Such a happy day.
The fog lifted early in the morning and I worked in the garden.
The hummingbirds rested on the Lonicera.
There is not one thing in the world I would like to have.
I know of no one I should envy.
Any evil scourge I have ever suffered, I have forgotten.
To think that I was once the same does not embarrass me.
I feel no pain in me.
When straightening up, I saw the blue sea and the sails.
It's a poem by Mi?osz (Polish).
I really can't find the collection of poems about the gift you mentioned~~~
Purifying the wind of treating guests and giving gifts and advocating a healthy and civilized way of life
Purifying the wind of treating guests and giving gifts and advocating a healthy and civilized way of life
Lee Zeng
Today, a so-called fashionable and popular wind of treating guests and giving gifts is surging secretly in the countryside and towns. The names of the treats are all kinds of different. The name of the gift is of course no exception, let's call it a social gift such as weddings, funerals, birthdays, graduation, military, birth of a child, rites of passage, housewarming gift ...... a wide variety of names, the scale of the seat is also getting bigger and bigger.
It is true that since ancient times, red and white wedding ceremonies have the custom of inviting guests to give gifts and exchange gifts, and it is also a good platform for integrating the relationship between people to provide a good platform. It is a manifestation of social harmony. It is also one of the excellent traditional cultures of our Chinese nation. But today, the beautiful tradition of inheritance is somewhat tarnished. In today's real life, certain people are keen on it, and it is taken as a way of life in people's daily life. Gifts and invitations are often misinterpreted as symbols to measure whether a person is generous, capable, and able to keep up with the situation, and so on. It is somewhat similar to the social apportionment of a decade or so ago, but this kind of apportionment is extremely folkloric. So no one openly says that it is a burden, and even less says that it is an unhealthy and uncivilized social trend. More people are silently bearing or enjoying it voluntarily and involuntarily.
Frequent invitations and gifts have become a heavy burden on individuals and families. Especially farmers tend to be keen on it, the cost invested in production will naturally decrease, and so will the income. Frequent invitations and gifts have naturally become a kind of transaction, a kind of naked accumulation of money. This trend in a sense can even be said to be a kind of alternative "market economy", some people find ways to create "market demand" or "market platform". Many individuals and families follow the trend, constantly increasing the burden, and even the emergence of debt to treat the strange circle of gifts.
Frequent invitations and gifts not only increase the burden on individuals and families, but also a great waste of social costs. Modern society, changing day by day, the pace of urban and rural construction and development is getting faster and faster, all walks of life are busy in the process of society. There are more and more banquets for guests, and a lot of people keep interspersing themselves with these banquets of various names. A farmer for the feast delayed a day or two days of work; a worker for the feast leave not to say, the wages have a discount; a teacher for the feast and delayed a group of students' class time; a doctor, a civil servant, a boss ..... A doctor, a civil servant, a boss for this banquet and how much energy, how much time, how much business lost ....... What about two, ten, a hundred, or even more? What about the two, three, ten, a hundred, or even more that hosted the banquet? What is lost is incalculable!
Frequent invitations and gifts are not only a kind of wasteful consumption by the inviter, but also promote the social trend of mutual comparison and even extravagance. Who hosts a banquet on a large scale; who invites more guests; who receives more gifts ....... There are happy events and did not set up banquets to invite guests are often ridiculed, saying what is not generous, Scrooge ah and so on. Sometimes even become some individual places, individual officials of the means of gathering wealth, wealth or excuse. People are just in the atmosphere of the cup to drink to seek a little spiritual comfort. The civilized and healthy lifestyle is increasingly decaying.
In short, this trend can no longer grow. This social phenomenon must not continue. The government, social organizations, media, and people from all walks of life should discourage and guide this trend. Guided to a positive, civilized, healthy traditional culture, at the same time, the majority of people should also change the concept, change their minds, consciously persuade their surrounding people are not keen on this trend. In order to purify the social atmosphere of our society, and strive to create a positive, healthy and civilized lifestyle in order to continuously improve our quality of life.
Vaguely remembering the beginning of the coastal economic reform and opening up, when the economy began to be active, there was a similar social phenomenon. More than three decades have passed, and we cannot afford to make the same mistake again. The author to the Shanghai people's practice to pour cold. In the past, people often mocked the Shanghai people, saying that they always use a very small bowl to entertain guests, but now this bowl has become the standard utensils of the national catering industry. As a reminder!