每年农历正月初一,我的家乡泰顺一带,无论大人、小孩都要到村里五十大寿以上的寿星家里去热闹一番,为的是对寿星表示自己的祝贺,大家都管叫这一活动为拜年。于是这一天,寿星的家里人一大早就要起床,在厅头上摆起一张四方桌,桌子中间放上一盘糖、一盘花生,外面放上苹果呀、咸菜呀什么的四盘东西和八个茶杯,再回到灶间把一大锅的水烧开,放下几斤白糖搅匀,便坐下来等待着招待来拜年的乡亲们。不过,这天起得更早的还是那些孩子们,寿星家里桌上摆着的糖、花生对这些小馋猫的吸引力可是够大的。年前他们就已相互交换信息,村里有几位寿星早已 Every year, on the first day of the first lunar month, in my hometown of Taishun, both adults and children go to the longevity home of the 50th birthday in the village to bustle, in order to express their congratulation on Longevity. We all call this activity For the New Year. So this day, Longevity’s family members must get up early in the morning, put a square table in the hall head, put a plate of sugar in the middle of the table, a plate of peanuts, put on the outside of Apple, pickles ah what four Things and eight teacups, and then back to the kitchen to boil a large pot of water, put down a few pounds of sugar stir, then sit down and wait for the reception to the New Year’s folks. However, it was earlier that day that those children, the sugar on the table of the longevity family, the peanuts’ appeal to these greedy cats were great. Years ago, they had exchanged information with each other and there were already a few longevity stars in the village