Reborn Star Road

Chapter 42
Chapter 51 Removing the old and welcoming the new

The Lunar New Year in 2000 was the busiest Spring Festival Sun Hao had ever experienced in his previous life. Since it was a new year that spanned a thousand years, no matter in terms of the enthusiasm of the people or the exciting content of the Spring Festival Gala, it showed the love of people all over the world. The yearning and enthusiasm of the new millennium, and Sun Hao is also a member of this group of people.

The Chinese Spring Festival refers to the traditional Lunar New Year. The traditional names are New Year, New Year, and New Year, but it is also called Du Sui, Qing New Year, and New Year. The beginning of the year was later changed to the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar as the New Year. It is generally believed that the New Year will not end until the fifteenth day of the first month (Shangyuan Festival), and in some places the New Year celebrations even end at the end of the entire first month.The Spring Festival is the most solemn and distinctive traditional festival among the Chinese people, and it is also the most lively ancient festival.Generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, which is the first day of the year, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year".But in the folk, the Spring Festival in the traditional sense refers to the festival from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the stove sacrifice on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the Han nationality. Dozens of ethnic minorities such as Manchu, Mongolian, Yao, Zhuang, Bai, Gaoshan, Hezhe, Hani, Daur, Dong, and Li also have the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival, but the form of the festival has its own ethnicity. feature.

Since the lunar month has 30 days and the small month has only 29 days, the date of New Year's Eve is also different.But this day is often called "New Year's Eve", whether it is 29 or [-].New Year's Eve refers to the evening of the last day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar every year. It is connected end to end with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), and it is a day for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

City H, where Sun Hao lives, has a custom of sticking door gods.The original door gods were carved in peach wood and hung beside the people, and later they were painted as door gods and pasted on the door.Legend has it that two brothers, Shen Tu and Yu Lei, specialize in guarding ghosts. With them guarding the door, evil spirits, big and small, dare not enter to do harm.On the afternoon of the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, Sun Hao began to help his parents put up Spring Festival couplets at the door of his house.Spring couplets originated from peach charms. "Peach Fu", a rectangular peach wood board hanging on both sides of the gate in the Zhou Dynasty.According to "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Etiquette Records", the peach charm is six inches long and three inches wide, and the two gods "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei" are written on the peach wood board. "
In the afternoon, because Sun Hao was still a child in the eyes of his parents, they asked Sun Hao to go to bed first. In the afternoon, Sun Hao's parents prepared a meal. After eating, they could watch the Spring Festival Gala in the evening.Because this year spans a millennium, the gala this year is very exciting. Not only are there traditional programs, but also real-time broadcasts of programs prepared by various provinces and cities across the country to welcome the New Year. Although Sun Hao has already watched Once, but at this time, even though I am bored, I still have to sit in front of the TV with my parents.

When midnight is the right time, the New Year's bell rings, and over the entire land of China, the sound of firecrackers shakes the sky.For businessmen, setting off firecrackers has another meaning: they set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve to make a fortune in the new year.However, according to the old custom, respecting the God of Wealth should be the first, and setting off firecrackers should be the last.

When the children are playing and setting off firecrackers, it is also the busiest time for the housewives in the kitchen. The New Year's dishes are all prepared a few days ago, and the New Year's Eve dinner is always prepared by the chef on the New Year's Eve.According to the custom in City H, the dumplings for the first day of the new year are also made on the thirty evening.

At this time, the chopping boards of every family were busy chopping meat and cutting vegetables.At this time, Sun Hao's parents were also busy in the kitchen.

Eating New Year's Eve dinner is the most lively and happy time for every family during the Spring Festival.New Year's Eve.The table is filled with sumptuous New Year dishes, and the whole family reunite, sit around the table and have a reunion dinner together. The sense of fulfillment in my heart is really indescribable.People not only enjoy the delicious food on the table, but also enjoy the happy atmosphere. There are big dishes, cold basins, hot-fried dishes, and snacks on the table. Generally, there are two things that are indispensable, one is hot pot.One is fish.The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, indicating that it is booming; the homonym of "fish" and "yu" symbolizes "auspicious abundance" and also means "surplus every year".There are also radishes, commonly known as Caitou, which I wish for good luck; fried foods such as lobster and fried fish, I wish the family luck is prosperous like "cooking oil with fire".In the end, there is mostly a dessert, wishing you a sweet and sweet life in the future. On this day, even if you don’t know how to drink, drink a little.

Chinese folks have the habit of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve, and the common name is "boil the year".So when it was almost twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Sun Hao's family ate until more than one o'clock. It is said that this not only expresses nostalgia for the past years, but also expresses good hope for the coming New Year.

There are many famous places for the New Year’s Eve dinner, which are different in the north and the south, such as dumplings, wontons, long noodles, yuanxiao, etc., and each has its own particularity.People in the north are used to eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year, which means that the new and the old will be replaced by "new age".

And because the white flour dumplings are shaped like silver ingots, putting them on the table in a pot symbolizes the meaning of "making a fortune in the New Year, and the ingots roll in".When making dumplings, some people even put a few coins sterilized in boiling water into it, saying that whoever eats first will earn more money.

The custom of eating dumplings was passed down from the Han Dynasty.According to legend, the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing saw that the ears of the poor were frozen and rotten in the twelfth lunar month, so he made a "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction" to treat the frostbite for the poor.

He used mutton, chili peppers and some medicinal materials to dispel cold and heat, and wrapped dough into "Jiaoer ears" in the shape of ears, boiled them in a pot, and distributed them to the poor. After eating, people felt warm all over and their ears felt hot.

Later, people imitated it, and it has been passed down to this day.Eating wontons in the New Year is the meaning of the beginning.Legend has it that the world was in a chaotic state before it was formed, and Pangu opened up the world, and only then did the universe come into being. Long noodles, also called longevity noodles.Eating noodles in the New Year is to wish a long life for a hundred years.

On the morning of the Spring Festival, open the door and set off firecrackers first, which is called "open the door firecracker".After the sound of firecrackers, the ground was broken and red, and it was called "full house red".At this time, the streets were full of vigor and joy.

And this day, in addition to being the day of the New Year and the New Year, it is also when Sun Hao’s Haotian Music Network is about to start operation. On this day, Sun Hao first went to the Haotian Network Clubhouse. The application at the Network Information Management Office has been approved, so now as soon as you connect to the Internet, you can start facing the public.

Although I don’t know what the result of this music platform will be, at least Sun Hao, the others, and the bands like Magnetic Field have worked hard for half a month. During this half month, everyone has worked very hard. , repeating the same song and the same action over and over again.

After calming down for a while, Sun Hao pressed the button to connect, and Haotian Music Network finally came out to the public.

Because of the Chinese New Year, Haotian Internet Cafe is closed from the first day to the fifth day of the new year, so there is no one else in the Internet cafe at this time, only Sun Hao and Song Chunfeng who came after hearing the news. Song Chunfeng saw the website made by Sun Hao. Sometimes, I can't help feeling a little inferior.

Song Chunfeng himself is already a college student, and the courses also include computer-related topics, but after seeing the website made by Sun Hao, he realized that the things he learned were just things for children to play with, even some superficial things. None of them count.

After finishing the website, Sun Hao didn't look at it anymore, because after all, Haotian Music Network was just established, and the general website didn't have much hits at the beginning, so it's useless to stay here. What's the use, besides, I have to accompany my family to visit relatives in the afternoon.

In the blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. During these ten days or so, Sun Hao spent almost all of his time at relatives' homes. Seeing that his younger siblings, including his older brothers, looked so naive, Sun Hao would not set off firecrackers with these children. , playing around.Fortunately, there are many relatives leaving, and the New Year's money is still somewhat income, but for Sun Hao, who now earns several thousand yuan a day, his immunity to money is already very high, unlike those younger brothers and sisters who are getting money. After that, each one is flattering.

Internet cafes have been booming since they opened on the fifth day of the lunar new year. It may be because young people have lucky money during the Chinese New Year, so the income of VIP members of Internet cafes has also increased significantly during this period.

After finally making it home, Sun Hao was the first person he went to see Ni Ying, because he hadn't seen the person he liked for more than ten days, and Sun Hao still missed him very much.

Sun Hao and Ni Ying walked in the commercial street of City H, feeling the cold winter wind, with the sound of firecrackers occasionally mingling in their ears, looking at the shops decorated with lights and festoons on both sides of the road, both of them couldn't help but feel extremely happy.

At this moment, Sun Hao's phone rang.

"Damn it, why doesn't this broken phone ring sooner or later? It always rings at this time?" Sun Hao saw that every time he picked up the phone, it rang inappropriately when he was shopping with Ni Ying. Can't help cursing.

"Hey, who is it?" Seeing that it was an unknown caller, Sun Hao still said angrily.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Sun Hao?" A non-standard Mandarin came from the phone.

"Yeah, who are you?" Sun Hao wondered, he didn't know this person, so why would he call himself?Also know my own name.

"Hi, I'm the person in charge of Universal Music's Asia-Pacific XG region. We saw your song on the Internet and contacted you through the above contact information, hoping to cooperate with you." After confirming that it was Sun Hao , the phone continued.

(End of this chapter)