How to treat foreign festivals and traditional festivals

Nowadays, young people are keen to celebrate foreign festivals, which is inseparable from our extensive cultural opening and foreign exchanges and the free opening of the media in recent years. Some western festivals are also in line with the psychology and thinking of young people seeking change and innovation, so it is inevitable that "foreign festivals" will be favored. People who celebrate foreign festivals enjoy themselves, while those who hold different opinions regard it as "worshipping foreign things and flattering foreign countries". However, it is superficial and simple to summarize it with the word "worshipping foreign things and flattering foreign countries". It is not only a fashion, but also a cultural phenomenon for young people to celebrate foreign festivals, which embodies the cultural choice and value pursuit under the blending of Chinese and western cultures.

On the one hand, the invasion of western festivals is related to the strong economic and cultural background of the West, and this kind of sweetness was also tasted in China in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, it is because the market regards these exotic festivals as business opportunities, vigorously hypes them and holds them as fashion. On the other hand, in the past few decades, the political content of life has been overemphasized, political festivals have been unilaterally strengthened, and folk festivals have been diluted. Now that social life is back to normal, people's pockets and time are getting richer and richer. At this time, we need festivals to bring the interest and climax of life. It turns out that our festivals have long been poor and limited, and it is difficult to meet people's needs, so there is a gap.

Festivals in China follow the natural solar terms, forming a closed space with the family as the unit. Western festivals belong to a big society and transcend families. Compared with these two festivals, the former is necessary for family reunion, and it adapts to China society. The large-scale festivals that have been preserved now have a strong sense of family reunion, while the festivals with little reunion atmosphere such as "Dragon Rising on February 2" have gradually faded; The latter is the product of interpersonal communication, and pays more attention to contact with unrelated people. It is inevitable that China people will like foreign festivals more and more. With the urbanization of China society, this kind of communication with "foreign festivals" as a way of interpersonal aggregation should become more and more popular.

It is an inevitable trend of globalization that cultures of various countries merge and collide at an unprecedented speed. Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has embraced all rivers, and there are many foreign things in China's traditional culture. However, foreign festivals flock to China and tend to take its place. Traditional festivals that have experienced thousands of years of wind and rain have been passed down to this day. Why are they going downhill?

The 5,000-year history has left many things to China people, among which traditional customs are an important part. Custom is not only a habit, but also represents the traces of civilization and national identity. Unfortunately, modern China people are becoming more and more familiar with western festivals, and at the same time they are forgetting their own history at an alarming rate. Some people think that this is the result of foreign cultural invasion, others think that this is the inevitable result of globalization, but few people have thought about what contribution we in China have made to the protection of these traditional customs. Looking back on the history after the founding of New China, we have never recognized the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival as national legal holidays at the formal system level. It can be said that, except for the Lunar New Year, all the people in China are separated from the 5,000-year history of China by powerful forces from our own government in their daily lives.

With the deepening of modernization, the traditional culture of the Chinese nation and people's lifestyle are being violently impacted and challenged by western culture and lifestyle. In this confrontation between Chinese and western cultures, how to grasp the "degree" of absorbing the essence of western culture and inheriting China's unique tradition? In this collision, how can we gain a firm foothold, stick to our own classics and show the profound and profound cultural "heritage" of the Chinese nation?

In fact, China's culture has strong cohesion and appeal, and its cultural value is more open and acceptable. What we should consider is to fully enhance this potential cultural drive. It is very necessary and timely to properly handle the extension and enrichment of traditional culture, find a new way to open the way, rationally construct a benign and brand-new national cultural mentality and connotation, and provide a healthy soil for the improvement of national quality, and make some meaningful explorations and attempts.

As a concentrated expression of the specific cultural traditions of all ethnic groups, festivals always have many social reasons, whether at home or abroad. With the development of society, festivals in China are bound to "survive in change", some of which are diluted, some are more intense, and some are endowed with new meanings and connotations. Of course, this change is the result of the choice of ordinary people and the continuous accumulation of social life.