This book is a literary essay in the form of a long narrative, recording the author's experience of returning to Chaoshan, her hometown, with Tan Sheng (then her boyfriend) and Tan Sheng's parents during the last Spring Festival of the last century, and her experience of getting along with Tan Sheng's entire family. It was the author's first time to Chaoshan. At first, she felt strange and uncomfortable, but she was soon drawn into the local customs and practices of Chaoshan, as if she had opened the door to a new world. Chaoshan at that time still had complete rules and customs. The locals were conservative and enthusiastic. The old people hiding in the streets and alleys actually collected the enthusiasm and youthfulness of their lives. And those seemingly ordinary adults and children, with their strong life and emotions, can only be seen in Chaoshan... At first, the author thought that the family of four was "returning to Chaoshan for fun", but it was actually a
本书以长篇叙事方式带来的文学随笔, 记录上世纪最后一个春节与檀生 (当时的男朋友), 以及檀生父母回他们老家潮汕, 并与檀生整个家族相处的经历。那是作者第一次去潮汕, 起初觉得陌生、不适应, 但很快被潮汕当地的民俗风情卷入其中, 仿佛开启了新世界大门。那时候的潮汕依然留有完整的规矩习俗, 当地人保守又热情, 那些藏匿于街头巷尾的老人, 实则每个人都收藏了一生的热烈和少年气; 而那些好像很普通的大人与孩子, 身上极强的生命和情感, 也只能在潮汕当地看到……起初作者以为一家四口是“回潮汕玩儿”, 实际却是一次
本书以长篇叙事方式带来的文学随笔, 记录上世纪最后一个春节与檀生 (当时的男朋友), 以及檀生父母回他们老家潮汕, 并与檀生整个家族相处的经历。那是作者第一次去潮汕, 起初觉得陌生、不适应, 但很快被潮汕当地的民俗风情卷入其中, 仿佛开启了新世界大门。那时候的潮汕依然留有完整的规矩习俗, 当地人保守又热情, 那些藏匿于街头巷尾的老人, 实则每个人都收藏了一生的热烈和少年气; 而那些好像很普通的大人与孩子, 身上极强的生命和情感, 也只能在潮汕当地看到……起初作者以为一家四口是“回潮汕玩儿”, 实际却是一次
