because he gives more money"; "XX is so stingy, how much money is given", or "XX's classmate's home is really nice, how much money is charged", and so on. Different attitudes will lead to different attitudes towards lucky money, so people who have experienced it will feel that the New Year is stale. Of course, there are still many changes in the form of Chinese New Year, and each change has its own reasons. But I think one thing remains unchanged, and that is our Chinese New Year complex. It's getting more and more boring to call the Chinese New Year every year, but every year when the Chinese New Year is approaching, everyone still has an expectation. At least, they can get the annual prize again, have a holiday and rest, and it's time to prepare some gifts for the elderly. Everyone who works outside has to rush home with big bags and small bags. Although they say it's hard and tiring, you must be true.