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has passed by unknowingly for more than sixty years, but when I recall some of my childhood memories of the Spring Festival, I am still filled with emotion and endless aftertaste. Almost a month has passed. Although many childhood memories are not so fresh in my memory, every time I recall them, some past events are still as vivid and unforgettable as yesterday.
remembers that it was during the Great Famine in the 1960s. Not long after the big canteen was closed, people caught up with the 1961 Spring Festival.
The days were just a few months after the days when people ate in the big canteen and had little soup and water every day, and the hungry people looked sallow and thin, and it was the Spring Festival of 1961. When eating in the big canteen, people had nothing at home. After the big canteen was closed, people gradually bought pots and stoves and prepared firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Moreover, people generally had no financial resources at that time. One can imagine how poor and boring that Spring Festival was!
I remember that during the Spring Festival that year, the production team gave each person a pound of white flour, and the rest had some red flour, corn flour and so on. Moreover, on a per-capita basis, each person, both adults and children, is given one yuan. People once said vividly; lucky money . New Year's money of one yuan per person. You say a pound of white flour per person costs one dollar. Although prices were cheap at that time, what can one dollar do? It’s the time of the Spring Festival again. I remember that other things were very cheap at that time, but carrots and were very expensive at that time, costing fifty cents a pound. At that time, people used to vividly say: carry a bag of carrots on your back, go to Beijing and Tianjin, and come back with two and a half yuan left. It shows that prices were cheap at that time and carrots were expensive.
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Internet pictures If you spend a few cents to buy a few beautiful New Year pictures and stick them up, your humble home will look a little more magnificent.
As the saying goes: Have money or not, celebrate the New Year cleanly. Even though people don’t have much money in their pockets, a clean house (Jushan dialect refers to the four tones of Ju Shuo in the bedroom) must be beautifully decorated. If you have money, you should be particular. If you don't have money, you will be accommodating. There is a way to live rich and poor, and a way to live in poverty. So, I spent a few cents to buy two flower windows (flower windows used to be a colorful piece of paper pasted on the window using what we call hemp paper in our local area). The content is usually joyful, festive, good luck, etc. picture of. For example: there are fish every year, flowers bloom, wealth, etc. Spend a few cents to buy a few beautiful New Year pictures and stick them up, and your humble home will look a little more luxurious.
During the Spring Festival in 1961, many families had a meal of dumplings on the morning of the New Year. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it was mixed noodles or something else, leaving some white noodles to prepare for guests. That was the first time that I truly fulfilled the old saying of eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
Internet pictures, and kept mumbling about the things he wanted to buy: "onions, coriander, and ginger" and "onions, coriander, and ginger."
Although the material and life were poor at that time, people at that time were still very particular about celebrating the Spring Festival. On the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, I sent Master Stove Horse to heaven. On the twenty-fourth, I wiped and cleaned everything. On the twenty-fifth, I bought cabbage and carrots. On the twenty-sixth, I cut off the pork and mutton. Until New Year’s Eve, I received and welcomed the gods. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are a lot of offerings to , heaven and earth, kings, relatives, masters, , and the emphasis is still not small. It's just that because of the shortage of various materials, everything has to be accommodated.
Although it is an accommodation, we still need to pay attention to what we should pay attention to during the Spring Festival. We must also say festive and auspicious words, and we must not say unlucky words. For this reason, we once had a local joke about a family celebrating the New Year: The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is the last big festival in Yanwu Town, and that family is going to make some pot-cup meat and has all the meat and vegetables. , but still lacks some "onions, coriander, and ginger". So he sent his boy to the market to buy some. He is a stupid kid, and his brain is a bit slow and he has a bad memory.His father was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he told (in the dialect of "fu" to tell, exhort, exhort) his stupid young boy that what he wanted to buy was "onions, coriander, ginger, onions, coriander, and ginger."
then gave the boy the money and told him again to buy "onions, coriander, and ginger." The remaining money could be used to buy some things he liked to eat.
That stupid young boy has long wanted to go shopping. When I heard that there was a big market to buy things and there was still money left to buy food, I couldn't help but jump up with joy. He took the money from his "eldest" (father) and ran out the door, jumping and happily jumping all the way. Moreover, he was afraid that he would forget what his "eldest" told him to buy, so he jumped and happily went to the door. He rushed to the market while mumbling the things he wanted to buy: "onions, coriander, and ginger" and "onions, coriander, and ginger."
However, when he was extremely happy, he was very sad. Just as he was jumping up and down chanting "onions, coriander, ginger" and "onions, coriander, ginger", he accidentally stepped on a piece of rotten cabbage thrown by people on the road. "Chiliu" "Pa!" With a bang, the stupid young boy fell to the ground, and the money in his hand flew away. The fall was neither light nor heavy.
The stupid young boy looked hungry (the local dialect of hungry means smart, understanding, not stupid), a carp stood up quickly got up, and did not bother to pat the dirt on his body, and quickly picked up the money scattered on the ground. , I counted it, and fortunately all the money was there, none of it was lost. But the stunned young boy who fell down stood there and forgot about what he was told to buy. I stood there scratching my head for a long time and couldn't remember what he wanted to buy.
Just when he wanted to go back and ask about his "big", suddenly there was a stall owner not far ahead peddling the things he sold at the market: "Jinjin, Lianzi, Xiang (note 1), Jinjin , Lianzi, incense, gold, Lianzi, and incense used to worship ancestors and gods during the New Year. "
When the stupid young boy was thinking about what he would buy as a gift, he heard the boss selling "gold" for the New Year. "Gold, Lianzi, Xiang", is it similar to the "green onion, coriander, ginger" that he used to celebrate the New Year with "big"? I patted my head and realized that it was used during the Chinese New Year, yes! That’s it, the “jinjin, lianzi, and incense” used during the Chinese New Year.
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So, the stupid young boy went over excitedly and bought the "Jinjin, Lianzi, and Xiang" for the Chinese New Year. That's it. The Touqing boy ordered him to buy "green onions, coriander, and ginger" for making meat during the New Year, and bought "jinjin, lianzi, and incense" for the New Year, and spent the remaining money on it. A candied haws happily ate candied haws and went back to make a business trip. The consequences of the business trip can be imagined.
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After picking up various gods on New Year's Eve, his father gave him instructions. Children should say auspicious and festive words during the New Year's Day, and should not say unlucky words.
On the morning of the New Year's Day, his stupid young son got up and put on the new clothes and shoes made by his mother. When he was a child, his shoes were new three-nose cloth shoes made for him by his mother. extinct), generally new cloth shoes are very tight and difficult to wear. Some families put them on their children mostly on New Year’s Eve or a few days earlier, in order to step on the shoes, and then they will be fine. He wore some shoes.
But his mother was afraid that she, a stupid young boy, would get dirty after wearing them a few days ago, so she didn't wear them earlier. Therefore, on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, his stupid young boy put them on. When it came time to put on shoes, the stupid young boy was still too impatient and couldn't put them on right or left. He was so angry that he kicked the heels of the kang with all his strength and cursed: "What the hell?" The shoes are big for a dead person, but the coffin is small, so I can’t put them on no matter how hard I wear them."
Hearing him say unlucky words, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but because it was the first day of the new year, he was too embarrassed to do it.And because the fire in his house was a bit inverted that day, he planned to check the chimney (note 2), but checking the chimney depends on the wind direction, so he said angrily to the stupid young boy: "I won't do it again in the future. Don't dare to say anything unlucky. Go out and see what the wind is blowing today."
I saw him running into the yard, wearing new three-nosed cloth shoes, and looked, but saw nothing. No movement, no wind at all! So, I found a half brick in the corner and threw it into the sky, "pop"! Half of the bricks fell to the ground, "straight wind"! The stupid young boy told him happily. Until a few years ago during the Chinese New Year, people often mentioned this story when chatting.
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After telling the story, let's talk about the New Year's money at that time. I remember that the New Year's money at that time was mostly one or two cents, and the children were still very happy like that. During the Chinese New Year, I bought a firecracker with 100 rings for a dime, and I was reluctant to set it off at once. Instead, I took apart the firecrackers, put them at home, put ten or twenty in my pocket, and took them out again. Some of the firecrackers that don't sound have to be broken open, and a firecracker with a twist is placed on the ground. Point the broken firecracker to the firecracker with a twist, and light it with incense. Listen! "Chi, chi, chi, snap!" a sound. At that time, we children called it my sister-in-law chasing the monk. Take a look at the new year's money given to children today. The two are simply not the same.
Let’s talk about the fruits during the Spring Festival at that time; I remember that during the Spring Festival at that time, there were no fresh fruits, just ordinary apples and pears, let alone bananas, oranges and other other fruits. There are only dried dates , fruit slices, dried apricots , and walnuts. If some families buy a few chestnuts, it is very luxurious. The children will carry a few in their pockets and will be reluctant to eat them for several days. When they meet other children, they will show them off until they are raised (in local dialect). When I read tae (meaning to hide), I was so dry that I was reluctant to eat it.
Although the material life during the Spring Festival was quite poor and boring at that time, the children at that time were free and happy, unrestrained and enjoying themselves. At that time, most of our children were around ten years old, which was the time when the Southern Song Dynasty poet Xin Qiji said, "Young people don't know the taste of sorrow." I remember that during the Spring Festival, we children were free and had a lot of fun. However, sometimes it seems that they are just looking for happiness without a tutor. I don’t know which child has a whim. A group of us children, wearing new clothes one by one, holding bamboo boards in their hands, dressed up as beggars and beggars. When we arrived at the neighbor's door, we were holding a bamboo board and mumbling: "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, uncle, aunt, have mercy on you! Give me a bite to eat!" But as soon as the neighbors came out, we children ran away. Huang Chen ran away and went to another house later, which made some neighbors feel disgusted. You said, how willful and naughty were the children at that time!
The picture is a photo of Sheng Shengguan
Sometimes, we children would also play some money-making games, which was the Sheng Shengguan at that time (Sheng Shengguan, the author's documentary autorotation rural story memoir "Grassroots Spring and Autumn" article "Childhood Gambling" There are detailed introductions in the book), or playing dice, gambling, etc., but it is a gamble where the win or loss is one or two cents, and the maximum win or loss is only one or two cents.
In short, the Spring Festival of 1961 was very poor and difficult. After 1962, things got better year by year. Decades have passed by in a flash, and every time I think back to the New Year life at that time, I am filled with emotions and thoughts.
(Note 1) Jinjin, Lianzi, and incense; at that time, Jinjin was something that was used to worship ancestors and be used by gods. Jinjin was about 5 centimeters square. One had a golden surface, and the other had a silver surface. People bought it back and then Fold them into shapes such as ingots and use them as offerings. Lianzi is red, yellow, blue, purple and white paper, about 30 to 40 centimeters square, and is also used for offerings. The incense is the ordinary incense offered.
(Note 2) Monitor the chimney; in order to keep the fire burning smoothly and vigorously, our local area sometimes adjusts the wind direction bricks on the chimney according to the wind direction.
