During the Spring Festival this year, I was fortunate enough to return to my hometown of Hubei, where I had been away for eight years, and spent the long-awaited New Year with my grandparents. During this reunion, I seemed to have a better understanding of the folk customs of my hometown, and I also gained some insights.

First, let’s introduce the customs of the year!

The first day of the year in Hubei is divided into three festivals, with the Chinese New Year being the most grand. It starts from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month and continues until the New Year's Eve. In addition to clothing, the most food is eaten, such as sun-dried frozen rice.

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Hot bean cakes, glutinous rice cakes, etc. are so rich!

Especially frozen rice, bean cake and glutinous rice cake are the most delicious.

Women are mainly responsible for preparing New Year food, while men focus on clearing debts.

The receivables are collected non-stop, and the outstanding debts must be paid before the New Year's Eve. Let each other receive wealth and blessings, and have a happy New Year.

But poor people are like: hide-and-seek in their thirties, wave in the first grade of junior high school.

It means: During the New Year, you are afraid that your creditors will press for debts, so you will hide everywhere. It will be fine on the first day of the first lunar month, because it is from the 30th night to the Lantern Festival.

Creditors must not ask for money from debtors, so they can feel free to do so.

The term New Year's Eve dinner is called New Year's Eve dinner or reunion dinner in Hubei. It usually takes place at noon or before dawn. What is said on that day should be auspicious and wishful. In order to prevent children from talking unintentionally, red paper with childish words or no taboos is posted in the hall.

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After dinner, the elders give out red envelopes and the younger ones collect new year's money. In the evening, the ban is relaxed and the whole family has fun together.

The lights are bright all night long, which is called staying up late on the New Year's Eve; when the east is not white, firecrackers are set off.

Go out to heaven, open the door, and welcome the first day of the new year.

Seeing the New Year customs in Hubei, I couldn't help but think of this year's Spring Festival. Many relatives came to my family. During the reunion dinner, everyone was busy toasting and saying congratulatory words. Sitting next to me, I always felt very uncomfortable.

During the dinner, they were all busy dealing with the text messages sent to them on their mobile phones until the Spring Festival Gala started. Everyone sat on the sofa and enjoyed the program. They clapped and smiled from time to time. After watching it, it was late, so they went to bed.

, thinking of this, a question that I had never thought about suddenly popped up in my mind: What is the warmest thing we can do on New Year’s Eve?

Yes, traditional New Year customs are indeed very attractive to us, but now it seems that how much of them have been retained?

All happiness seems to have been replaced by modern high technology.

Eating a reunion dinner, handing out red envelopes, and watching a party are the same routine every Spring Festival. Every time I wait and look forward to the arrival of the New Year, but when it passes, it feels bland and not much worth remembering.

Although this is also very warm, I always feel that something more simple is missing.