Letter 15 Winter Vacation

Long time no see! It’s been a while since last time we met. Although I'm extremely unwilling to farewell to my dear holidays, I'm pretty expecting to share with you my life during this precious break. There is no need to say that it's so hard for all the student to be adapt to the original school life. The day during our winter vacation was so relaxing and there was no assignment, teacher, or exhausting study plan chasing after me. Oh my Jesus! I miss it so much! After I come back to school, I have to be awaken by the alarm at 7 o'clock, listen to some disgusting theories created by Newton, and tons of things like issue research or school club are waiting for me. I'm so regretful that I wasted the whole vacation, that is, this should have been the moment to prepare for our future, but I just kept using my smartphone instead. I was once trying to make my own study plan,but I still couldn't resist that temptation. Truly, my holiday life is totally far away from the school one. I guess, you must wonder how Chinese people celebrate Lunar New Year,assuming family will get together, make a delicious feast, and broadcast New Year song, just like Christmas in Western. I have to clarify that,however, lots of thing change as time goes by: we are gradually losing our New Year spirit(年味 in Chinese ). That doesn't mean we don't value Chinese New Year, but some traditions are not as usual as in the past. Nevertheless, quite a few interesting phenomena also occur in Chinese New Year. Spring Festival travel rush(春運), for instance, one of the largest scale of population migration on earth. Can you imagine how those people get on the train? Transportation innovation and refrigeration technology also bring a lot of change. Currently, we purchase food for Chinese New Year and other related stuffs on online shop. It's really weird, but it's just the way we celebrate Chinese New Year!