Why does China attach so much importance to traditional festivals?

As an important part and manifestation of China traditional culture, China traditional festivals have lasted for thousands of years. It shows the spiritual world of the Chinese nation in a subtle and entertaining way, and expresses people's pursuit and yearning for beautiful ideals, wisdom and ethics. It is an important carrier of China's traditional virtues handed down from generation to generation.

The traditional festivals in China, which are linked by Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival, are like a long scroll of history and culture, full of poetry and painting, and contain rich contents and etiquette forms. For thousands of years, the activities, customs and ceremonies during the Spring Festival or China New Year have been deeply internalized into the moral consciousness and behavior habits of China people. The year of China, which is still flourishing, is rare in the world. Therefore, the ethical and aesthetic connotations of traditional festivals still have important social and life significance today.

Traditional festivals condense the national culture, national spirit and national feelings of the Chinese nation. Building traditional festivals well can carry forward the national spirit, enhance national identity, strengthen national unity, safeguard national unity and unite Chinese at home and abroad. Respecting one's own traditional festivals is a manifestation of respecting and loving one's ancestors and nation. At present, leaders of many countries and governments regard Chinese New Year as a courtesy to respect the Chinese nation.