China News Service, Chongqing, February 22 (Reporter Zhong Yan) February 22, 2022 is not only Tuesday, but also the twenty-second day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of the Tiger.

Chinese netizens dubbed "20220222" as the "most loving" day because the number "2" is homophonic with "love".

Online, netizens sighed at the "wonderful fate", and offline, newcomers from major cities in China gathered to receive their certificates.

Behind the explosion of the concentration of "love", it reflects that the people are increasingly paying attention to the "sense of ritual".

  "Two months ago, I paid attention to '20220222'. I thought it was very interesting to get married on this day. I can remember it firmly in the future. There are more exaggerated than me. I started preparing two years ago." In the civil affairs of Shapingba District, Chongqing At the Marriage Registration Office, 30-year-old Xiao Yaling will end her ten-year love run.

"In order to fill the sense of ceremony," she prepared a bouquet of white tulips and calla lilies in advance, followed by her mother, waiting to record her daughter's happy moments with a camera.

  Although there has been a little rain in Chongqing recently, the enthusiasm of the newcomers to get the certificate has not diminished.

"The earliest registered couple came to line up after 4 in the morning." Gou Zemian, a social worker at the Chongqing Xingmin Social Work Service Center who was assigned to help, said that after the online appointment for marriage registration reached the upper limit, the local Civil Affairs Bureau set up a site Queue up.

The reporter noticed that before 9 o'clock, the number of queuing numbers had exceeded 100 pairs.

There are many newcomers who arrive one after another with flowers in their hands and dress up, full of ceremonial sense.

  "Postgraduate entrance examination", "safe and smooth", "good things come in pairs"... With the east wind of "20220222", netizens praised "love" one after another. As of 14:00 on the 22nd, the "Most Loved Day" related topics on Chinese social platforms The reading volume has reached nearly 800 million.

  The reporter combed and found that whether it is the well-written blessing pictures and texts on social platforms, or the lanterns of the Spring Festival, the dumplings of the Dragon Boat Festival, and the moon cakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the "sense of ceremony" has been common in the lives of Chinese people.

"The first cup of milk tea in autumn, the first cup of mulled wine in winter, and the first hot pot in winter, I all followed the trend." "Post-90s" white-collar Feng Xiaoying believes that in busy work, "ceremony" can Life brings more "happiness".

Taking consumption as an example, flowers and cakes are no longer exclusive to birthdays and anniversaries. “If you are happy, you should eat sweets, and if you are sad, you should eat two.”

  Since 2018, teacher Zeng Lili has purchased monthly-themed flowers from the flower sales platform.

She admits that after entering the workplace, her income tends to be stable, and she pays more attention to the quality of life.

Although buying flowers costs hundreds of yuan a month, the fragrance of flowers really lights up life.

In addition, Zeng Lili will take photos with her lover and best friend every year, and use images to record her growth.

  In people's life, there is also a "sense of ritual" in daily life.

In the early morning of the new semester, the "post-80s" Chen Shan's circle of friends will regularly post different "Breakfast of the Day", with meat and vegetables, garnished with fruits, and sometimes it takes ten minutes to arrange the delicate plate, but she never tires of it." My daughter is under a lot of school pressure now, and she believes that a delicious breakfast can start her day full of energy."

  Some scholars believe that the sense of ritual is the most direct way for people to express their inner feelings, making one day different from other days and one moment from other moments, which is the higher requirement of the people for quality life and spiritual world.

Some netizens also expressed that the sense of ritual is not just a holiday gift or blessing, but more of an attitude towards life, just as "life needs a sense of ritual, just like ordinary days need a beam of light".

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