Don't be stunned, why is Christmas suddenly not popular?
The whole Internet was suddenly filled with a strange emotion, and overnight, Christmas seemed to be a street rat in China, and no one gave it a damn. Netizens talked a lot, some were shocked, some were indignant, and the sighs made people feel heartache.
What the hell is going on here?How did Christmas become the object of dislike overnight?I saw a lot of articles on the Internet, one after another, all discussing the disappearance of Christmas. Honestly, what's so surprising about this?!
First, let's talk about the specific event. The Internet is full of articles about the disappearance of Christmas in China, and the authors are crying out in amazement, how can it be that no one celebrates Christmas overnight?Some people are even indignant, saying that Christmas has nothing to do with religion, has nothing to do with popularity, has nothing to do with worship, and has nothing to do with joy!Even if you're right, don't be surprised. Even if Christmas is just a festival that can give people joy, not everyone wants to celebrate this foreign festival. If you want to celebrate the foreign festival, you have a good time, and you don't need everyone to follow you. Why be surprised?
However, some people do not think so, and they are indignant at the sudden disappearance of Christmas. What is said that Christmas is a foreign product, I don't know whether I worship the ocean or not. It's just that Chinese New Year's Eve is removed from the legal holiday, and you are not surprised, but you are surprised at Christmas. It's not because Chinese New Year's Eve is a homegrown domestic product, it doesn't matter if you can't pass Chinese New Year's Eve. And Christmas is a foreign product, so I look at it differently, and I have to live it, but I am surprised. In addition to being surprised, I also want to blame what is related to popularity and joy. Chinese New Year's Eve is popular, right?The family gathers together for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, happy, right?Chinese New Year's Eve is not a holiday, why are you not surprised, don't say that the popularity is related?Don't say it's about joy?It can be seen that there is still a trace of the moon or the circle of the West in the bones.
This kind of argument is like a war of words, with both sides holding their own opinions and arguing inextricably. But what the hell is going on?Let's take a look at it from a higher dimension.
First of all, why did Christmas disappear in China?On the one hand, we cannot ignore the changes in society, and China is on the road to rise, full of confidence. People are beginning to look at their own culture and start to rediscover traditional festivals. Christmas, as an alien religious holiday, has naturally become the object of questioning. After all, some people will say that we in China have our own traditional festivals, so why do we need to have a foreign festival that has nothing to do with us?This is also reminiscent of Chinese New Year's Eve, although it is no longer a legal holiday, but people have not taken it less seriously. It can be seen that cultural identity has a crucial impact on the popularity of festivals.
On the other hand, the sudden disappearance of Christmas in China is also related to the wave of globalization. Over the past few hundred years, the colonization of other countries by Western countries has caused their cultures to spread around the world. Christmas is one of them, and it spreads from Western Europe to all corners and eventually to China. However, with the changes of the times, the Chinese people gradually deepened their identification with their own culture, began to maintain a cautious attitude towards foreign culture, and no longer blindly accepted everything. That's why some people are happy and even proud of the disappearance of Christmas.
In this regard, some netizens commented: "This is not disappearing, this is taking back your cultural sovereignty!."We don't worship the ocean, but because we love our culture more. Although Christmas is also a good holiday, we have a New Year and a Spring Festival, so why bother to have a festival that does not belong to us?This remark immediately caused a heated discussion, and some people praised it as an adherence to Chinese cultureOthers oppose it, arguing that it is a manifestation of narrow nationalism. This also makes the whole incident even more confusing and controversial.
However, we cannot simply look at this phenomenon with mixed feelings. Attitudes towards culture are complex and diverse, and there is no question of who is right and who is wrong. The key is whether we can respect the culture of others while maintaining our own identity. As some netizens said: "We can learn and learn from it, but we can't lose our own characteristics, which is the real cultural self-confidence." ”
To sum up, the disappearance of Christmas in China cannot be simply categorized as good, bad, right or wrong. This is an era of multicultural coexistence, and we need to learn to understand, respect, and maintain a love for our own culture. The disappearance of Christmas is not a rejection of joy, but an insistence on our own culture. I hope that in the future, we can find a more harmonious way to coexist in multicultural exchanges and jointly create a better society.