Zihan Wen (Zhengzhou University).
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. (December 23, CCTV).
Led by the 100 festivals and the four seasons of spring, the Spring Festival is determined as a United Nations holiday inseparable from its rich cultural connotation. The Spring Festival has a long history, carrying thousands of years of historical and cultural accumulation of the Chinese nation, and is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. During the Spring Festival, all parts of the country will hold various folk activities such as removing the old and welcoming the new, worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, family and friend reunions, celebrating and entertaining, etc., to celebrate the New Year.
These Spring Festival customs contain not only the best wishes for farewell to the old and welcome the new, family reunion, happiness and health, but also the feelings of peace, stability, prosperity and peace of the country. It can be seen that the Spring Festival carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in the inheritance and development, and is a witness to the long history of Chinese civilizationIt is also the source of Chinese people's cultural self-confidence and a splendid cultural treasure of the Chinese nationIt embodies the value pursuit and emotional sustenance of the Chinese people, and is a powerful spiritual force for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Spring Festival is designated as a United Nations holiday, which is a new milestone for Chinese culture to enter the world stage. In recent years, some countries and regions in the world have been deeply influenced by Chinese culture and have begun to hold activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year. For example, in order to welcome the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese lunar calendar, a lively and festive lion dance performance was staged in front of the Sydney Opera House, an iconic building in AustraliaOne World Trade Center in New York, USA, is lit up with Chinese New Year-themed lightsFrance, Fiji and other countries have issued commemorative stamps for the Year of the Rabbit in the lunar calendar, forming a prosperous and prosperous era for the world to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Nowadays, the Spring Festival has been designated as a United Nations holiday, which means that the spread of Chinese culture around the world has been unprecedentedly strengthened. With the help of the Spring Festival, people of all countries can further understand the connotation of Chinese culture and enhance the good impression of Chinese culture among people of all ethnic groups. Let the Spring Festival bring the blessings and warmth of spring to the people of all countries with the charm of Chinese culture self-confidence, affinity and symbiosis, shorten the distance between each other, and let the ancient oriental countries resonate with the world at the same frequency and know each other.
Seizing the opportunity of the Spring Festival being designated as a United Nations holiday, we should dig deeper into the cultural connotation behind the Spring Festival, provide sufficient confidence for the Chinese people to have strong cultural self-confidence, provide spiritual strength for building a harmonious society and enhancing national cohesion, and write a more brilliant chapter for the construction of a socialist cultural power with Chinese characteristics. At the same time, in the context of globalization, we should also convey a more sonorous and powerful Chinese voice to the world through the Spring Festival, publicize the concept of "the beauty of each other, the beauty of the beauty, the beauty of the United States, and the unity of the world", promote exchanges and integration between different cultures, enhance friendship and cohesion between people around the world, and strengthen cooperation and solidarity between different countries and regions.
When the Spring Festival was designated as a United Nations holiday, this most representative traditional Chinese festival has since become a grand event celebrated by countries around the world. This is not only an affirmation of Chinese culture by countries around the world, but also a platform for Chinese people around the world to display and spread their national culture. In this festive and peaceful festival, let us enjoy the splendid blooming of Chinese culture on the world stage and contribute to the promotion of global cultural exchanges.