Now that the Chinese New Year is over, more and more young people are beginning to vomit that the "taste of the year" is not strong; In an era of poor material conditions, it will take a long time for rural people to finish the Spring Festival. Nowadays, although the Spring Festival in rural areas is still "drums and firecrackers", many traditional customs have disappeared. Nevertheless, there is a traditional custom in many places, "Don't turn off the lights for thirty nights". Why do rural people attach so much importance to it?
This sentence comes from the people. In rural areas, everyone will sleep with the lights on at 30 nights. Even if the bedroom lights are off, they will turn on the lights in the yard or in the living room at home. You know that rural people are very simple and generally don't like to waste electricity, but on this day they don't cherish or burn much money, but think that where there is light, Nian beast can be driven away, and Nian beast will appear as soon as it reaches 30. Fire is what they fear most.
Lighting a lamp also has a beautiful meaning. Lights symbolize hope, light and the future. Warm light brings people endless dreams and expectations. People always light this lamp to welcome the new year, which means that the new year is smooth, prosperous and has endless happiness and good luck. Everyone wants a new atmosphere in the coming year, so leaving the lights on means that hope and warmth will shine forever.
Of course, different people will have different opinions. Some people say that bandits rob money to go door to door, but the village lane is wrong and lit a lamp in the robbed house. And a hardworking old lady, because she didn't turn off the light, escaped a bullet at the age of 30. Although some customs are superstitious and folk customs, isn't the Chinese New Year itself a kind of "folk custom"? Those acts of praying to the gods are also people's belief and awe of nature.