Topic Call for Papers: Those Strange People and Strange Things We Only Meet During the Chinese New Year

After entering the palace of writing, the idea and collection of writing materials is probably a more arduous task than worrying about my writing skills. Yesterday, I saw the square grid writing activity in my e-mail box. I will be too far away from myself. I think I can write something after a little thought. It’s great! I’ll just order today’s topic. I don’t worry about whether my content will be favored or not. Gaining popularity and continuing to write for the sake of writing were originally the goals I set for myself at this stage.

From now on in writing, I always feel that from the topic to the content, it must be 100% authored by the author to be in line with the spirit of a writer. Writing in response to a topic given by others probably has to go back to the composition test when I was a student, but what else? What about the relationship? In addition to writing what I want to write, I have to struggle with what I don’t know what to write. Occasionally writing something given by others can enrich my creative journey.

Topic: I like holidays, but I'm afraid of Chinese New Year

When it comes to vacation, it’s like writing an essay on a topic given by others. After leaving school and entering the social workplace, I am always amazed. The expectation for vacation is not as good as before, such as summer vacation, winter vacation, Spring Festival, Qingming holiday and so on. , At the beginning of my career in the shift system, it has long been like the popular comics at the end of the serialization. All the wonderful plots will become a thing of the past, leaving only the fun of reading and reminiscing over and over again, and the melancholy that the plot will never be updated again. . However, after returning to the 9-to-5 work content, the feeling of vacation is back! And it is the only continuous vacation exclusive to adults. It also does not have the youthful brilliance of winter and summer vacations, but it also adds a lot of special interest and activities. , Especially since this year, we have more the theme of returning to our hometown. We must cross the Central Mountains, bypass the Pacific Ocean, across the Bashi Strait, and then return to the embrace of the Taiwan Strait.

What's special about you this year?

first thing, money

It is what used to be called New Year's money. When I grow up, it is called the year-end bonus. Maybe I will call it pension annuity in a few decades.

The second thing, custom

The most important thing is "reunion". No matter how far apart the family members are, they will always make time to return to the place where they used to live together to chat and joke about the current situation. This is the most important custom in my opinion. Maybe I will also set aside a little time to see the best friends in elementary school, middle school, and even high school that I made before leaving the country, but after having a family and children, the operation of time really needs to be more and more careful, leaving the gaps for The most important person right now. Except for the precious connection between people, other feelings are less important, especially for modern people who are less and less conventional.

Last night, when I was around the fire, I kept complaining in my heart, why do I always have to prepare so many dishes to sacrifice to my ancestors? It is obvious that people are mainly small families now, and they are busy preparing a lot of food that people can’t finish. It has the meaning of drinking water and thinking of the source, but the living people are the main body. Isn’t it closer to civilization and modern thinking? There is also the habit of burning gold paper. Now large-scale public sacrificial places advocate or even prohibit the burning of gold paper. The family still has to burn a thick stack of money, did the ancestors really receive it? Every family burns a little less bark, maybe it can make up for the animals and plants lost by the Australian wildfires, isn't it good?

The third thing, firecrackers

When I grew up, I almost stopped setting off firecrackers, just like I stopped listening to pop music. Those things rushed into the ocean of memory like the passing of time, but if you don’t do it yourself, it doesn’t mean you can bear others doing the same as you did before. thing. Every festival, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day, there are always some people who don't want to sleep who have to make noise and noise in the late night when they are disturbing their dreams. This kind of behavior is even more heartbreaking, and every time I want to rush out the door to find out this group of uninvited guests and their theories.

Fourth thing, cleaning

Holidays are fun, but "cleaning" is painful, especially at any age. When you are a student, you should clean your school and your home; when you are an adult, you should clean your office and your home. It is often for those windows, corners and ceilings that I know will be dusty as before after sweeping, and I always pay attention to them. Why bother to clean and force? The vehicle equipment competition in the fire department is the same, knowing that the chassis and engine of the car are exposed to the dirty and muddy environment, but only for the temporary competition and inspection, I have to make myself black and white, in order to show sacrifice, dedication, loyalty and glory. , The clean people know that they can't say it, and the inspectors are also happy to show the power of deduction. How many ingredients are just people blindly inheriting the past without seeking progress?

The fifth thing, experience change

A lot of things have changed, especially when I learn that I am a year older after a year, and I always look back to see what I have changed in the past year, or I haven't done anything, or something is still annoying and annoying. . Looking back at the matter of reunion, it is also the easiest way for people to experience the sense of existence. It is precisely because every year that I am reminded to examine the situation and atmosphere of the family. Happy, many uncles, uncles, aunts and uncles who don’t usually see each other, as well as cousins, cousins, cousins, and cousins who show up with them will play together round after round. Sometimes the center of the disgusting etiquette restraint, the family connection that can be brought is relatively stable and strong, what is the difference? Sometimes people really can't ignore the doubts in their hearts.

Another year has passed, this year is the Year of the Rat, which means that the reincarnation of the zodiac year has gone through another round, and next year's Year of the Ox means that my life has gone through three complete reincarnations. No matter how the past has changed or is expected, being able to live with good hands and feet is the greatest happiness and joy. Cherish the existing family, relatives and friends, stick to your ideals and continue to move forward steadily, and take good care of your closest wife and nearly three-year-old daughter. You can also freely write different texts.

2020.1.25