Hometown, to be precise, is the hometown of Shandong, where the year has a unique flavor.
After the middle of the waxing moon, with the return of relatives working outside to earn money, the children's vacation back, we there, the women of the family began to steam vegetable buns bean buns, flower cake, from morning to night, a pot to a pot, until the preparation of the stuffing run out of, outsiders walking in the hutongs can be smelled buns smell, smell the smell of knowing who is steaming what buns, as well as that the kitchen issued by the "Hyper pool, hyper pool" sound of the wind, the chimney smoke, we know that the old ladies at home are busy steaming this steaming that it, early into the year, so that a year of hard work outside the loved ones and go to school dolls to eat early to the year's living, feel a warm and festive holiday peace and warmth of home.
At this time, if you go to the relatives, the host family will come up with a variety of steamed buns, let you eat, let you taste, the relationship between the good when you leave will also be sent a lump bun; there are people there in addition to their own steamed buns that buns, will also take the wheat to the bun store to change dozens of pounds of machine buns for relatives to visit the hospitality of the guests with the memory of the machine buns have always been the children's favorite.
and other vegetable buns, bean buns, flower cakes, etc. Steam finished, not to rest, the family began to deep fry things, fried fish, fried meat, and how the balls have always been our custom. In these three categories, I am the only one who is interested in deep-fried sweet potato balls, I remember every year sweet potato balls are in the front of the deep-fried, because of the rarity or gluttony, as long as it is known to my mother or grandmother to deep-fried pills, I had to wait until I ate the sweet potato balls that day to be willing to go out to play.
According to our custom, New Year's Eve, just out of the pot of the first set of pills need to honor the God of Stove, God of Wealth, etc., people can eat, and I, where to wait, tailing with the mother to honor the God of the same time, I pinch a pinch a pinch, and then pinched to the sweet potato pills into the mouth quickly, scalding the mouth of the mouth straight to the mouth, a hot breath, when you bite a hot air, eat was so hard, and was so Taste; of course, I do not abide by the rules, but also from time to time by the mother's stop and "complain", said I how so unintelligent, I playful, pretending to be nothing like, continue to eat ah eat.
Fried things, after the oil, to the yak meat, this is to eat meat is not flavorful, gnawing bones and drink soup incense, the family on the line ah! In my impression, yak meat is usually in the afternoon or evening, if it is in the afternoon, dinner is not necessary to do, the family eat some boiled meat and drink some broth is enough.
Yak meat is different from steamed buns, yak meat should be burnt with big fire, every time, my father would pre-split the firewood, and then just pull the wind and continue to split the firewood to the bottom of the pot, and the pot would be burnt with "gurgle, gurgle", and the aroma of the meat would be spread. said that "our family can not enjoy the blessings", boiled meat, at best, gnawing bones, drink soup, and then was the mother of the meat into the jar, put on the salt pickle up, this cured meat can be put for a long time does not deteriorate, basically waiting for the end of the New Year's buns, meatballs and so on are eaten up, it is still there, it is a little boy eating buns dishes, the mouth in the The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
Finally, it's the end of the year, wrapping dumplings and preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner. The general dumplings are mother and sister-in-law to pack, father to prepare firewood, burn pots, etc., and my brother and I sometimes in the mother, sister-in-law too busy to help roll dumpling skin, but most of the time it is my brother and sister to paste couplets, a person holding the chair, a person standing on the top of the paste couplets, the early years of the family's couplets, including many of the people of the village of the couplets are written by Grandpa, who took the red paper to the door, Grandpa will be written to the door, the door to the door to the door. Grandpa will write one by one, but unfortunately the couplet book is still there, and now grandpa is no longer, grandpa dancing a few rod brush half of the rest of his life, in the village of the red and white celebration I do not know how much ink left, grandpa, the upcoming New Year's Eve, in the kingdom of heaven, you can be well!
Later, a large rise in the printing of Spring Festival couplets, Grandpa just occasionally a year will write, and at the same time door to find Grandpa to write couplets of people are few and far between. Then later, my family began to wholesale couplets every Spring Festival, selling couplets, grandpa is no longer write, but grandpa's usual habit of practicing writing did not lose, those you take back from the commune of the elderly cadres home books, written all over your handwriting, after you left, grandpa do you know, these are done for the grandchildren of my collection, retained. Originally thought of writing here in my six years in the sale of couplets feelings, as well as hand-written Spring Festival couplets gradually lost some of the views, it seems unnecessary.
To be honest, Grandpa, with the gradual lengthening of the time of your death, I really don't often think of you, and some of them are only on your memorial day and think of Grandma's lonely time, will think of you, and today, in the evening of the Spring Festival is approaching, in the foreign land where I am about to go back to, I think of you once again, waiting for me, Grandpa, Lunar New Year's Eve 29 afternoon, I brought paper money and firecrackers to see you, to see you! I'm going to see you!
After posting the couplets, the younger generation of the same clan, that is, the same grandpa or grandma grandpa, began to gather in the street, and then went to the grave together, I used to not long to go, and sometimes it's not my turn to go, but now it's different, as long as I'm at home, others do not call, I'm sure I will go, because there is a grandpa there. Go to the grave, and the whole festivities compared to, it seems that this link is very sad, such as me or even smaller than me for the boys is okay, maybe just follow to play, or the ground in the graveyard lying in the people, he has forgotten, or simply do not know, to go to the grave, is nothing more than a hilarious, set off firecrackers; and for the fathers, can be a different story, that the graveyard lying within the may be his own Pro father and mother, the world's closest and most beloved people, no matter how strong a person usually, in this holiday, in the moment of the grave, there is always a trace of emotional strings in the pulling him, so that he left tears of grief, so that he remembered the loved ones who are no longer in the world.
After the graves back, usually four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky is still very bright, there are people began to firecrackers, dumplings. In this case, we also have a custom, that is, to Grandpa's home to send dumplings, and uncle, Grandpa's home to exchange dumplings, into the door between the children taste who do the dumplings delicious, but in recent years this custom is also slowly fade, some people are still sending, some people have not been sent to each other. Eat New Year's Eve dinner early, adults and children will go around to play, that a long years of working outside, have not been gathered together friends or peers, this will be rare to get together, playing cards, mahjong, etc., entertainment, or stay up all night, etc., Figure a great luck. And I, generally out to play will come back, look at the Spring Festival gala, looked at looked at the sleep.
Early the next morning, either my mother woke me up, or outside, "crackling" firecrackers woke me up, the sky is still very dark, I got up, up in accordance with customary hot water to wash your face, and then listen to my mother in the hall in front of the door to wake up the chickens, wake up the foster, wake up the dog, etc., which means that the year the six animals are thriving. Then the mother began to burn incense and papier-maché in the yard, house head, door, etc., and I, in the yard, firecrackers, double ring, careless time, there are also double ring put down, a loud bang, straight to the tree on the chicken "brother clucked" screaming, the dog hid in the corner did not dare to squeak. This is the first day of the year to get up early things are very subtle, three words I can not say that the different feelings, perhaps only experience which people can appreciate the fun of it!
After burning incense, firecrackers after this moment, our family one after another are up, mother began to boil water to prepare the dumplings, father took the broom to sweep the corners of the entire yard. Sometimes not waiting for my family to eat the morning meal, the dark days to my home to my parents kowtow to the people came, so my father, my mother put down the hands of the bowl, hurried out to deal with the kowtow to the people, and so the kowtow to the people, my mother began to urge my brother and I hurry to eat, so that to kowtow to the people, very often, my brother and I will no longer eat, go out and pay tribute to the elders to the New Year. In the street to meet the seniority of the high that really is "Gudeng" kneeling on the kowtow, kowtowed to the Lord, kowtowed to the elders, basically the daybreak, want to run, if you want to run, with the group to the other family's main to go kowtow round, do not want to kowtow words, go home to sleep, and at this time, the father is not idle, the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is necessary to go to the old relatives.
The lively year is over, the next is to go to relatives and intend to go out, working part-time, school school school, everything seems to be back to the norm, the difference is that we have grown a year, before and after the year after a get-together, a happy and a sad are integrated into the flavor of the year, everything is branded in the memories of you, me, him.
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On the eve of last year's Spring Festival, at the invitation of friends and relatives in the hometown, our old family with a granddaughter and a family of three to drive back to the hometown of the long-distance, had a taste of the Spring Festival, where the local customs and happy scenes, so far vivid in our minds, recalling the memories of the past. That is the last day of the lunar year, the car in the highway after the departure of Tianjin, outside the cold wind, the warmth of the car melting.
Returning to the hometown for New Year's Eve, for the rural grown-ups, I naturally revisit the old dream, and for the teenage granddaughter who has never been to the countryside Feifei, it can be said that a tour full of new ideas. Hometown Chinese New Year flavor "grandpa, how to celebrate the New Year in the countryside? Do you have red lanterns? Do you set off firecrackers?" Feifei asked, so I can not help but think of the scene of the New Year when I was a child: at that time, although poor, but the countryside of the New Year is still particularly grand, kill the pig stew meat, sweeping cleaning, shopping for New Year's Eve goods, sticking couplets is an adult thing, wearing new clothes, watching lanterns, firecrackers to the children to bring infinite joy. Speaking of firecrackers, before and after New Year's Eve, the village was filled with the sound of guns and smoke. There is a high family name, every year in Lunar New Year to make a lot of homemade firecrackers, the family can not finish, but also to the market to sell. Every night to let a few children to help with the medicine roll gun, one day the gunpowder suddenly burst into flames, the presence of people were burned, after the rescue, a few children to save their lives, but each fell full of scars.
Today's hometown, has long been a new look. In the past, the dilapidated home has long been replaced by today's broad courtyard, open small buildings. The relatives of the young and old dozen, like the reception of VIPs, warm, welcome us into a large living room, two large round table has been set up, have not said a few words, the New Year's Eve of the reunion feast began. The men were persuaded to let the dishes, a rare happy meeting; women ate and drank to pull the family, so lively.
Little Feifei early was invited by children of the same age to go upstairs to play ...... Suddenly, outside came the crackling sound of firecrackers, "Who is in the yard firecrackers? All right?" The old companion was worried about Feifei and wanted to go out to see. "Nothing, nothing!" The nephew said, "Our village to move the custom tight, people no longer set off fireworks, just now is the electronic firecrackers, can not hurt the children, do not pollute the environment. It's all about the kids, we don't understand." I didn't realize that the pace of science, rural areas faster than the city.
In the afternoon, a few children took us out of the house, in front of the eyes of the wide and smooth streets, brick and red tile small two-storey building. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and you'll be able to do that with the help of your own personal computer. Listen to the children said, the village committee compound expanded into a "villagers paradise", where there is a small hall, dance hall, Peking Opera Society, Fushou courtyard, small hall is being held in a collective wedding.
"Go, let's go see!" A short while later, I really came to a large compound, the arch above the six big words: "Lvzhuang villagers paradise", the two gates is a newly affixed couplet: reform and innovation of the nine states to add Rui, to remove the corruption of the four seas to present good luck. Yard small auditorium bursts of laughter, the stage lights flashing, colorful, 10 pairs of wedding dress colorful couples standing on the stage, the master of ceremonies hand-held live tube in the speech, the stage is full, on both sides also stood a lot of people ......
On the way home, I asked the children whether they want to watch the CCTV evening "Spring Festival Gala", but they said, after eating dumplings to watch the juggling dragon lanterns on the street. Speaking of the first day, the second day of what new stuff, they said can be a lot, what the neighborhood reunion, song and dance, stilt walkers, listen to the commentary and so on, it seems that this time back to his hometown to spend the New Year to the right, intoxicated by the taste of his hometown in the year Feifei, two days after the return to the city, cried do not want to get on the car ......
Spring Festival handbill contents of the hometown taste of the New Year 3Every year, the 30th night of the Spring Festival is the busiest day for our family. The family is busy cleaning, posting blessings, sticking couplets, hanging Chinese festivals and so on. Families prepare for the New Year's goods, about ten days before the festival, people began to busy purchasing items, New Year's goods, including chickens, ducks, fish, meat, tea, wine, oil and soy sauce, North and South fried goods, sugar bait fruit, all to buy enough, but also to prepare for some of the New Year's Eve when visiting friends and relatives when the gift, the children to add a new coat and a new hat, ready to wear on New Year's Day.
The Chinese festival is a traditional Chinese custom, the big red red Chinese knot represents the future days to be red hot, hanging in the home to add color to the festival. But my favorite is to paste the inverted blessing, paste couplets. Every year on the evening of the 30th, my brother and I would do this task. We always asked my dad, "Why do you put up the Chinese character for blessings upside down?" Dad said meaningfully, "Fukui, Fukui, Fukui naturally to the home ah!"
We saw that the adults were also busy preparing a sumptuous dinner. After a while uncle and aunt came, we began to eat New Year's Eve dinner. New Year's Eve dinner is also known as the reunion dinner, the family around the table eating their own handmade fragrant dumplings, the heart is particularly happy! I wish we could have Chinese New Year every day, how wonderful it would be!
Spring Festival, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year". This is one of the grandest and most lively traditional festivals in China. Spring Festival is here, meaning that spring will come, the recovery of all things grass and trees renewed, a new round of sowing and harvesting season will begin. People have just passed through a long cold winter of ice and snow, and have long been looking forward to the days of spring flowers.
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Through the window to look at the outside of a flurry of white snow as willow-like fall fall. Grass, trees, car ...... paved with a layer of white wedding dress. Looking at this so poetic beauty I can not help but recall that passed but unforgettable flavor of the year.
The New Year's flavor of the year is to eat endless snacks and beautiful brilliant fireworks. At that time, I used to watch the calendar on the wall turn day by day, looking forward to the New Year's day to come early. Finally, New Year's Day came, and my neighborhood friends and I gathered at the square in front of our house, filling our pockets with candies, melon seeds, and peanuts wherever we could. Everyone's face is like a big cat, snot up and down; adults also took out the already prepared fireworks, rushed to the door, happily lit the fuse. "Puff" sound, fireworks to a light butterfly, dancing in the sky, and finally "pop" sound, divided into many sparks in the sky slowly, gently, floating down to the ground. I took out another gold and jade, in the hand, "bang", "bang", ten gunshots, ringing through the night sky, the streets and alleys have become a children's world.
Blessings and dumplings
The New Year's flavor of the year has become a sentence of auspicious blessings and a bowl of steaming dumplings. On New Year's Day, you come to your grandparents' house early and send an auspicious word: "Wish you, Happy Chinese New Year!" The blessing warmed you and me at once. In the evening Grandma summoned Dad and me into the house. The family ate the dumplings and enjoyed the colorful Spring Festival show. Grandpa, uncle and dad raised a glass of wine, grandma's eyes turned into two slits with a smile, the family was all in good spirits, and the family was happy.
In the drifting snow, although the year has long passed, but the flavor of the year is still lingering, still gives me endless memories.
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