In spite of the excitement that she remembered feeling, as a child, about getting to wear new clothes and new hats, Yang later began to question this way of spending New Year.
度過這段期待「穿新衣、戴新帽」的童年階段，成年後，她也曾對這樣的過年方式產生質疑，尤其對大吃大喝、物質泛濫的情況感到厭倦。