In the inheritance of traditional culture, southerners, especially Cantonese and Fujianese, do much better than us northerners. They have ancestral halls, overseas associations, and many large-scale activities during the Chinese New Year, such as lion dances, English songs and dances, kneeling to worship ancestors, and worshiping Mazu... During the Spring Festival more than 20 years ago, I participated in the Puning Association in Chiang Mai, and I was very envious of the unity atmosphere of Chaoshan people. Born in Chiang Mai, the Chinese have never set foot on Chinese soil, but they have a strong sense of national self-confidence and belonging. The meaning of bowing down to ancestors and elders is not for how many red envelopes you get, but at the moment of kneeling, you know that your roots are in **. What is very disappointing is that the New Year in our northern cities, except for couplets, firecrackers, and ** New Year's greetings, really can't feel the flavor of the New Year. There are many families around, empty nest middle-aged and elderly people, that is, three or two people, one or two more dishes than usual, even if it is a Chinese New Year's Eve meal. More and more young people are no longer returning to their hometowns for the New Year because they have no sense of belonging. The inheritance of our nation's traditional culture really has to start from the baby, the people.
The unity and cohesion of the clan should not only be reflected in times of war and national disaster, but should always remind yourself: who you are, where you come from. I want to say that the country that does well is Thailand, so far the official year of Thailand, or the Thai calendar, a set of actions of Thai etiquette training to bow down is a set of actions that every Thai must master, every week, ** government departments and banks, schools, to one day collectively wear Thai clothes, modern cinema, before the movie screening, all stand up and sing the national anthem, every morning in public places or squares, the national anthem will be played, people and cars on the road will stop, solemnly sing the national anthem, Every traditional festival will be full of rituals. When an elder passes away, the children will go to the temple to be a monk for a few days to pray for the dead. When the juniors talk in front of the sitting elders, they will squat slightly, with their heads lower than the elders, or simply kneel at the feet ......of the eldersDidn't we ancients also have a lot of such old rules, all of which were discarded as feudal bad habits and dross. The problem with our current outlook on education is that academic qualifications are higher than character, and under such a deformed education system, it is not surprising that people with higher academic qualifications kill their fathers, mothers, wives and children. I hope that the dolls of the post-20s and post-30s generations can change, and at that time, the year, will exist every day for 365 days!