Chapter 63: The New Year
On February 14, 1998, the crew took a seven-day holiday and started the Spring Festival holiday, which was generally three days, and the crew received additional holidays from the TV station.
Li Tang woke up and lay on the bed without moving, he didn't know what to do today.
Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals of the year, and although he used to grow up in an orphanage, he can go back to see the old director and the caregivers during the Chinese New Year.
Today he has nowhere to go, and this is his first Spring Festival in another world.
The Spring Festival in the Han Country and the Chinese Spring Festival are on the same day, after all, many festivals in the Han Country are spread to this side from China, and it is normal to have many of the same festivals.
The Spring Festival originated in China. In ancient times, the powerful Huaxia had a wide influence throughout Asia, and the Spring Festival spread to many other countries.
Up to now, many countries and regions in Asia have designated the Spring Festival as a national legal holiday.
The four major festivals in the cold country are: Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Spring Festival.
It can be seen that the influence of Chinese civilization on the cold country.
The Han country calls the Spring Festival "Old Zheng", which corresponds to the New Year as "Xinzheng", which means the old calendar year, and the state stipulates the number of days of Spring Festival holidays, which is also the longest holiday in a year.
The people of the cold country are relatively quiet during the Spring Festival, and the shops in 98 are not as lively as they were later, and the bosses have closed their doors one after another, and the streets are very deserted.
Compared with the Chinese people, they like to be lively, and the streets are full of festive atmosphere during the Spring Festival, and the road will be relatively lively.
The difference is that the Chinese people use red envelopes to make "red envelopes", while the people of the Han country are accustomed to using white envelopes to press the New Year's money.
No matter where they work or how far away they are from their hometown, they must rush back to their hometown to reunite during the Spring Festival.
If the parents are there, return to the parents; If the parents are absent, the eldest brother is the father, and he goes to the eldest brother's house to reunite with the siblings.
It is said that the Han Kingdom has been celebrating the Spring Festival since the Silla period, but during the period when the Korean Peninsula was under colonial rule, it was strictly forbidden for a while.
At that time, if a child was found in a box of sacrificial food, the child would be punished. As a traditional festival, the Spring Festival went through a process of "waiting" in the cold country, and it was not until 1985 that it reappeared under the name of "Folk Day".
The Spring Festival has officially resumed in the Han Kingdom, and now the Spring Festival in the Cold Country has become the second largest festival after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also another day for family reunion in addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The people of the Han country also pay attention to the need to go home to visit relatives before the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and before Chinese New Year's Eve every year, there will be a scene of tens of millions of troops returning to their hometowns, just like the Spring Festival in China.
Seoul, which used to be bustling with traffic, suddenly became quiet; Usually full of friends and restaurants also hang up signs that say "closed for consecutive holidays", and some put up notices that "the first × is open".
The custom of "not opening the door for thirty" in Hanguo Hotel has a long history, and it is also very particular about making your own Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and eating at home. They believe that the Spring Festival is a major event to pay tribute to ancestors and inherit filial piety.
Having a reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve is not only rare, but also symbolizes the prosperity of the family. Even the owner of the restaurant said that since every family went home for the New Year, the chef and waiter were no exception. Going home to worship ancestors is more important than opening a business to make money.
The Chinese New Year's Eve meal in the cold country is very particular, and the biggest feature is that the meals are all traditional food, and all of them are made by the daughter-in-law.
The whole family eats "five-grain rice", which is a mixture of cloud beans, soybeans, adzuki beans, black beans and rice. In addition, it is necessary to make "beating cakes" and wrapping Korean-style "steamed buns". In addition to grilled meat, the main dish is served with more than a dozen kinds of wild vegetables or kimchi.
The first day of the first month
In the Han country, the most important activity during the Spring Festival is to worship ancestors.
On the morning of the Spring Festival, the people of the Han country get up early, put on beautiful hanbok, and worship their ancestors, who believe that the deceased ancestors will only come back on this day to taste the sacrificial food.
The Han people worship their ancestors have a strict saying, and only the arrangement of the table has rules such as "fish east and meat west", "head east and tail west", "red east and white west", "jujube chestnut pear persimmon", "raw east and cooked west", "left rice and right soup", etc., and the sacrificial procedures are also very strict.
During the ceremony, after various foods are offered on the spiritual table with the names of the ancestors written on them, the descendants pour wine and then make a salute. Express gratitude to your ancestors and ask them to bless them with peace and health throughout the year.
After the end of the sacrifice, you can eat the first meal - rice cake slice soup. The people of the Han country collectively refer to the Spring Festival food as the "New Year's meal", and the rice cake soup is the most representative one. Friends of Kimchi Country said that the ancient Han people admired the sun and pure white. The white round rice cake slices represent the sun and the beginning of the year. Eating a bowl on the morning of the first day of the new year symbolizes the light of the sun and the purity of all things.
Every year when the Spring Festival arrives, the women of the cold country wear beautiful national costumes and work in the kitchen from morning to night, and the foreign girls who marry to the cold country must also be busy from morning to night like the women of the cold country.
During the period, all "New Year's meals" are made. The cooking skills of daughters-in-law have become an important criterion for "good daughters-in-law".
Whenever a "New Year's meal" is made, each daughter-in-law shows their own powers and encourages each other. When the dishes are put on the table and praised by the family, the hard work of the daughters-in-law is rewarded.
For girls who like cold country Oba, this must be a very big obstacle.
Chinese people often have to give gifts to each other during the Spring Festival, and the range of gifts is very wide, such as steak, yellow croaker, traditional dim sum, healthy food, luncheon meat, sesame oil, mushrooms, persimmons, daily necessities, etc., gifts must be wrapped, and the color of the package is mostly baby pink.
The consumption of people in the cold country during the Spring Festival has increased greatly than usual, and the prices of some commodities have also risen.
Han people like to use large and good fruits when worshipping, an apple or pear costs more than 2,000 won, about 15 yuan. Prices of non-staple foods such as beef, pork, vegetables, eggs, and chicken tend to rise by an average of 10 to 40 percent during the holiday season.
The most famous food of the Spring Festival is the rice cake soup that you eat on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, symbolizing the reunion of the new year. Because most of the people in the cold country spend the New Year at home, almost all restaurants are closed for the Spring Festival.
In the cold country, many people wear a brightly colored traditional national costume, and a few families drive to their hometown, constituting a typical picture of the Spring Festival customs of the cold country. The popularity of private cars in the cold country is high, and most people like to drive back to their hometown for the New Year. In the face of this "public movement", transportation and other departments are very busy.
During the Spring Festival of the Cold Kingdom, the family got together and played the most "flower cards" from RB. It is said that 90% of adults play this card. Of course, some people also take advantage of the Spring Festival vacation to travel. During the Spring Festival in Kimchi Country, foreign tourists can experience activities such as springboarding, pot throwing, and kite flying with the traditional Kimchi Country cultural characteristics, and they can also spend the White Spring Festival at ski resorts all over the country.
"Bell bell bell"
Li Tang heard the phone ringing, and reached out to pick up the phone from the bedside.
"Hey"
"Happy New Year, our talented screenwriter"
Li Tang was lying on the bed and heard the blessing from Li Suyan, and instantly felt that his mood was a little more relaxed today, and he was not so dull.
Li Suyan's parents went to Yueben, and she could only follow her to Yueben during the Chinese New Year.
"Genius producer Lee So-yeon, beautiful woman, you also have a happy new year."
"Haha, isn't it boring to have no one to accompany you for the New Year, I'll look for you when I go back from Yuben tomorrow, and you won't come when I ask you to come, how fun it is to come, the two Fujiwara sisters have been arguing to eat the egg fried rice you made."
"When I have time, I'll do it for them." Li Tang is still very happy that someone can think of him.
"Okay, I'll tell them, they're going to be happy......"
Li Tang and Li Suyan chatted on the phone for a few minutes, and there was a voice urging from her, and the two hung up the phone.
Next, in addition to receiving a call from Li Suyan to play tomorrow, Li Tang also received various greetings from Director Luo Changming, Shen Yinhe sisters and brothers, Song Meili, Zhao Yunxi, the screenwriters of TV dramas and variety shows, as well as the calls of some members of the crew, and several people from the Ben side also sent New Year greetings.
Li Tang felt that he had received more calls on this day than he had received during the Spring Festival in his previous life, and he did not expect that in just half a year, he had already met so many friends and work partners here.
Since you can't go back, let's live your current life here.
No matter what world you are, everyone who loves you will want you to live well.
Live each day with your heart and don't get too caught up in the past.