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The Spring Festival of 1949: Different because of liberation

In 1949, although the common people who had just been swept away by the Kuomintang soldiers did not have any qualitative gains due to liberation. It was a huge leap, but the spiritual joy made them feel like they were really celebrating the New Year. "Great joy, liberation, good days are finally here" filled the sky above the city of Peiping. The spiritual liberation has made people ignore their material poverty. Wishes for better and better days make people full of hope for this turning point of the Spring Festival. good memories.

Making dumplings was the most important part of the night in the 30s. The sound of chopping stuffing could be heard in the streets and alleys. In fact, not everyone could afford to buy meat that year, so make some old Beijing pigeons. In a box, mung bean noodles are spread into a pancake, sprinkled with coriander, shredded carrots, and shredded pimples, rolled up, deep-fried, and then chopped into a vegetarian cabbage filling and filled with meat. This New Year's Eve dinner may have disappointed many children who have been looking forward to it for a year, but the approach of "liberation" makes people feel that this is the best year in their lives. The spiritual joy that liberation brings to people has made everyone ignore their material scarcity.

New Year’s Goods: Red Silk Ribbons for Yangko Dance

The Kuomintang fled in panic at the beginning of 1949, so that everyone no longer had enough conditions to buy New Year’s goods one by one. But it’s the Chinese New Year after all, so firecrackers, feather dusters, and window paper are all must-buy items. Rice cakes have become a popular item for people to visit relatives and friends. The red silk ribbon of the Yangko dance also became a new year's good that year. You don't need to buy food or clothes, but you can't be careless in welcoming the People's Liberation Army. That year's Spring Festival was almost replaced by the liberation of Peking, and people celebrated more for the liberation.

New Year's custom: The "New Year's greeting" has been replaced by "Daxi"

According to the old rules, women were not allowed to go out from the first to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, but after liberation, this clear rule After being broken, women also took to the streets, greeting each other and saying greetings such as "Happy New Year, the good times have finally arrived." Men had to take off their hats and bow, and shaking hands was not popular at that time. "Great joy, the good days are finally here" is what people keep saying.

New Year's Eve: Setting off fireworks, performing yangko dances, and rehearsing live newspaper dramas

Going to the streets to welcome the People's Liberation Army into the city is the greatest joy for people during this New Year. They stood on stilts, performed Yangko dances, and sang "The sky in the liberated areas is bright" with all their strength; people spontaneously set off fireworks; the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums rang throughout the night. You can see people's self-written and acted live newspaper dramas everywhere on the streets. People watched it over and over again as if they were in a hurry, but they couldn't get enough. They laughed over and over again.

The Spring Festival in the 1950s: energy and joy soared together

New Year’s dinner: a few kilograms of meat and a few days of fun

"Beijing" on February 3, 1957 There was an article in the Daily titled "New Year's Eve in an Ordinary Family", which vividly recorded the New Year's Eve of ordinary people that year: On the evening of the 30th, I went to an acquaintance's house to visit, but I hadn't even entered the house yet. , I heard a burst of laughter from adults and children... I asked the housewife what to eat during the festival, and she said: "We bought a few kilograms of meat, a chicken, a fish, plus some vegetables and tofu, which is enough for our family." I’ve been eating happily for a few days”...

New Year’s goods: Old Beijing’s favorite snacks

In the 1950s, preparing New Year’s goods for the Spring Festival was mainly about eating. Therefore, whether it is state-owned retail stores and cooperatives, or public-private joint ventures in large food stores and small shops, not only are the shelves full of New Year's goods, but the customers in the stores are also crowded and crowded. Delicious fruits, traditional pastries, southern-style rice cakes, dried fruits and seafood, braised chicken and salted duck are the most popular at this time. Although dim sum was delicious, it was considered a "luxury" at that time. Even during the Chinese New Year, each household only bought a little.

New Year's custom: Write a letter to express condolences to the volunteers

People in the 1950s were particularly happy. During the Chinese New Year, whether buying meat or clothes, going to the park or watching a movie, the words that often come up are, "How dare I think like this before" and "This year is better than last year." During the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, people all over the motherland would write letters to express condolences to the People's Volunteers during the Spring Festival, and volunteer soldiers would also write letters to the people of the motherland to congratulate them on the New Year.

In 1953, the first-class combat hero Wang Hai wrote in his letter...

Nian Le: The biggest fun is visiting temple fairs

During the Spring Festival in the 1950s, the biggest fun for Beijing people was Visit Changdian. The traditional Spring Festival cultural market is always crowded with people, accompanied by the sound of diabolo, windmills, gongs and drums of "stilts" and people's laughter. Every factory will hold theatrical performances, and various folk art performances are rich and colorful...

Spring Festival in the 1960s: Have good fun in tight days

Tight days The Spring Festival in the 1960s was so exciting that it was unforgettable. On weekdays, there is no meaty taste when the coarse grains are cooked carefully, but the Fuqiang pink meat dumplings on New Year's Eve are particularly fragrant; on weekdays, if you don't have pocket money, you can put up a paper lantern or buy a windmill during the Spring Festival, even if you just go to Changdian and buy nothing, it will be a waste. It can make children and adults happy for a year. On the first day of the new year, at dawn, commune cadres went to the homes of martyrs and military families to wish them a happy New Year. Male and female members of the commune went door to door to pay New Year greetings to each other.

New Year’s Eve dinner: The reunion dinner is served in the public canteen

During the Spring Festival in the early 1960s, a typical scene was: the streets and alleys of each production team were cleaned cleanly , every household posted New Year couplets, hung portraits of Chairman Mao, colorful slogans were hung on the streets, and a sumptuous dinner was prepared in the collective canteen of each production team on New Year's Eve. Everyone let go and ate as hard as they could, hoping to get back all the money they had lost over the past year. After the meal, the members also received mutton stuffing and went home to make dumplings.

New Year’s goods: Satisfying cravings is the key point

The streets are crowded with people selling New Year’s goods. State-owned non-staple food stores have wooden boards in front of their stores to sell on the street. There are two festive red lanterns printed on the New Year's Eve ticket. A large piece of meat weighs two to three kilograms, which is much more comfortable and enjoyable than buying it at two and a half kilograms. Hairtail from Changchun Island, mintai fish from Tumen, freshwater fish from Wulateqian Banner in Inner Mongolia, and miscellaneous fish from Bohai Bay. Every household has to buy some main dishes for the New Year dinner.

New Year Customs: Put all the old rituals aside

Many units organize group worship on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Everyone sat together for a tea party, and the leaders advocated the Spring Festival of "being scientific and not feudal and superstitious; being diligent and thrifty, not extravagant and wasteful; taking part in legitimate cultural and recreational activities, not wandering around; sticking to production work, not drinking before work." "Four dos and four don'ts", after the meeting, you can wrap some peanuts and melon seeds in a small handkerchief and give them to the children.

New Year's Eve: Wear new clothes and set off fireworks

"Wear new clothes and set off fireworks", the Spring Festival is the happiest day for children. The cloth stamps that have been saved for a year are turned into red or blue corduroy or small floral fabrics. No matter how busy and clumsy the mother is, she will step on the sewing machine and work "tap-tat-tat-tat" until late at night. When the children woke up on the morning of the first day of the new year, there would be a new set of clothes neatly placed beside their pillows. After putting on their new clothes and unable to wait for breakfast, the children ran to the yard to have fun. He held up a small piece of earth incense in his left hand, and was busy taking out a small whip from his pocket with his right hand. The little red whip, which is about half an inch long, is a treasure. The president of the house bought one with 100 rings. From the first grade to the fifteenth grade, I was only willing to take 10 out at a time to enjoy...

The Spring Festival in the 1970s: Remove the shackles and feel happiness

The opening line of the 1970s is "Welcome the great 1970s with revolutionary pride", and there is also the slogan "Live a revolution" that lasted until 1977 The slogan is a “Chinese New Year that is culturally and militantly oriented”. The superiors "emphasized" and "required" that we must have a revolutionary Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, we must pay close attention to the revolution and vigorously promote production. The high-ranking people will be dry until the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. After eating the dumplings, the first day of the Lunar New Year Do it again in the morning. This is called changing customs to celebrate the Spring Festival, and we will not stop on New Year's Eve.

New Year’s Eve dinner: more and more food, no worries

The New Year’s dinner in the 1970s showed a change from poverty to abundance, from monotonous stomach to gluttony. People's consumption theme is "rush buying". If you want to have a better New Year's meal, there are many requirements for people: good health, good patience, getting up early, etc. But traditional festivals like the Spring Festival are still treated solemnly by the Chinese even in the most difficult times. The return of food can be said to be a signal of the return of human nature.

New Year's goods: more goods and new styles

During the Spring Festival of 1972, the watch exhibition and sales counter in the department store displayed luminous watches and colorful dial watches produced by the Beijing Watch Factory. In 1975, more than 100 products such as gabardine, Doliang, and khaki clothing were added. In 1976, the Beijing Furniture Factory invented a new type of modular furniture and exhibited it in Zhongshan Park. The report was listed on the front page of the "Beijing Daily" during the Spring Festival...

New Year's Customs: Bold Words Make Relaxation

Times The words become more relaxed, the Spring Festival couplets gradually become more humane and life-like from the initial grandiose words, and people pay each other New Year greetings with more family friendly greetings. At that time, people's close communication and frequent exchanges expressed a strong need for social interaction. Folk languages ??have also become richer...

Nianle: Bringing things to order

Throughout the first half of the 1970s, the entertainment theme of the Spring Festival was relatively monotonous. In 1977, the situation changed a lot. The atmosphere became lively, with sports performances, temple fairs, dances, poetry gatherings, literary evenings, concerts, and even in-house movies. The Spring Festival performances are also enriched, with more than 50 types. Not only can you watch domestic films such as "Ashima", "The Peach Blossom Fan" and "Li Shuangshuang" that have reappeared after many years, but you can also watch the newly created drama "In the Silent Place", and more importantly, you can watch movies from Feature films from abroad and Hong Kong, such as Japan's "The Hunt", can be said to be unprecedentedly open and rich.

Spring Festival in the 1980s: the Spring Festival Gala became a new folk custom

On New Year’s Eve, the family made reunion dumplings for the New Year’s dinner while watching the Spring Festival Gala broadcast live on CCTV. Rejoice and rejoice with the stars of movies, TV shows, songs, and folk arts on the screen... In the 1980s, Chinese people gradually became accustomed to such a unique way of celebrating the festival, which scholars call "new folk customs." A party not only brings the family together, but also creates some literary and artistic forms such as sketches...

New Year's dinner: tickets fade out of the vegetable market

As the saying goes, the New Year is in the mouth superior. People living in the 1980s had increasingly rich dining tables, first with an increase in rationed varieties, and then with the restoration of markets. They usually buy whatever they want to eat at the market, so people don’t know what to eat during the New Year.

New Year's goods: Three new big items are here quickly

Since the import of color TVs became tense in 1984, color TVs have become a hot commodity in people's minds. Color TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines, the three new big items, are coming to people quickly. The cultural flavor of New Year's gifts is getting stronger, and postcards, New Year greeting cards, and wall calendars have become popular.

New Year Customs: The words and sentences are full of the flavor of the times

In the 1980s, when I heard people paying New Year greetings and chatting, I could not hear worries about food and clothing, nor could I hear taboos and cover-ups. It's getting closer, people have a wider range of topics to talk about, and their spirits are higher. An ordinary sentence of "Happy New Year to you" has so many meanings.

Nian Le: There are too many fools at the party

Since Zhao Zhongxiang showed up, no one wanted to lift the kettle on the stove. Those who wanted to go to the toilet endured it again and again, for fear of missing out. Ma Ji's cross talk and Fei Xiang's songs made me even more afraid of missing the prize-winning riddles announced between the programs. After thinking hard and racking my brains, it was already the morning of the first day of the new year, and the first thing I did was to send the answer. While looking forward to the good news from CCTV, it’s time to think about where to go to the temple fair.

The Spring Festival in the 1990s: There were too many ideas, but the spirit of the New Year was weak

It was the old royal calendar to make dumplings at home and watch the party. During the festival, we should also celebrate the festival with personality and new ideas. This has caused difficulties for Beijingers during the Spring Festival: they can't book group tours, they have long queues to pay for shopping in supermarkets, bowling alleys are full, and they want to rent a car to go around the suburbs, but the car has been booked long ago. There are so many fun things to do during the Spring Festival...

New Year’s Eve dinner: The family banquet is moved to a restaurant

After a year of hard work, it’s time to enjoy the delicious food during the Spring Festival. Every household is preparing for the New Year’s Eve dinner. This is a traditional idea for the holidays every year. The most common red paper "Chinese New Year Rest" during the Spring Festival is no longer visible. It has become fashionable to hold family dinners in restaurants.

Instead of busying yourself at home, why not have a solid meal in a restaurant?

New Year’s goods: chicken, duck and fish play a supporting role

In the 1990s, when the first month of the lunar month was approaching, it was difficult to see For those who find it difficult to walk under the weight of large and small bags of "food", they also eat sea cucumbers and squid on weekdays. The must-have New Year items now are the Golden Boy, the God of Wealth and the big Chinese character "福". People in "forbidden" areas also don't forget to buy a small thing: happy balls. Hundreds of millions of happy balls exploded during the Spring Festival, which was both safe and exciting. Mascots are also purchased for the New Year. In 1996, there was a little mouse, and in 1998, the tiger roamed the world...

New Year's custom: Good health ranks first

During the Spring Festival, various sports venues open their doors. From bowling, roller skating, badminton to indoor rock climbing, 64 sports activities drew more than 100,000 Beijingers away from the mahjong table and wine table. During the Spring Festival in 1997, 50,000 people rushed to the sports venues in Beijing.

New Year's Eve: Traveling during the New Year has become fashionable

The Spring Festival has changed from the off-season for tourism to the "golden season". On New Year's Eve in 1992, five young people who went to Harbin to see the ice lanterns became newsmakers. The concept of celebrating the New Year was quietly changing. Nowadays, it is very common to offer a 50% discount on air tickets during the Spring Festival. Entering 1999, greeting cards have become a backward form because they use a lot of paper and are not conducive to environmental protection. Electronic greeting cards are quietly becoming popular.

In the 21st century, reunion is still the theme of the New Year. During the New Year, huge crowds of people are still rushing to large and small stations, rushing to go home before New Year's Eve. The older generation still has a strong attachment to the New Year and adheres to the customs of celebrating the New Year year after year. Firecrackers, spring couplets, blessing characters, New Year pictures, ancestor worship, New Year greetings, New Year's money and other special New Year items still hold a lot of weight in their hearts. Heavy. However, people still feel that the flavor of the year is getting weaker and weaker year after year... Why?