Each country has its own unique traditional culture, and traditional festivals, as an important way of cultural inheritance, carry the history and culture of the country. Christmas is regarded as one of the most commercially valuable holidays in the world and is celebrated in most countries.
Attack on Western festivals
December 25 was originally the birthday of the sun god in the Roman Empire. After the prevalence of religion, the Holy See incorporated this folk festival into the religious system. In 336 A.D., the Roman Church began to commemorate the birth of Jesus on December 25, believing that Jesus was the righteous and eternal sun. After the middle of the 5th century, Christmas became an important holiday in the church and spread among the Eastern and Western churches.
The cultural symbols of Christmas include Santa Claus, Christmas tree, Christmas Eve, Christmas songs, Christmas cards, Christmas gifts, etc., which enrich people's common understanding of Christmas around the world. Every Christmas, families in Europe and the United States will exchange gifts and have a Christmas dinner under the Christmas tree, creating a strong festive atmosphere. Christmas not only brings joy and warmth to people, but also is an excellent time for merchants to generate profits.
The spread of Christmas customs to Asia was mainly in the middle of the nineteenth century, and Japan, Korea, etc. were influenced by Christmas culture. In China, most people celebrate Christmas has nothing to do with religion, they just think it's novel and fun, and young people just find a reason to get together. Merchants are also happy to add fuel to the crowd and increase their revenues on the momentum of the festival. In many cases, Christmas and New Year's Day are promoted together, accompanied by slogans to celebrate the double festival. However, this year's Christmas is particularly deserted, and there are no large-scale events to be seen, and even private celebrations will be verbally criticized
Someone came up and took the lead, defining Christmas Eve and Christmas, defining Christmas as a Western holiday, specifically to the American holiday. Only Westerners and Americans celebrate Christmas, and the dignified Chinese sons and daughters celebrating the foreign festival are disloyal to the country and disrespectful to their ancestors. Western culture does not necessarily equal Western power, and even Western power does not necessarily equal Western hostile power. After that, it was to link Christmas Eve with the Battle of Changjin Lake during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Stir up antagonism, politicize Christmas Eve, Christmas. If this is really the case, it is recommended that the connotation of Christmas Eve be fixed in the form of law, so that more people can pay tribute to the heroic deeds of the revolutionary martyrs.
The observance of traditional festivals
On December 22, the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution by consensus to designate the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) as a United Nations holiday. Many people cheered, feeling that "the whole world is celebrating the Chinese Festival", which is a major victory for our cultural export. On the one hand, I hope that foreigners can quickly and without any psychological worries to celebrate the Spring Festival and accept the cultural export of the East. On the other hand, they tremble and resist the culture from the West, even an ordinary festival. Confucius didn't say "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", modern people do not prohibit it, you can "boycott Christmas", but at least allow others to act according to their own will.
Facts have also proved that if you want to catch up with the world trend and no longer fall behind in the rolling tide of the world, you must uphold a truly confident, open and inclusive mentality.
The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese culture. During the Spring Festival, people will observe the New Year, paste Spring Festival couplets, set off fireworks, greet each other, dance dragons and lions, perform social fire, make dumplings, etc. These traditional activities not only have unique visual and sound effects, but more importantly, through hands-on participation and the continuation of traditional customs, people feel a strong sense of tradition, and enhance people's sense of belonging and identity to their families and communities. Many countries in East and Southeast Asia celebrate the Spring Festival. Western countries will also celebrate the Spring Festival, but the main force of the spread is overseas Chinese.
Previously, some people on the Internet were worried that Koreans would "steal beams and change pillars" for the Spring Festival. In fact, there is no need to worry, because the Spring Festival is a "cultural system project", and they will always be outsiders. Most of China's traditional festivals, whether it is the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, or Chongyang Festival, are almost always based on "family reunion". Family reunion to eat Chinese New Year's Eve meal, family reunion to the grave to worship ancestors, family reunion to eat moon cakes, family reunion to climb the heights ......Even Qixi Festival, which has been transformed into Chinese Valentine's Day, was originally just a custom for the female relatives of the family to gather together to worship "Qiqiao".
This is closely related to China's long-term existence in an agrarian society. Agrarian societies, especially small-scale peasant economies (i.e., family production), give priority to reconciling relationships between relatives on important holidays. The problem is that China has completed industrialization and urbanization, and you can't expect young people who are wandering and working abroad to return to their hometowns every festival to complete the comfort and pilgrimage of family reunion on traditional festivals.
Secondly, the anticipatory elements and deep cultural connotations of traditional Chinese festivals are disappearing. Traditional celebrations such as fireworks, dragon and lion dances, and social fires have almost disappeared, and New Year's greetings are gradually becoming formalities, and even Chinese New Year's Eve is not a holiday. In contrast, the way Christmas is celebrated has not changed much, with Santa Claus, Christmas trees, Christmas Eve and Christmas gifts being valued, and Western countries are far more protective and inherited than China.
When I was a child, Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole night would be filled with crackling firecrackers. Now Chinese New Year's Eve is quiet, losing the hustle and bustle of the traditional festival. On the contrary, cutting down Christmas trees has become a tradition during Christmas celebrations in the United States. Christmas trees are not as protected in the West as they are in China's ban on fireworks, because they believe that protecting the environment requires more tradition. Since Shanghai Disneyland can set off fireworks shows every day, the pressure on the environment can be so great as to set off firecrackers for the people for a few days
Don't set off fireworks and firecrackers, and have a civilized and safe Spring Festival".Logically deduced:
"Don't burn paper money, don't burn incense, have a scientific and orderly Qingming Festival";
"Don't eat zongzi, don't row a dragon boat, and live a Dragon Boat Festival that doesn't support death or drown";
"Don't eat moon cakes, don't appreciate the moon, have a Mid-Autumn Festival that goes to bed early and gets up early, and is in good health";
"Don't carry lanterns, don't make lanterns, have an energy-saving and carbon-reducing Lantern Festival";
Chinese New Year is a public holiday chosen by the United Nations, but how do Chinese introduce Chinese New Year to the world?The Chinese New Year is the old snack of the whole family, watch the Spring Festival Gala ** sleep, and it is 365 days of struggle when you wake up!
Traditional festivals are an important part of national culture, and they are also an important way of cultural inheritance and identity. Under the impact of modern society, traditional festivals are gradually losing their original expectations and profound influence. In order to rebuild the meaning and influence of traditional festivals, we need to create a way and form of celebration that young people like, and strive to find a balance between environmental protection and traditional cultural inheritance. Only in this way can the traditional festival be rejuvenated and let people feel the power and emotion of Chinese culture in the festival!