"After the Laba, the flavor of the year is getting stronger, and the busy year Mode is opened everywhere"

In China, there has been a popular saying that "after the Laba is the year", this is not, just after the Laba Festival on January 7, many places in the country were quickly enveloped in a thick flavor of the New Year, men and women and children have acted up, with joy for the upcoming New Year carefully prepared.

Walking into some bustling cities in the south, the streets and lanes are filled with a festive taste. Major shopping malls and supermarkets have become the "dream market" of New Year's goods, and the crowds of people purchasing New Year's goods are surging like tides. Step into it, all kinds of traditional New Year goods on the shelves are wonderful, dazzling. Look, the attractive color, aroma of bacon, sausage, was put neatly, as if quietly telling the warm story of reunion; The soft glutinous rice cake, with delicious connotations, carries people's eager hopes for a prosperous life in the New Year. There are also colorful candies and nutrient-rich nuts, which add a lot of sweetness and richness to the feast. The public shuttled between the shelves, with the light of joy and expectation in their eyes, sometimes picking up a piece of bacon to look carefully, sometimes compared to different brands of nuts, carefully selected, the shopping cart was soon stuffed full, not long, everyone will carry bags and bags on the shoulder, and set foot on the way home contentedly.

At the same time, in every corner of the city, many families have also opened a "clean up the old and welcome the new" clean-up. The whole family is old and young, and the division of labor is clear and each performs his own duties. Young people are agile, moving furniture is not a word, will be difficult to clean the corner of the daily completely exposed; Elders are holding rags, carefully wipe doors and Windows, tables and chairs, do not let go of any trace of dust, that focus on the expression as if in wiping the traces of the years; The children are also not to be outdone, to help hand tools, clean the ground, small figure busy. The family works together, cleaning every room, wiping every window, dusting off the dust of the old year, so that the home is full of fresh and hope for the New Year, this cleaning, meaning that the old and new, vientiane renewal, but also make the warmth of the home in the busy more mellow.

In addition, the annual red market all over the country is a thriving lively scene. Walking into it, it seems to have entered a festive art palace, with a dazzling array of Spring couplets, blessing characters, New Year pictures, lanterns and other decorations. A piece of spring couplets against neat, ink fragrance, writing a good wish for the New Year; A piece of blessing red dazzling, meaning full of blessing; The colorful New Year pictures show the charm of traditional folk culture. The lanterns are hung high and swaying in the wind, lighting up the streets and lanes, and immersing the whole city in a festive atmosphere.

With the departure of the Laba Festival, the increasingly strong flavor of the New Year around the country is weaving people's longing and expectations for the New Year, and also making the traditional Chinese customs passed down from generation to generation in busy and laughter.