Tobacco, wine, drinks, sweets, melon seeds, fruits, dried fruits, preserved fruits, tea, all kinds of vegetables are ready, chicken, duck, fish and seafood are all packed, and steamed bread, fried dough sticks, crispy meat and meatballs are also packed in advance. The room is clean. When the family is reunited, Manchu and Han are all sitting at a table, and the family is happy.
Since the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, all families have started frying fried dough sticks, fried dough sticks, crispy meat and peanuts. At this time, it is the taste of Chinese New Year. Eat when you are out of the pot, stir-fry until you are full, and then drink some cook the meat soup. Even if they eat, they will prepare new year's goods for the Chinese New Year.
The smell of oil smoke from every household pervades, and the whole village is filled with the breath of Chinese New Year. Children are happiest when they set off firecrackers and shout slogans.
Of course, the most important thing is the Spring Festival couplets. Most people will buy it. Learned people write their own couplets. Parents are preparing new year's goods in the kitchen. We write couplets in the main room and write in the yard: Spring is full of gardens! The pigsty said: Six animals thrive! The water pressure well says: Clear water will flow forever! It says in the class: Peace in the Four Seasons! A few, put a word "you" on the wardrobe! There are couplets on every door.
Then, it is to prepare gifts for relatives: several boxes of eggs, milk, wine, some walnuts, Wang and so on. This is the custom of our family in southwest Henan.
Now that there are so many imported goods, you can buy some sweets and dried fruits from Southeast Asian countries, because they are not expensive and delicious, and Russian ones are also good. Chocolate is delicious. Small cakes with local characteristics can be bought in a treasure, and now the price is very favorable. Another suggestion is that we get together during the Spring Festival and buy some game cards suitable for all ages. It will be fun for everyone to interact together.
In fact, when I was a child, sending a small gift for the New Year was worth a few days of happiness. Now we don't think the taste of Chinese New Year is as strong as before, perhaps because we have grown up, worried about more things, and are not as happy as when we were children. Children today are still very happy.