Western Guan\’s New Year\’s Dust Destroy

Wen ｜ Liu Xiaoling

I wait for the rain every year. That rain, in my decades of life, at this moment, Yangcheng here has never been absent. In the past few decades, it has always arrived one day after entering the lunar month. This winter rain is very large, sometimes the next day, sometimes two days and two nights. It stands to reason that the next heavy rain in the cold winter is very annoying. However, this rain is \”like rain\”. After the rain underground, the sky was clear. At this time, the rain had been washed the entire city of Guangzhou. The trees were cleaned, and the high -rise buildings and neon lights were washed. The azalea on the pedestrian bridge was washed through the rain and became bright and rich. The whole city was like a young man behind a new bath, and he ran to welcome the year.

After the rain in the memory, the bluestone slab road in Xiguan alley can be learned. Dongyang showed his face from the bean -green clouds, and a column of Jinhui called away the lanes and carved footsteps. The new sheets, bags, and curtains were washed in a pole, and they hung up high like the flags of the National Flag. Shuo Feng blows over, and the fragrance of a faint laundry powder comes. For the Chinese, the New Year\’s Cleaning is a very important ritual. According to \”Lu\’s Spring and Autumn\”, there was the custom of sweeping dust in the Spring Festival during the Yaoshun period. The \”dust\” and \”Chen\” are the same as the Guangzhou dialect. \”Dust dusting\” is to clear and remove the dust that has accumulated a year in the family and removed the old and useless miscellaneous objects.

When I was a kid, I didn\’t feel hard to get rid of it. On the contrary, it was a kind of joy -the New Year. The second aunt at home attaches great importance to the dismissal, and the first one is to wash all the beds. At that time, there were no washing machines, mosquito nets, sheets, and curtains, which were put into a large basin, and washing powder and water were placed. At this time, our children will apply for stepping into the basin to step on and step out a lot of foam. It is particularly interesting and very fun. The second step of dismissal is \”sweeping house\”, but the house sweeping is a bitter thing. I remember that my uncle was a very interesting person. In order to \”seduce\” we participated in labor and folded us a \”ship hat\” with newspapers. We wore \”boat hats\” to clean everywhere in Xiguan. At this time, adults sweep the house with \”Kwai Tail\”. This sunflower tail is tied up with large sunflower leaves (some people use cane tail). Because Aoi Tail is \”hard -bodied\”, the dust of the tile back of the west Guanguan house is the most suitable.

The adults wave the Kwai Tail, and the dirty cobweb. After sweeping the house, our children are responsible for wipe the window and wipe the screen. The windows and screens of Xiguan Daju are exquisite gold lacquer carved flowers. One flower and one leaf through the accumulation of dust for a year, how can there be patience to remove it? At that time, people said that children\’s fingers were small, and they wrapped with rags to wipe window flowers. Strange to say, I especially like this job, because the second aunt said that all the \”mildew\” and \”declining qi\” this year are hidden in these places, and we must clear it. I held a rag and cleaned a piece of petals like the \”enemy\”, which was particularly fulfilling.

In my concentration of wiping the golden lacquer screen, Xiguan HouseAlso laughter. This day must be a holiday. There should be an agreement. The residents came out of their own room and participated in the clean public place -there were uncle pits and aunts wiped out. At the door. At this moment, you will feel how beautiful life is, and people get along so well. Although this year, some of the neighbors had quarreled with small things such as toilets and coal stoves. Now because of the big cleaning, everyone has removed all the unhappiness of this year. This is the real meaning of the New Year\’s cleansing!

After being cleaned, the western House was renewed. Although the neighbors were sweating, they all smiled. At this time, the second aunt and other older generations would say to the workers: \”Open the meal!\” So, the old fire soup of each household came up -lotus root pot pigs, western cabbage pots Chen kidney, pink kudu pot Matta …

There should be rituals in life. The ceremony, inheritance and adherence to generations for many years, has become a folklore. We often say that inherit the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, because this tradition does contain the wisdom of the nation. For so many years, I have adhered to the habit of eliminating the New Year. No matter how busy, I will invite my daughter to clean up every corner of the house. I always believe that everything that is not beautiful should not be allowed to leave a new year, including all dirt hidden in the corner of our soul.

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