January 28, 1979 is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

Most of the citizens of Beijing began their three-day Spring Festival holiday after spending a Chinese New Year's Eve that did not have Chinese New Year's Eve.

Compared with 1978, this year's Spring Festival has undergone certain new changes in both the atmosphere and the form of the New Year.

First of all, there is a louder call for a "year" of recovery across the country.

On January 17, 1979, the People's Daily published targeted letters from the masses: "Why Don't We Have a Holiday during the Spring Festival" and "Let the Peasants Have a 'Stable Year'".

On the contrary, there are very few voices advocating continuing to adhere to the "revolutionary and militant Spring Festival" and responding to the call to "not invite guests, do not give gifts, do not post Spring Festival couplets, and do not eat and drink".

Under the enthusiasm of the people, not only the New Year's pictures across the country sold unprecedentedly, but the behavior of pasting Spring Festival couplets also recovered on a large scale.

The "Ten Thousand Years Red" in red and black has been pasted all over the doors of thousands of households, and a big "Fu" word posted on the door will reveal people's longing for a better future. People use this most traditional form to express their deepest joy for the times!

You must know that in the early 70s, it was basically urban bungalow residents and farm yards that posted Spring Festival couplets.

The content is basically "the east wind is mighty, the revolutionary situation is infinitely good, and the red flag is new on the production front", or "the year is a peaceful day, and every year is a good spring" and other old sayings.

In 1979, the Spring Festival couplets were not only pasted from the countryside to the unit buildings in the city, but the words and sentences also changed from simple rhetoric to expectations for the future and the new era.

For example, "celebrate the Spring Festival with joy, and welcome the Long March with strength", "The beautiful scenery of the four modernizations inspires people's hearts, and the spring breeze of the communiqué blows the earth and shines", or "The new Long March starts with a bright spring, and the golden drum is jubilant at the beginning of modernization", "The people of Anbang in a rich country are happy and prosperous, and they change customs to send the old and welcome the new".

Secondly, during the Spring Festival of 1979, people in Beijing generally felt that the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the table was much richer. There has been a gratifying increase in the supply of New Year's goods and various commodities.

Although cooking oil, peanuts, melon seeds, sesame paste, eggs and vegetables are the same as in the past, not much has changed.

However, the ration of Fuqiang powder has been increased from one kilogram to two kilograms per person. Japonica rice has also been changed from one kilogram to a full-month ration.

On the basis of rationing, you can buy an additional 2.5 kg of pork. There are more live chickens and hairtails, and frozen shrimp and squid are rare in the market.

As for tobacco, alcohol and tea, the supply of cigarettes has increased most significantly.

Except for the "Qianmen", "Evergrande", "Xiangshan" and "Badaling" in Grade A cigarettes and Grade B cigarettes, which require vouchers to be limited to four boxes per person each time, the rest of the brands of Grade B cigarettes are available openly.

Although there are still some restrictions on liquor, it has been quite relaxed.

Urban residents in Beijing can supply 1.5 kilograms of liquor per household per month with a purchase certificate. Individuals with collective accounts can supply 500 grams or one bottle of wine per month. Purchases of bulk liquor below 500 grams are no longer registered.

A significant change has also taken place in the supply of tea.

On January 10, 1979, the Beijing Municipal Government made a decision. In addition to the three kinds of flower tea of 5 yuan, 6 yuan and 8 yuan per 500 grams, 0.5 industrial coupons are still charged. All other teas were supplied free of coupons, which immediately contributed to a large increase in the sales of "Gao Moer".

(Note: Gao Moer is the local language of Beijing, that is, broken tea leaves with high price and poor quality)

Of course, there are not only these, but the most obvious changes have to be pastries and sweets.

This year, not only some old products such as "plum candy" and "nougat", which are loved by the majority of consumers, resumed production. At the same time, new products and new flavors of candy imported from other provinces and cities have also entered the Beijing market.

Eleven new products, including "Red Shrimp Halva", "Geely Hava", "Milk Chocolate", "Egg Biscuit", "Crispy Biscuit", "Special Cake", and "Chocolate Candy", were also displayed at the product counter.

It can be said that the confectionery market has taken the first step from a seller's market to a buyer's market. Not only is there no limit, but residents have more room to buy and choose.

Therefore, from this year onwards, during the Chinese New Year, the scene of the children of a family gathering together and staring at their parents to divide a few pieces of "sour tricolor" fruit candy for themselves has gradually become a forgotten history.

In addition, the entertainment mode of the Spring Festival has also changed from monotonous to rich in the past.

It should be said that the themes of Spring Festival entertainment throughout the first half of the 70s can basically be summarized as model plays, revolutionary songs, revolutionary dance dramas, revolutionary films, and documentaries. It went on for almost a decade.

However, since 1977, this situation has begun to change, and the atmosphere of the Spring Festival has begun to come alive.

Colorful lanterns, beautiful "empty bamboos", various firecrackers, and Facebook masks have increased their sales.

People are obsessed with setting off firecrackers, so much so that for a period of time, there have been endless incidents of firecrackers hurting people.

Various garden activities have also re-emerged, with the resumption of sports around the city and some traditional games, such as ring rings and shooting. People are especially keen to guess riddles, and the riddle lanterns will be more popular than ever.

It's not the same in the cinema. Not only can people see domestic films such as "Ashima", "Peach Blossom Fan", and "Li Shuangshuang", which have reappeared after many years, but slowly, they can also see feature films from abroad and Hong Kong.

By 1979, the situation was even more pronounced. It can be said that it is unprecedented openness and abundance.

On Chinese New Year's Eve in 1979, ballroom dance, which had disappeared for many years, appeared at the party in the Great Hall of the People. Prior to this, ballroom dancing was prohibited as a "feudal repair".

So from this moment on, the dancing fever spread out from the red wall of ***, the folk dance party sneaked for more than a year, and major cities across the country appeared in parks, squares, restaurants, streets and alleys and other public places of young men and women spontaneously gathered to dance ballroom dance, and the onlookers reached 10,000 people.

It is worth mentioning that at this dance, there was a pair of young men and women who beautifully painted a waltz circle, and the happy feeling on their faces was captured by photographer Li Xiaobin in time, and became a classic photo that can represent the historical symbols of our country.

At that time, this woman was still called Gai Xiaoling, and later changed her name to Gai Ke, a famous actress.

Chinese New Year's Eve in 1979 was also the beginning of the TV broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala.

Many viewers have always thought that the 1983 Spring Festival Gala was the first one. But in fact, in 1979, there was the first Spring Festival Gala.

At that time, it was called "New Year Gala", which was co-directed by Deng Zaijun, one of the founders of the Spring Festival Gala, and Yang Jie, director of "Journey to the West".

It was only because there were only more than 1 million television sets in the country at that time, and the People's Daily only appeared cartoons related to television sets for the first time at that time, so it had little impact.

Later, the leaders felt that the Spring Festival Gala was suitable for it, and in 1983, Deng Zaijuncai directed the most well-known Spring Festival Gala again.

During the Spring Festival in 1979, Chinese people also saw the first TV commercial on TV. During the Spring Festival, Huhai TV broadcast a 90-second commercial film of "Ginseng Berry Tonic Wine".

A reporter from Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao commented in a report at the time, "The appearance of the advertisement is like a flute, marking the beginning of the great ship of the Republic's economy." ”

All in all, from all aspects, it has gradually become humane and colorful!

It is precisely for this reason that for ordinary people, when they greet each other this year, they say nothing more than traditional words such as "Happy New Year". There are also a lot of short greetings from parents. Moreover, the folk language is gradually becoming more relaxed, and the epochality of discourse is clearly reflected.

For example, if you are a little older, "Have you bought the 'five catties of meat' on your book during the Spring Festival?"

"Bought it, bought it. This year is really much stronger than last year, and the stew can finally make the children eat a few more bites. ”

The young people just asked each other during the Spring Festival this year, "Have you listened to Teresa Teng's new song?"

"Dude, have you heard "Grandma's Penghu Bay"? It's a man singing, it's really good......"

"You're a child! His "Orchid Grass", "Late", "Childhood", and "Olive Tree" are also good, no worse than Teresa Teng. I just strung him with a tape......"

"Ouch, then you have to lend me a plate, in the future, I will listen to Teresa Teng for women, and I will listen to Liu Wenzheng for men!"

In this way, even from these small things, it can be seen that people are hungry and thirsty to absorb the joy of life, and taste the warmth of the Spring Festival brought by the reunion after "putting things right" and the mutual visits of relatives and friends.

As for the Hong family, the happy event of taking off their hats before the festival made them feel more relaxed than they had ever been, not only mentally uplifted, but also financially rich. Then this Spring Festival will inevitably be harmonious and happy.

This year, just looking at the Spring Festival couplets of the Hong family can reflect this.

Because the Spring Festival couplets have three functions, one is to ward off evil spirits, the second is to bring peace to the family, and the third is to pray for the coming year. What the host thinks, in fact, can all be shown through the content of the pen, so that the person who sees it is like a mirror in his heart. You don't need to open your mouth to know the general situation of your family.

Hong Lucheng wrote this time "Fuhui Sanchun Jing, auspicious two words gold", and because it is the Year of the Goat, the banner is naturally "Sanyang Kaitai".

And it is in the official book style, and the round peak is lubricated, just like the willow leaf Heping, and there is a feeling of stability.

Needless to say, it is completely different from last year, when the Hong family was still a little trembling, and regarded "peace" as the primary expectation. There has been a very positive change in their mindset. Everything is going well, and the pursuit of progress is their wish this year.

At the same time, this time Hong Yanwu also had a long memory, and he did not show his timidity anymore, he pasted the word "Fu" on the door properly.

Thinking that he was so decent, and respectfully pasted a good word from his father, the Hong family should have a smoother life this year.

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