Date: December 21, 2023
BEIJING — Kong Qingdong, a prominent professor at Peking University, recently published a striking argument calling for a ban on traditional Chinese New Year's Eve dinners to focus on the importance of social security and cultural inheritance. He particularly emphasized the problems that may be caused by drinking alcohol to help the fun in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner custom.
In his view, Professor Kong Qingdong pointed out that although the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is a traditional event during the Chinese New Year, in recent years, some drunken brawls have occurred frequently, posing a threat to social order and personal safety. He believes that heavy drinking in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner custom not only exacerbates the problem, but can also lead to other bad behaviors and accidents.
In order to ensure social safety and personal health, Professor Kong Qingdong called for the suspension of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner during the special period, and encouraged people to celebrate the Spring Festival in other ways, such as holding small family gatherings or online interactions. He believes that such measures will not only help avoid safety issues such as drunken fights, but also promote family reunification and the inheritance of traditional culture.
Professor Kong Qingdong's appeal has sparked extensive discussion in all walks of life. Some support his view that ensuring social security and personal health is more important than traditional practices. However, some people have questioned this, arguing that the Chinese New Year's Eve meal is one of the important cultural traditions of the Chinese nation, and the security issue should be solved through other means, rather than a complete ban.
In any case, Professor Kong's perspective provides a new perspective for people to think about how to balance traditional culture and social security. Striking a balance between pandemic prevention and control and social security is a complex issue that requires all parties to work together to find the best solutions to protect people's lives and cultural heritage.