On the evening of Chinese New Year\\\'s Eve, the whole family makes soup dumplings together and watches the Spring Festival Gala. Glutinous rice flour is ready to use. When mixed with water, it is the skin of the dumpling. The slippery skin reminded people of the round soup balls, rolling in boiling water, and the snow-white glutinous rice skin shining brightly in the water. And in the snow-white, there was a faint hint of gray, which was a black and crispy color. The sweet and greasy feeling seemed to have melted in the mouth, giving people an infinite sense of happiness. This is a scene that has captivated generations.



　　In the turbulent era of my grandfather\\\'s life, making and eating glutinous rice balls was simply supreme happiness. When the New Year came, the family took out the glutinous rice obtained through hard work for a year and used a huge stone mill to grind glutinous Rice noodles. When grinding, the whole family is helping. The strong adults sweat profusely and grind hard, while the children cannot do heavy work, so they are responsible for pouring glutinous rice into the grinding plate. Glutinous rice usually comes in several bags and is particularly heavy. But the children continued to patiently pour spoons into the grinding plate, one by one. It must have been the small, sweet soup balls that gave them amazing strength and patience.



　　After grinding glutinous rice flour, you can make stuffing. The filling of tangtuan is usually black pastry and bean paste. However, what we usually make at home is black pastry filling. Take a small mortar, fill it with a bowl full of black sesame seeds, and use an extremely thick small hammer to continuously pound it, quickly turning it into a bowl of black paste. To give it a sweet taste, add white sugar; To make it sticky, lard is added. It must have been very interesting, but unfortunately, I cannot experience such activities now.



　　Once you have prepared the dumpling skin and filling, you are about to start wrapping the dumpling. First, pinch the skin into a small bowl shape, use chopsticks to pick up a kneaded \\"small coal ball\\", gently put it into the \\"small bowl\\", then seal the mouth, knead it into a small ball, and a soup ball is completed. The children went smoothly in the first two steps, but when it came to sealing and rolling, it was a bit embarrassing. Some people have twisted it into strips of varying thickness, some have twisted it into ellipses, and even worse, halfway through the rubbing, the seal cracks and all the filling leaks out, leaving all previous efforts to be wasted and forced to start over. But no one cried and instead laughed incessantly. Afterwards, everyone made their own satisfactory soup dumplings. That small, slippery one is extremely comfortable to hold in your hand.



　　Although nowadays in this fast-paced metropolis, it is difficult to find the scene of the whole family making soup dumplings back then. But I believe that in the hearts of every Shanghainese, there will be such a peaceful scene, because those small, sweet, and smooth soup balls not only contain people\\\'s feelings for their hometown, but also their sincere wishes - reunion, happiness and health!\\n

　　On New Year\\\'s Eve, whether working outside or doing business, everyone will rush back and reunite with their families. On this day, every household was cleaned up and hung with red Spring Festival couplets.



　　When pasting Spring Festival couplets, there are usually left couplets, right couplets, and horizontal couplets. People often write auspicious words on Spring Festival couplets, wishing their families peace and success in the new year. Some doors are also hung with big red lanterns, very festive.



　　Dinner, served with good wine and dishes, was very sumptuous, and the whole family sat together to have a reunion dinner. Normally, adults do not allow children to eat this or that, except on this day when we can eat whatever we want and eat whatever we want.



　　After finishing the meal, I started to receive red envelopes. I like this now. Grandparents give red envelopes, parents give red envelopes, and siblings also give red envelopes. My deflated pocket bulged up all at once. With a red envelope, I can buy delicious and fun things myself, and of course, I also need to keep some for later use.



　　There are many activities on New Year\\\'s Eve, such as children setting off small firecrackers, playing with fireworks, and adults watching TV and watching New Year\\\'s Eve. Setting off fireworks is also a major custom during the Spring Festival, as evidenced by the sound of firecrackers.



　　At night, the sound of firecrackers crackled and the fireworks were colorful, red, yellow, blue... in various shapes and colors, adding a lot of festive atmosphere. But now many people illegally set off fireworks, which poses a threat to our safety, and the fireworks they set off can also pollute the air, so this custom has been \\"banned\\".



　　On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the village, both adults and children wear brand new clothes. Each family prepares tea, pastries, and cigarettes to welcome people who come to pay their New Year greetings. Generally, men go to every household to pay New Year\\\'s greetings, while women entertain at home.



　　On this day, I always prepare a bag to hold fruits, snacks, and cigarettes. Every time I visit a New Year\\\'s house, I give snacks and cigarettes to everyone I see. It is well known that children do not smoke and also smoke, so they can bring it home for adults to smoke. When I got home, my bag was full, it was really a small department store!



　　In the next few days, it\\\'s time to visit relatives for New Year\\\'s greetings, and every relative\\\'s home must be there. In just one year, I basically have to go there for meals.



　　At the 15th, we will have rice dumpling after Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival). Rice dumpling takes a bite, and the sweet sesame seeds are exposed. Who doesn\\\'t want to take a bite to relieve his craving? So sweet, so fragrant!



　　After Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival), the Spring Festival is over. Adults started working, and we children started going to school.\\n

　　Firecrackers can be set off in my hometown, which is also a major reason why I enjoy spending the Spring Festival in my hometown.



　　During the Spring Festival, there are fireworks and firecrackers sold in the streets and alleys of my hometown, and I often buy a lot to play with. Yes, we have developed a fondness for using our feet to hit the ground with a catapult. I don\\\'t know who came up with the idea first. They laid the cannons at the entrance of the balcony. At that time, it was night, and the balcony was without lights and pitch black, with nothing visible, let alone under their feet. After everything was ready, he asked his younger brother to call his mother over. Unexpectedly, due to our malicious laughter on the side, my mother noticed something and turned away to focus on her own business. We had no choice but to stomp on the thunder ourselves, and as the firecrackers flickered and danced with our feet, the little discomfort we had just experienced had already dissipated. We spent an excited night playing on the balcony like this... I have played with small firecrackers before, and I also like large fireworks. Yes, I bought several large boxes of fireworks. Adults holding lighters lit the wires and immediately ran away. After a while, colorful fireworks bloomed in the sky. Just as I was looking at the fireworks in the sky, suddenly someone shouted, \\"Look, parachute!\\" I looked up into the sky and immediately noticed something falling down. Ah。 Many beautiful umbrellas! Originally, this kind of fireworks rushed into the sky with a soft fluff of paper. After the sky exploded, these fluff also spread like fairy flowers, spinning down from the sky like a parachute. It was extremely beautiful and romantic!



　　I still like red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. In the past, it used to be during Chinese New Year\\\'s greetings, where the younger generation begged for red envelopes from the older generation. The older generation was also very happy, lucky, and generous. But to be honest, this way of \\"begging\\" for red envelopes is not as happy as \\"grabbing\\" red envelopes on mobile phones in recent years. As soon as the Chinese New Year arrives, our family group becomes active. We also retrieve phones that have been locked down by our parents and join the ranks of grabbing red envelopes. No matter where these three aunts, six aunts, uncles, or uncles are, as long as they have mobile phones and are online, we can send voice blessings through our phones. We will never forget to take care of them: \\"Reward a red envelope\\". As soon as the red envelope is released, we will see who has fast hands, fast internet speed, and good luck. Next, we will take screenshots to show who snatches the most red envelopes. Sometimes, when several red envelopes are uploaded at the same time, you are excited and don\\\'t even know which one to snatch. Sometimes, when several red envelopes are uploaded at the same time, you will slow down and take half a picture. I couldn\\\'t get my share, so I began to doubt my life. A small WeChat red envelope, maybe just a few yuan, but on New Year\\\'s Eve, it connected our entire family and made me feel a liveliness that I had never experienced before.



　　This is the Spring Festival I celebrated in my hometown, the Spring Festival I love!\\n

　　It is said that Zongzi has a great history! It is said that on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Qu Yuan, the general of the State of Chu, jumped into the river and killed himself. In order to prevent his body from being eaten by fish, the people on the river banks took boats to sprinkle a kind of food made of glutinous rice into the river, which is called Zongzi.



　　Generally, Zongzi is divided into two types - sweet and salty. Sweet with dates, preserved fruits, or bean paste. Salty meat needs to be enlarged. The shapes are diverse, including cones, rectangles, and circles. There\\\'s nothing you can\\\'t think of, nothing you can\\\'t package.



　　On the day before the Loong Boat Festival, our family will make Zongzi. Just as dawn broke, even the thin mist had not receded. Grandpa had already arranged the ingredients he needed one by one, like a small exhibition. After lunch, everyone came one after another. Seven aunts, eight aunts, and a distant cousin, the former deserted front hall, suddenly crowded with people, and the 108 live heroes gathered at the Loyalty Hall, but they were talking about military affairs, and we were chatting about making Zongzi. Almost everyone was here, and Grandpa brought out a large bowl of white something - it was soaked glutinous rice. Everyone rolled up their sleeves and even a one year old baby raised their hands in the same way. First, wrap the zongzi leaves in a conical shape, pour rice, add large meat, and then close the leaves. The whole process is completed in one go. \\"Ah, how broken!\\" I don\\\'t know who shouted. I shook my hand, and Zongzi was planted upside down. The rice inside was scattered like sand. \\"Haha... haha...\\" Look at my cousin\\\'s complacency, I wish I could just hit Zongzi in his face. Different people have different actions, but they are all a unique art. Zongzi stands on the wooden table one by one, as if they also have lives to communicate secretly.



　　A rice ball flew over with a bang, and I don\\\'t know which child used the ingredients as darts, but after all, it\\\'s a holiday and everyone enjoys it. In no time, the rice balls flew back and forth above the house as if they had grown wings. The boy had already become a \\"big face\\", but he still rubbed a ball and threw it to his brother, who was several years older than him. He also twisted his body from time to time to avoid the shelling attack. The women on the side had already put down their Zongzi and looked at the \\"little holy animal\\" in front of him with a stiff face, but who called it \\"holiday\\", otherwise there would be \\"good play\\".



　　\\"Pup -\\" The pot started. The hot air instantly filled the entire room, and a thick fresh fragrance permeated the air into the nose. Zongzi, which means peace and beauty, is also full of lively and festive atmosphere on this day. Eating hot Zongzi, a sense of happiness and achievement is still raw. The soft, glutinous and glutinous taste melts on the tip of the tongue. In no time, everyone\\\'s plates were all empty\\n

　　On the day or two before New Year\\\'s Eve, adults are busy buying chickens, fish, ducks... Every household must have a thorough cleaning, washing their houses and blankets clean. My hometown is filled with a strong New Year flavor everywhere.



　　New Year\\\'s Eve



　　On New Year\\\'s Eve, every household is lively and bustling. Every family makes Chinese New Year dishes, filled with the aroma of wine and meat. After cooking, family members must go to worship their ancestors, and then burn incense to pray for the safety of the whole family in the new year. The rural Chinese New Year ceremony is very traditional, and people\\\'s attitudes are also very serious. The happiest thing on New Year\\\'s Eve is nothing more than setting off firecrackers. This night, every household was lit all night without interruption. The sound of firecrackers continued day and night, with the sound of crackling firecrackers everywhere. In the sky, fireworks bloom one after another, making people dizzy, and everyone\\\'s faces are filled with happy smiles. This night, except for the very young children, everyone didn\\\'t sleep and waited together for the new year to come.



　　Chinese new year\\\'s day



　　The scenery on the first day of the first lunar month is completely different from that on New Year\\\'s Eve. Red couplets have already been posted outside the door on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and people of all ages and genders have put on new clothes, going door-to-door to visit relatives and friends for New Year\\\'s greetings. On this day, it is not allowed to sweep the floor in our hometown because it will sweep away our financial luck. On this day, people will send beautiful blessings to each other!



　　Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival)



　　On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there are lanterns and colorful decorations everywhere in the square. People are guessing lantern riddles and playing happily, making people feel as if they have entered a colorful world.



　　In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival walked past with hurried and joyful steps. On this joyful and lively day, everyone welcomes a new year.\\n

　　\\"During the Qingming Festival, it rains heavily, and pedestrians on the road are about to lose their souls.\\" Of course, an important activity during the Qingming Festival is tomb sweeping. On Qingming Festival, we will come to the tomb, offer a bouquet of flowers, burn some paper money to express our longing and blessings for our loved ones, and silently pray for them in our hearts, wishing them to live happily and happily on the other side of heaven like us. At this moment, we can\\\'t help but recall the years they spent together with us, and those scenes seem to still be vivid in our minds. Thinking of these, I can\\\'t help but shed tears. Of course, as teenagers of the new century, we should pay more attention to national heroes and sweep the graves of the martyrs of the Republic. If it weren\\\'t for these national heroes and revolutionary martyrs who exchanged their blood and lives for our happy life today, we wouldn\\\'t have a bright future. We express our grief in this way, inherit the will of our martyrs, and devote ourselves to learning with a high spirit. The green mountains stand tall, and the green waters sing a long song. We will always remember and praise the deeds of revolutionary martyrs, inherit their will, and better contribute to the construction of our country in the future!



　　As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, making it a great time for spring plowing and planting. Therefore, there is a saying that \\"before and after the Qingming Festival, you reap what you sow, and you reap what you sow.\\" The farmer uncle planted his hope before and after the Qingming Festival, hoping for a good harvest in autumn. People also plant small saplings one after another to beautify their homes and make the land of China more lush.



　　Qingming Festival, also known as the Spring Festival. Spring scatters colorful pigments everywhere, and everything revives, with a myriad of colors and hues. We take advantage of this beautiful time, bring our cameras, go hiking in the mountains and fields, and search for the footprints of spring.



　　During the Qingming Festival, kites can\\\'t resist loneliness. They fly high in the sky, dance gracefully, bloom in the blue sky, like fish in water, and wander in the air. The children were holding kites in their hands, cheering and jumping one by one, flying their childlike innocence, happiness, and hope.



　　This is the Qingming Festival in our hometown. We celebrate this beautiful festival with various activities such as tomb sweeping, hiking, and flying kites.\\n

　　On the morning of March 3rd, my mother was soaking four eggs in a bowl. When she saw me coming, she quickly greeted me and said, \\"Coco, can you help me remove the lobe of that celery? I\\\'ll have boiled eggs with shepherd\\\'s purse later.\\"



　　After listening to my mother\\\'s words, I felt like I was facing a string of question marks. What is shepherd\\\'s purse? Why do we have shepherd\\\'s purse and boiled eggs? Isn\\\'t it common to eat boiled eggs with red dates? What day is today?



　　I didn\\\'t think much. After helping my mother pick vegetables and washing them, I saw my mother put shepherd\\\'s purse in the pot to cook. As time passed, the water became more and more mischievous, and even the mischievous ones frothed. Poor shepherd\\\'s purse has also turned yellow, with its original green skin covered in water. A strong shepherd\\\'s purse flavor wafts from the pot, leaving behind the soul of shepherd\\\'s purse.



　　After tossing and turning for a while, the soup was mixed with an egg without a shell, and with the bright red dates, it looked very harmonious and cute.



　　When breakfast was brought to the table, it was almost time for class, and it seemed like I couldn\\\'t enjoy it well. Then I had a big meal, which had a really novel flavor. Later, after class, I asked my mother and realized that this was a custom in our hometown.



　　On March 3rd, shepherd\\\'s purse is better than spiritual pills. It is said that this shepherd\\\'s purse can also treat headaches. I wonder if my headache problem can be cured? Now everyone is almost forgetting about this Shangsi Festival. I really hope this festival can be passed down forever!\\n

　　Eating delicious soy sauce meat, we listened to our mother talk about the meaning of soy sauce meat: \\"Do you see if the color of soy sauce meat is reddish brown? Therefore, eating soy sauce meat during the Chinese New Year also symbolizes a prosperous new year.\\" That\\\'s why!



　　There are many customs in our hometown, would you like to know more? Come to my hometown - Wenzhou and take a look!\\n

　　My hometown is Guoyang, which is called \\"the hometown of Laozi, the hometown of morality\\". There are many unique festivals here, and there is also a lively and busy festival.



　　New Year\\\'s Eve is a time for enjoyment. On this special day, as long as there is no special delay, people usually rush to their homes and have a family reunion dinner. Eating a sumptuous reunion dinner symbolizes family reunion and harmony. Who doesn\\\'t laugh and talk in this sumptuous meal? Family gatherings are heartwarming and joyful moments.



　　After finishing the New Year\\\'s Eve dinner, you can go outside to watch the fireworks blooming in the sky, and you can also bring your own fireworks in an endless field and set them off to your heart\\\'s content. Although shooting has been banned in recent years, some people still set off firecrackers in designated areas to liven up the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival. The sound of firecrackers echoed through the sky, welcoming the arrival of the new year.



　　On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, whether adults, children, or the elderly, they all wear new clothes and pray for good luck. It is a traditional custom in our hometown to always eat noodles or dumplings in the morning. On this day, you must visit relatives and friends to pay New Year\\\'s greetings. When going, it is inevitable to bring some gifts as a gesture of politeness. Similarly, it is the same for relatives and friends to come as guests. In front of elders, as long as you kneel and kowtow, you can get a lot of lucky money. The children have made a lot of money and are very happy.



　　On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, anyone who does business at home should not miss the good luck of this day. On this evening, in order to seek good luck, people will set off firecrackers and sincerely worship the God of Wealth, praying for their prosperous business and abundant wealth in the new year.



　　The Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Festival on the 15th day of the first month is another important festival. Every family will buy rice dumpling and eat rice dumpling, which symbolizes family reunion and sweet life.



　　The customs in my hometown are colorful, and if you have the opportunity, you must come here to experience them.\\n

　　On the Loong Boat Festival on the fifth day of May every year, there are customs of racing Loong Boat, eating Zongzi, and hanging acorus leaves. It is said that it is in memory of patriotic poet Qu Yuan. In Mid-Autumn Festival, China has the custom of watching the moon and eating moon cakes. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, it is the Double Ninth Festival, which includes climbing high, admiring chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating Double Ninth cake, and planting Cornus officinalis. The Double Ninth Festival is also a festival for elderly people who respect and respect the elderly. Now let me introduce our important festival - Spring Festival.



　　The Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China and an important holiday throughout the year. Every time the Spring Festival arrives, every family is filled with joy, hanging red lanterns and sticking red couplets. Everyone is full of spring breeze, filled with a festive atmosphere everywhere! Let\\\'s talk about New Year\\\'s Eve first. The whole family got together, eating delicious food, chatting while watching the Spring Festival Gala. After dinner, our children can play outside with fireworks to their heart\\\'s content, while adults gather together to play cards, watch TV, and chat. At night, beautiful fireworks will bloom in the sky, it\\\'s really colorful! We didn\\\'t go to bed until very late. Some adults still observe their age.



　　Also, on New Year\\\'s Eve, we have to set off a \\"closing door cannon\\" here. This firecracker will be set off on the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, and will continue continuously. This is the \\"opening fire\\". There is a saying in China that goes \\"open the door with firecrackers\\", which means that on the occasion of the new year, the first thing every household does when they open the door is to set off firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers keeps popping, creating a lively atmosphere. The new year began amidst the sound of firecrackers. I love celebrating the Spring Festival. Not only can I eat and play to my heart\\\'s content, but I can also wear new clothes. Another major reason is that my pockets have become bulging, all of which are New Year\\\'s money given by my parents, grandparents, and relatives. It is said that by receiving this lucky money, we can spend the year safely.



　　This is the custom of my hometown. What are the customs in your hometown? I believe you must also have your own unique customs and habits.\\n