In the minds of Chinese, the real New Year is not New Year's Day but Spring Festival. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoNew Year's Day is also known as the "Gregorian year" in some rural areas of China. On the day of the "Gregorian year", the peasants simply improved their meals, or simply spent their meals as usual, because it seemed to them that it was no different from the usual day. For those who go to school and work, New Year's Day only means three days off. Some of them may send a message to their friends and family to wish them a good new year, but it is only out of concern for their family and friends, and it doesn't seem to have much to do with the new year.

Chinese celebrate many festivals throughout the year, such as the Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. However, the Spring Festival is the longest-looking forward to and the most lively. Whether it is ancient or modern, whether it is poor or rich, they will have a festive and peaceful reunion year.

What does the Spring Festival mean? People who celebrate the Spring Festival rarely think about this question, because people are more often immersed in the atmosphere of the festival and enjoy the joy that the festival brings them. In fact, the meaning of the Spring Festival is rich and colorful. New Year's customs, temple fairs, etc. are the embodiment of the meaning of the Spring Festival.

Chinese New Year is the first day of the new year. From this point of view, the Spring Festival has the meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Perhaps, it is based on the meaning of "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new", the annual Spring Festival Gala will last from Chinese New Year's Eve to the Spring Festival, and the host will count down the seconds before the arrival of zero o'clock until the bell rings. The bell is both announcing the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhou Li accompanied her family to watch the Spring Festival Gala while having a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Her parents are delighted to be reunited. It was nearly ten o'clock after the reunion dinner, and in normal times, her parents had already fallen asleep at this time. But tonight, none of her parents went to sleep. They watched the Spring Festival Gala and did not feel sleepy at all.

Just after eleven o'clock, Zhou Li's brother got up and left, and said to her parents:

"Dad, Mom, Yan Rong and I were sleepy, so we went to sleep. You should also wash up and go to bed early, it's too late for Sensei. ”

"Go to sleep. Your dad and I will watch it for a while and then go to sleep. It was her mother who replied.

Zhou Li's brother was completely dragged away by her sister-in-law. On more than one occasion before they left, her sister-in-law had motioned to her brother to get up and say goodbye to his parents. Looking at the back of the two of them leaving, Zhou Li secretly scolded her sister-in-law in her heart: obviously she wanted to leave by herself, but she asked her brother to say that she really "wanted to set up a memorial arch when she was a ****".

"Leigh, you go wash and sleep too. It was Zhou Li's father who spoke.

"I'm not sleepy, I'll watch a little longer and then go to sleep. ”