Author: Chen Ruo, Class 6, Wenqing Experimental School, Ganzhou City (1)
According to the old rules in Beijing, the Spring Festival begins at the beginning of the seventh month of the twelfth lunar month, right? But Ganzhou at this time is not lively, only a little movement, just like my home.
It's been seven days and eight days, and there is no sign of Chinese New Year in my family. My parents go to work as usual. As for me, I still do my homework, read books, surf the Internet, and sometimes go to my friend's house to escape. My life is boring.
Really start some sports, that is, after the off-year! Usually people will order food outside to celebrate the New Year. However, the next year, the children are happy. Today is Children's Day, so parents are also very relaxed, children can enjoy themselves, and adults can only say a few words "slow down!" Take a rest and take off your clothes when it's hot. "From this day on, I will feel the festive atmosphere coming from nowhere.
It seems that overnight, many small red lanterns will grow on the evergreen banyan tree, hanging down one by one to tell the story of spring to passers-by. Naughty and lovely strips of light quietly climbed up the shoulders of small shrubs. During the day, they lie there honestly, and at night, they paint the darkness with various colors, which are colorful and beautiful. The "giants" on both sides of the river are also dressed in colorful colors, reflected in the water, and the water waves are shining with starlight, constantly stirring people's hearts looking forward to spring. If some colorful fireworks light up the night sky and flash across the river, it will be intoxicating.
The flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger, attracting adults and children to the "Year Nest". It is the most common for a family to go to the mall happily to buy new year's goods (of course, the weather is fine). We haven't gone far yet, and the new year's goods on the cart are piled up like hills. Adults will also bring back carefully selected red couplets, festive pendants and children's favorite fireworks from the market.
You must be very busy on New Year's Eve. The most important thing is to post Spring Festival couplets in the morning. Cook sticky rice porridge, prepare a small brush and start drawing the sides of the door. If it's high, it's not high, and you can't reach it. Adults will move a square stool and borrow it. When posting couplets, the children are not idle. They stood by and watched a bowl of thick rice porridge, handing a writing brush and a red couplet for a while, observing whether the couplet was pasted correctly at any time. When the couplets were posted, the whole room was filled with joy. Some families who choose to have a family reunion dinner at home have to stop in a hurry after lunch. According to the custom, they are busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner. Twelve dishes and one soup, plus a variety of side dishes, everything.
After the reunion dinner, adults chat over tea and talk about the harvest of the year, such as how much money they earned this year and how many major events they did. Let's talk about what the Chinese New Year will be like. For children, it is very important to give lucky money. According to the custom at home, even adults who have already taken part in the work will give their children lucky money. I'm still in primary school, and of course I want to have a bumper harvest in the new year. Grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law will all give me lucky money at this time. After receiving the money, I will smile and say thank you or congratulations on getting rich, and then go out happily to play with fireworks in the yard. Of course, as soon as eight o'clock arrives, it is essential for everyone to watch the Spring Festival Gala on time until the New Year bell rings. I like the lively atmosphere in which thousands of families bid farewell to the old year with firecrackers after the New Year bell rings.
Compared with the excitement of New Year's Eve, it will be much colder on New Year's Day. Looking around, all the shops are closed and everyone is resting. From this day on, everyone visited each other to pay New Year greetings, and the children were very happy. They can get red envelopes by saying "Happy New Year". Ganzhou people are very affectionate. No matter who you go to, you should bring a gift. The host will try his best to get rid of it, but he will still accept it.
On the third day, the shops opened one after another, which was very lively, and some crowded places could not be squeezed in at all.
It's Lantern Festival in a blink of an eye. People gradually withdrew their hearts and had dinner with their families in the evening, and the Spring Festival was over.
I really don't know much about the old rules in Ganzhou, but now the Spring Festival is like this. Although it is not grand, people are very happy.