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The flowers are similar every year, but the "taste" is different every year. In the reverberation of the New Year's bell in 2006, in the long and warm conversations of family members, those past "New Years" deep in their memories often appear in people's minds, giving rise to the emotion of recalling the past. For the time being, the reporter used 10 years as a time segment, visited households, and reviewed the changes in the way Yantai residents celebrated the New Year——
In the 1960s, sweet potato dumplings were a good meal
In the Jinglun Street Li In Auntie’s memory, the 1960s have been condensed into three years of “natural disasters.”
Aunt Li is 83 years old this year, has 7 children, and has four generations living under the same roof. Now she lives a happy life. But recalling the past days, Aunt Li still felt deeply. "Our family is considered a poor farmer with little money. We used to live very poor, especially after three years of natural disasters. Not only did we not have enough to eat, but we also had no food to eat, let alone celebrate the New Year." In the early 1960s, In order to eat, she had to use the summer to pick up unwanted sweet potato leaves from the streets and fields, take them home and dry them, and make sweet potato dumplings with some cornmeal for the whole family to eat during the Chinese New Year. Even this was the best in Aunt Li’s house. New Year's Eve dinner.
After 1964, life improved, and the whole family could have a meal of dumplings during the Chinese New Year. During the Spring Festival, Aunt Li would use the money she saved through frugality to buy a few heads of cabbage and a pound of pork, and make a meal of "pork-filled" dumplings. She also told reporters: "At that time, our family of eight lived in Lao Jinglun Street, and the house was less than 20 square meters. Every time the family reunited during the Chinese New Year, adults and children had to hold their rice bowls and walk around to eat."
During the Chinese New Year, in addition to looking forward to eating dumplings, I also looked forward to wearing new clothes. Aunt Li said that at that time, her family could not wear a new piece of clothing a year, let alone make new clothes for the New Year. "Children are very happy to be able to wear clothes without patches. Often clothes that are too big for older children are changed for younger children. If they are torn, they are patched, and older children wear the clothes that adults wear. Wear the remaining clothes." Aunt Li recalled that one year, a neighbor gave her two flour bags because the child's pants were all patched and could not be worn. She used flour bags to make two pairs of pants for the eldest and second child. After Aunt Li's skillful transformation, the dyed flour bags turned into new pants that the children liked.
In the 1970s, eating the New Year’s Eve dishes made me feel bad.
Talking about the New Year celebrations in the 1970s, Uncle Zhao and Aunt Sun’s family, who live in Huancui Community, also had a lot of emotions.
"Busy and tired!" Aunt Sun said very simply.
Busy! Because the family sleeps on a big kang and the cooking is smoky, it takes a lot of effort to clean the house during the Chinese New Year, steam buns, make cakes, and make new clothes. Aunt Sun and her wife were very busy. On New Year's Eve night, Aunt Sun would often sit on the kang with her clothes on and squint her eyes. But now it's different: we hire housekeepers for cleaning, and buy all the steamed buns, hair cakes, and new clothes ready-made. Aunt Sun said: "The Chinese New Year is different now from before. It is becoming more and more leisurely."
Tired! Tired of queuing up to buy New Year’s goods. In the 1970s, supplies were supplied on a ticket basis. By the end of the year, queuing has become a unique sight. Sometimes after queuing for most of the day, the goods are gone, and the queue has to be re-arranged the next day. Aunt Sun was deeply impressed by the Spring Festival in 1979. That year, my 7-year-old daughter went to queue to buy frozen chicken. The children waited in line for a long time in the ice and snow to buy the chickens and take them home. But when Aunt Sun took a look, the frozen chicken actually had two heads. "If there is one more chicken head, wouldn't there be less chicken?" she complained to the child.
"Children are looking forward to the Chinese New Year. They usually eat slices, and there is very little oil and water for cooking. When the New Year comes, the slices are replaced with steamed buns and steamed cakes." Aunt Sun said. Speaking of having diarrhea on New Year's Eve, Aunt Sun couldn't help laughing. It is an old Yantai tradition to eat alternate-year dishes during the Chinese New Year. These alternate-year dishes are related to the next year's wealth. Not only do you have to put in oil, but you also have to add chunks of pork, tofu, vermicelli, etc. This is definitely a "test" for the whole family who eats water stew all year round. On New Year's Eve, the whole family had gastrointestinal discomfort after eating the New Year's Eve dishes. The whole family "ran to the toilet".
In the 1980s, people became fashionable.
In the 1980s, people had more and more food on their tables, their minds began to open up, and there were more cultural and entertainment options. From the 30th of the New Year to the 15th of the first lunar month, the family can never have enough fun. People began to taste the wealth they had just gained from reform and opening up.
Ms. Guo, who works in the Port Authority, has a deep understanding of this. She said that in the 1980s, there were more and more things to eat, use, and play, and many new things attracted people's attention. It dazzles young people who love to follow fashion. During the Chinese New Year, people no longer think too much about what to eat. People who are getting rich gradually begin to pay attention to what to wear during the Chinese New Year. Wearing new clothes during the Spring Festival is a very obvious feature of the 1980s. Yantai people began to step out of the black, gray and blue clothing package, and suits , jackets, jeans, cashmere sweaters, cold-proof clothes, and fur coats flow into a colorful wind. In addition, some household appliances need to be added to the home, such as refrigerators, color TVs, washing machines and other appliances that have begun to enter the homes of most citizens.
Ms. Guo, who loves beauty, specially asked a friend to bring a beautiful woolen coat and a set of cosmetics from Shanghai during the Spring Festival of 1987. She imitated the stars in TV and movies and put on beautiful makeup. Wearing new clothes, I went out to pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends. Walking on the street, I attracted a lot of surprised eyes, and I felt even more happy.
In addition to people's love of dressing up, young people at that time also pursued a romantic feeling. During the few days of the Chinese New Year, many young people gathered together to watch movies or sing karaoke.
In addition, there is another characteristic of the New Year's Eve in the 1980s. On New Year's Eve, the family would make dumplings for reunion while watching CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, which combined with the movies, TV shows, songs, and folk arts on the screen. Celebrities share joy and joy, and many old songs that are popular today were learned at the Spring Festival Gala.
Drinking in the 1990s was a tiring job
The 1990s was an era of accelerated development. Life was better and the pace was faster, so people got busy during the New Year. "The Spring Festival in the 1990s was just one word - busy." Ms. Sun, who lives in a seaside community, recalled the Spring Festival in the 1990s.
Ms. Sun is 37 years old this year. She lives a relatively comfortable life and is considered a well-off family today. She told reporters that during the Chinese New Year in the 1990s, her family often had to buy a lot of things. She started to be busy in the twelfth lunar month and could stay busy until the first lunar month. "People at that time loved to go out to drink during the Chinese New Year, almost from the first to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. There were also a lot of dinner parties between relatives and friends, so I had to prepare more New Year's goods." Speaking of the busyness at that time, Ms. Sun is now Total ease.
Ms. Sun just got married in 1994, and the Spring Festival that year left a deep impression on her. Because she had her own home for the first time, many relatives and friends made appointments to visit her home, so she was very busy that year, from the 25th of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth of the first lunar month. At that time, the products in supermarkets and stores were not as rich as they are now. She and her husband did everything by themselves, from steaming steamed buns, making lotus seeds, fried fish, fried steamed buns, to making pig's trotters jelly, soy sauce beef, cleaning, and tidying up. Home, the few days of vacation are not idle. In the first month of the year, friends arrived as scheduled, one after another.
"In the early 1990s, the New Year felt like peeling off a layer of skin. Although I was mentally relaxed, I was a bit physically exhausted. It was not until 1998 that going out to restaurants became popular, and we said goodbye to busying ourselves with New Year meals at home. For a long time, we always go to the hotel to book a table every year. "Ms. Sun said: "Our family is the first among citizens to go to the hotel for New Year's Eve dinner. It saves worry and trouble, and there are many kinds of food, which is really good."
Traveling to celebrate Chinese New Year in 2006
Instead of staying together as a family, Ms. Li’s family in Haigang Community will celebrate the “New Year of Tourism” this year. "Instead of joining a group, we will go on a self-guided tour and set off on the second day of the first lunar month." Ms. Li said with a smile.
The reason why I chose the Spring Festival trip is because it is rare to have such a concentrated holiday. Throughout the year, Ms. Li can only "steal a few free days" during the Spring Festival, so she must make full use of this time. Ms. Li and her husband believe in living a free and relaxed life. During the Spring Festival last year, a family of three went to Changdao and Qixia. This year, I felt that the surrounding area was not enough, so I simply targeted Sanya, Hainan. "I plan to spend 5,000 yuan during the Spring Festival. The family will go to Sanya to relax for a few days, and the children will also learn a lot," Ms. Li said.
During the conversation, Ms. Li revealed her longing for Hainan: lying on the beach, enjoying the sun and waves, while her daughter played on the beach. After working hard for a year, this can be regarded as a reward for myself. Ms. Li doesn't like hanging around with tour groups and just wants to have a good rest. They plan to stay with relatives and spend five days in Sanya.
Ms. Li’s parents-in-law are in Haiyang, and according to custom, they have to return to their hometown to celebrate the New Year, and Ms. Li’s family is no exception. Their family of three returned to their hometown on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, rushed back on the afternoon of the first day of the first lunar month, and flew to Hainan on the second day of the lunar month. I was supposed to go back to my parents' home on the third day of the new year, but in order to have fun for a few days, I had to postpone the return to my parents' home. "My parents are now reasonable and can usually find opportunities to return to their parents' home or bring them over to live together," Ms. Li said.