During the Chinese New Year, the whole family gets together, not just to have New Year’s Eve dinner and have family fun. The New Year is about heart-to-heart closeness, a feeling of warmth like spring, a real reunion, and the unique taste of the whole family sitting together and slow-cooking the New Year with the smoke lingering in the small stove!

The house was noisy and noisy, with loud chatter and laughter and the screams of children separated from the deserted streets outside the house. Looking up at the dark night sky, unlike previous years, my ears are missing the constant sound of firecrackers every year. A poet in ancient times said: "The sound of firecrackers eliminates the new year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Suzhou.

"Nowadays, due to environmental pollution, the customs that have been passed down from ancient times seem to be disappearing and have been left in the past.