2023 is the year of China's cultural export, with the three armed forces unifying the world in October, the cool essay phrase sweeping the United States in November, and the big flowers in the Northeast in December to pick up Paris.
As the saying goes, when you're strong, others are willing to put the icing on the cake for you. The same applies to the state. Our official responded generously immediately, although the Spring Festival originated in China, it belongs to the whole world. In fact, the Spring Festival has already swept the world. Our neighboring countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, and North Korea have always had the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival. In addition to having a reunion dinner during the Spring Festival in Po County and Malaysia, the Spring Festival couplets will also be fished, which is the biggest difference from us. South Korea's Spring Festival is almost the same as Shandong's, Koreans can't sleep lazy in the morning of the first day of the new year, and they have to get up before dawn to worship, and the portraits and genealogies of their ancestors are placed in the house, and various tributes are placed on the table. The younger generations in the family will pay New Year's greetings to the elders, and the elders will also give the younger generations New Year's money. After the first year of junior high school, they also have to visit relatives and friends.
The Spring Festival in Vietnam lasts from the 23rd day of the lunar month to the seventh day of the first lunar month. Approaching the end of the year, every household will buy New Year's goods to clean, arrange lotus flowers, paste Spring Festival couplets, make new clothes, and set off fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve. The biggest difference with us is that flowers must be placed at home, and the North Vietnamese family generally puts peach blossoms, and the South Vietnamese puts yellow plum blossoms. In addition to Southeast Asia, countries such as Canada, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, California in the United States and New York City have long made the Spring Festival an official holiday.
Every Spring Festival, the scene of gongs and drums and firecrackers in Chinatowns in every country looks more lively than us. The Spring Festival was left to us by our ancestors. A legacy based on time scales and cultural symbols throughout life. It originated from the wax sacrifice of the primitive tribe period, formed in the Han Dynasty, carried forward in the Tang and Song dynasties, has a history of more than 2,000 years, witnessed the vicissitudes of the Chinese nation, and also left many imprints of Chinese civilization. His family reunion and the joy of the world have infected the people of the world. Up to now, about 20 countries around the world1 5 people celebrate the Spring Festival, which truly originated in China and went to the world. After talking about Chinese festivals going out, let's talk about the problem of foreign festivals coming in.
Recently, there has been a special heat on the Internet, some people have called for a boycott of Christmas, what is the reason for the boycott?Looking at the picture of the Shang being blocked, they say that on December 25, 1860, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded the city of Beijing and burned down the Old Summer Palace. This day was designated as Christmas by the Eight-Power Alliance, which is a day of shame for the Chinese, so it should be resisted. Seeing this kind of remarks, I couldn't laugh or cry.
Anyone with a little common sense knows that Christmas is the birthday of Jesus, and it has nothing to do with the burning of the Old Summer Palace. If you have studied junior high school history, you should also remember that the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance was in 1900, and the burning of the Old Summer Palace occurred in October 1860, not December 25, and historical errors were taken as truth by some so-called patriots. It can be seen that their knowledge reserve has been incredibly low. It is also a sadness if we remember the history of humiliation and only remember the hatred of other countries and not the real historical details.
More than 10 years ago, we were still enjoying the dividends of the WTO, immersed in the joy of the '08 Olympic Games, when everyone still had the consciousness of embracing the global village, as if overnight, the wave of populism hit, hatred was called the mainstream, and it seemed that we had to be the enemy of the world to be called patriotic. We are a peace-loving, open and inclusive country, and it is not beneficial for the country or the people to engage in confrontation and hatred.
You may not know that among the seven legal holidays in our country, only the Spring Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are traditional festivals. Labor Day, Children's Day, and National Day are all foreign holidays. Labor Day was fought for by the Chicago workers on strike in 1886, and Children's Day was established to commemorate the children killed in World War II. The first country in the world to have a national holiday was San Marino, which only flowed into our country after the founding of the country. Women's Day, May Fourth Youth Day, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Teacher's Day, these are all foreign festivals, even worship.
6. Sunday was also a weekly system established by the Roman emperors. We don't always have a good time with these festivals.
In fact, no matter what festival is celebrated now, everyone wants to relax physically and mentally after fatigue, a family reunion after a long separation, and a poem and distance after high-pressure work, and there is no need to use narrow nationalism to resist foreign festivals.
Don't forget the national shame, not to be the enemy of the world, and to be patriotic is not to label others indiscriminately under the banner of patriotism, but to truly create value for the country. Do you say yes or no?