(Going to the grassroots during the New Year) Going to Taiwan to live in Taiwan for the New Year: The new year on the island is "unfamiliar and kind"
China News Service, Taizhou, February 10 (Fan Yubin and Zhang Shenglei) Standing by the window, looking at the direction of his hometown, Lu Mocun in Taiwan thinks of his parents in his hometown, tears in his eyes, and the New Year is coming soon. But can't go back.
Lu Mocun from Linhai, Taizhou, Zhejiang, is studying for a master's degree in finance at National Taiwan University. This year he is about to celebrate his first Spring Festival in Taiwan.
Family reunion is the common expectation of the Chinese people on both sides of the strait during the Spring Festival. Due to the prevention and control measures of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on both sides of the strait, some land-based students in Taiwan will "stay behind" the New Year in Taiwan this year, savoring the "unfamiliar and cordial" New Year flavor of the island.
"Faced with the isolation period that may be longer than the holiday, in order to finish school earlier, I can only choose to spend the New Year in situ." Thinking of not being able to eat that sumptuous and delicious New Year's Eve dinner with my family, I studied at the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan Wang Yuqian couldn't help sighing, "It's really tears and saliva flying together, and the food is homesick!"
"Stay behind" Taiwan is not nothing to do.
Without family dinners, Wang Yuqian's "Taiwan New Year" is still very colorful. She has made an appointment with a group of friends, "rent a homestay, eat hot pot together, watch the Spring Festival Gala together, and have a group to warm up."
"Although I can't go home to celebrate the New Year, it also left me a rare leisure time. I took this opportunity to write my master's thesis." Lu Mocun said frankly that although he misses his family every holiday season, the times are different.
"Usually I will meet with friends, travel, and make daily video calls with my family, which is no different from the past."
The most important thing about the Spring Festival is the sense of ritual. Zheng Yiyao, who is a graduate student at Taipei University of the Arts, put a big "Ben" on the door of his rental room.
"You can't drink Laba porridge during the twelfth lunar month. You can't worship your ancestors, eat New Year's Eve dinner, or pay New Year's greetings with your family during the Lunar New Year. However, we must definitely have a sense of ritual of sticking to the New Year's Eve." You must be happy this year!"
Compared with the optimistic and relaxed New Year mentality of the mainland students who went to Taiwan, the parents of the mainland students expressed their immense yearning and concern for their children for the first time in Taiwan.
Lu Sheng’s parent, Wang Xiaoli, told reporters, “This year’s winter vacation, our family discussed whether our children should stay in school for the New Year. I heard from the child that he and Lu Sheng, who also stayed in Taiwan, had a very fulfilling and organized daily life.”
However, when Wang Xiaoli is pleased with her children growing up and sensible, she will inevitably be worried.
"I call on WeChat every day to care about his life and study, ask him to pay attention to safety, tell him how to prevent the epidemic, and give him the power of family affection." Wang Xiaoli said.
Similarly, Lu Sheng’s parent Zheng Lingyan also said, “When my son was sure that he could not go home for the New Year, my heart was full of disappointment and worry. The child only went home once in a semester, and the New Year’s atmosphere was much deserted because of the absence of his son at home during the Spring Festival.”
Perhaps the optimism of the child also affects the emotions of the parents.
After "thinking in another position," Zheng Lingyan said that if a child goes home, there is too much risk on the road, and he has to work hard, so he can stay in school without delaying his studies.
She sighed, "You have to leave your parents when your child is older, so let's adapt from this Spring Festival."
For Zhou Danbo, a land-born parent whose son was spending the Spring Festival alone for the first time, he was full of misses and concerns at the moment when the epidemic is still overcast.
"I talked to my son on the phone, but my son comforted me, saying that he would have more time to use the school's learning resources when he stayed in Taiwan, and the school atmosphere is more conducive to concentrate on studying."
During the interview, many land-born parents talked about: "I feel very gratified when the child grows up." "I hope everything is safe and the child will return from school as soon as possible."
Under the epidemic situation, "staying behind" has become the best posture of keeping watch. This special Spring Festival also taught people on both sides of the strait to miss their hometown, welcome reunion, and be grateful.
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