Chinese New Year
Actually, in Valentine’s Day this year, it is another important day for Chinese people—Spring Festival. In China, there is a difference between solar calendar and lunar calendar. The universal use of time calculating is solar calendar, and lunar calendar is a specific way to record time in ancient China according to the change of moon. Compared with the real new year (January 1st), Chinese New Year is the most significant day for Chinese people. This is the real meaning of starting and beginning for them.
I watched a domestic variety show in China about the traditions and customs of Chinese New Year. The show invited some old and traditional people to recall the Chinese New Years in an earlier time, including what people were preparing, what they should notice and what kind of food people ate. The most popular traditions were touching off the firecrackers, paying a New Year call, pasting Spring Festival couplets, eating Jiaozi and getting together with families. However, some traditions that people recalled have gone. For example, young generations never kneel down and pay a New Year call to eldership these days. Even like some traditional snacks, such as Zaban, which are not known by everyone today.
Sometimes, variety show, such kind of media will record and recall for old things. I just feel pity that old traditions—not only the Spring Festival in China but also some similar customs in other countries—are gone with the speed of globalization. I just think about that if we lose a lot pureness of life. Actually, media is a way to keep some old memories and hold people’s persistence. I hope when everything has changed one day, the medias also have the most original records to evoke people’s mind.
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