A year has passed, and it's the New Year.

The ancients had the habit of keeping the New Year.

But Cai is a living 21st century woman.

You can train all night, you can complete tasks all night, or you can stay up all night and not do your job.

But it's the first time I've seen a New Year's observance.

It turned out that when Cai Xiaoxiao was celebrating the New Year in the army, the atmosphere was very strong. Although I can't get together with my family, the army is a second home, and my comrades-in-arms are.

Now that I have come to the country of Sina, my relatives are the emperor, Sister Fan and Su Wanyue.

This can be regarded as Cai Xiaoxiao's first serious National New Year in the country of Sina.

At the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, Shou Sui naturally can only accompany the emperor.

Who made the emperor her first relative when she came to this country?

It's a bit unclear, but it's still in name.

After Cai Xiaoxiao came to the Sina country, although he often slipped out of the palace in the middle of the night to die, he still slept early at night.

In modern times, it is estimated that I will go to bed at 10 o'clock at night.

It takes a whole night to keep the New Year, and after almost 10 o'clock, that is, when it is over, Cai Xiaoxiao yawns one by one, and there is no gap at all.

This yawn was too dense, and Cai Xiaoxiao also made a handful of tears and snot.

"Your Majesty, what year is next year?"

"Year of Gengzi."

"Gengzi year?" Cai Xiaoxiao suddenly came to his senses, and he didn't yawn anymore.

"What's the matter, isn't Gengzi Year bad?"

"Of course Gengzi Year is not good. Does the emperor still remember what happened in the last Gengzi year? ”

"The last Gengzi year, that is, 12 years ago. I was about 14 years old at the time. I remember that year there was a plague in Jiju, a great drought in Spa State, and a flood in Ulju. As soon as the emperor himself recalled, he was also frightened by the last Gengzi year.

"The emperor has a good memory."

"At that time, I began to be a scholar to deal with government affairs independently, so I naturally remember. But after such a careful count, this Gengzi year is really a bit evil. It seems that tomorrow I really want the national teacher to arrange a memorial in the near future. ”

Cai Xiaoxiao's personal experience in the 21st century was the year of Gengzi, when there was an 80-magnitude earthquake and a snow disaster.

"Gengzi is so bad, but it gives the thief a lot of opportunities. The emperor should be more vigilant. ”

"That's what the queen said. Gengzi Nian must make all the anti-thieves clear. ”

The ancients had many New Year customs, and Cai was naturally not very clear.

The date of the Chinese New Year varies from dynasty to dynasty. The Xia Dynasty was set on the first day of January, the Shang Dynasty on the first day of December, the Zhou Dynasty on the first day of November, and the Qin Dynasty on the first day of October. In the first year of the Taichu Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty (104 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty accepted the advice of Sima Qian and others to use the Taichu Calendar, restored the summer calendar, that is, the lunar calendar, with the first month as the beginning of the year, and set the 24 solar terms into the calendar. Although the calendar has been modified in the later dynasties, it is basically still based on the "Taichu Calendar", with the first month of Mengchun in the summer calendar as the first year, and the first day of the first month as New Year's Day and New Year's Day, that is, the first day of the new year.

New Year's customs were finalized in the Han Dynasty. After the great social turmoil in the last years of the Warring States and Qin Dynasty, the policy of "rest and recuperation" was implemented in the early Western Han Dynasty, social production was restored and developed, the social order was relatively stable, people's interest in life was high, and a series of festival customs were formed. After the introduction of the "Taichu Calendar", the calendar was stable for a long time, and the first day of the first lunar month was established as the date of the new year. In this way, the worship of the gods, sacrifices and celebrations held in different regions on different days in late winter and early spring were gradually unified on the first day of the first lunar month. With the development of society, from the Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the custom of celebrating the New Year on the first day of the first month of the first month has intensified, lighting firecrackers, changing peach charms, drinking Tusu wine, keeping the New Year, amusement and lantern appreciation and other activities have appeared, and the New Year has become the first major festival in our country.

Keeping the New Year was too sad for Cai Yu, because he had nothing to do, so he just sat there.

The emperor also saw Cai Yu's sleepiness and helplessness, and took the initiative to ask, "Queen, how do you spend the New Year in heaven?" ”

"It's pretty much the same as you. After joining the army, he spent the New Year in the army every year. ”

"Every year in the army for the New Year, don't you go home for reunion?"

"Let's take a break. However, most of the time is spent in the army for the New Year. ”

"Then how did you spend the New Year in the army?"

"Let me think about it, generally in the 27th year of the new year began to arrange the barracks of the troops, mainly hanging lanterns, posting Spring Festival couplets, indoor ribbons, hanging balloons, etc., due to the limited funds of the troops, so most of them are made by the soldiers themselves, such as a thousand paper cranes made of colored paper, ribbons cut from colored crepe paper, and painting on balloons, etc. Lunar New Year 28 for combat readiness duty arrangement, generally divided into duty detachment, duty detachment and emergency detachment, etc., Lunar New Year 29 to carry out pre-holiday safety and other matters of education and cleaning, arrange personal matters such as writing family letters, New Year's cards and telephone New Year's greetings. On the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, the cooking squad would prepare the dumpling filling and dumpling wrappers in advance, and then let the officers and soldiers who were not on duty sit together and make the dumplings by themselves. Although most of the time everyone just wraps a few meanings. But "creating an atmosphere for the New Year" is the most important, the officers and soldiers in the barracks are a family, and making dumplings during the New Year is one of the best ways to unite the family, some troops will even hold a dumpling making competition, or each class will have a dumpling competition, and finally the chef of the cooking class will evaluate. It not only enriches the lives of officers and men but also strengthens their cohesion, and at the same time allows them to experience the strong flavor of the New Year even if they do not go home. ”

"Make dumplings. This is good. Li Yue, you go to the imperial dining room to prepare some flour and water, and I will make dumplings with the queen later. It seems that the emperor also wants to experience the dumplings that Cai Xiaoxiao said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Yue's father-in-law is very obedient.

"Aren't you all keeping the New Year?"

"It's basically not a year's errand, but it's on duty. On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, recruits generally do not need to stand on night guards, and are led by veteran non-commissioned officers or other cadres from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. (some troops start at 7 p.m. and start on the morning of New Year's Day). In this way, the recruits can have the opportunity to watch the Spring Festival Gala and rest early. ”

"Not bad. This can be implemented in the future in the armies of the four countries. What do you do on New Year's Day? ”

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year the next day, all the officers and soldiers sorted out their military appearance and lined up in the playground. The national flag on this day is generally hoisted by cadres at the regimental level, but the specific situation still depends on the situation of each unit, but in short, the flag is raised by cadres in the army on this day. Subsequently, units with relatively relaxed combat readiness tasks will invite military dependents into the barracks to have fun with all the officers and men; some units will organize themselves to "visit and visit" the garrisons of other units in the vicinity, and some units will prepare gifts for the officers and men to display their skills in the "New Year competition."

However, with regard to units with heavy combat readiness tasks, officers and men often regard this day as a "combat readiness day," and the officers and men of these units will take the initiative to carry out all kinds of physical training and combat readiness patrols on this day, and "will never drop the chain on the first day."

As for the meeting and helping the cook, that is, the units have dinner and help each other within the unit, the troops have dinner and help each other, and the military families of the troops have dinner and help the kitchen in the barracks. Generally speaking, not only is the Chinese New Year's Eve meal "delicious and delicious", but the food in the next few days will also be greatly improved compared with the usual level. ”

It can be seen that in the army, Cai Xiaoxiao is slowly full of memories.

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