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Traditionally, in China, friends and relatives will bless each other and pass on good wishes during festivals.
On the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day and other important festivals, people wish each other well, which contains the yearning for a better life, condenses the traditional cultural atmosphere and creates a happy and peaceful holiday atmosphere.
With the exchange and influence of Chinese and Western cultures, more and more foreign festivals are accepted by the public in China, such as Valentine's Day and Father's Day. China has a long history of blessing culture, which is also vividly reflected in modern life. There are not only traditional blessing methods, but also modern technical means such as short messages, greeting cards and emails, which have also become people's blessing tools.
Blessing is a short story written by Lu Xun, a writer of the Republic of China. It was written on February 7th, 1924, first published in Shanghai Oriental Magazine No.21Volume No.6, published on March 25th, 1924, and later included in the collection of novels.
The work describes an intellectual "I" who left his hometown and returned to his hometown at the end of the Lunar New Year, staying at the fourth uncle's house to prepare for "blessing" and witnessing the tragedy of the death of the former maid Xianglinsao of the fourth uncle's house.