The role of traditional festivals in social life

The role of traditional festivals in social life

The role of traditional festivals in social life, China culture is extensive and profound, and traditional festivals have many functions. Traditional festivals continue the development of history and are the product of culture. Below I have sorted out the functions of traditional festivals in social life, and welcome everyone to learn from them, hoping to help you.

The role of traditional festivals in social life The significance of traditional festivals in China to our life today is as follows:

The first is to continue history. China culture is the only uninterrupted culture among the four ancient cultures in the world. However, it must be admitted that the history of China, especially the traditional civilization, has actually broken to some extent.

The second significance is to increase national cohesion. China people should have their own language and festivals, which are all cultures. China's traditional culture is a solid foundation for maintaining national unity. If Li Bai becomes a foreign poet, Du Fu becomes a foreign poet and A Dream of Red Mansions becomes a foreign novel, what will happen to China people?

The third significance is to enhance the soft power of our country and enhance our competitiveness in the world by promoting traditional culture. GDP alone cannot guarantee that this country is an advanced country. The reason why the United States dominates the world today depends not only on its huge economic and military strength, but also on its soft power, including Hollywood movies, NBA basketball games, pop music, and many movie stars, stars and singers. Hollywood blockbusters convey American value system, lifestyle, moral standards and aesthetic standards through American stories and characters, and their influence is spread all over the world. After the ideological struggle, the conflict between different civilizations will become the main reason for the struggle of different nationalities and forces in this world. The influence of a country on the world is directly proportional to the strength of its cultural power.

The role of traditional festivals in social life 2 First of all, festival culture bears the relaxed and timely life rhythm of an agricultural society. The traditional festivals in China are the historical products of agricultural civilization, and the choice of festivals is closely related to agricultural production and life. In line with the production rhythm of spring planting, summer hoeing, autumn harvest and winter storage, there are also rhythms of spring sexual life, autumn newspaper, summer crouching and winter wax in folk festivals: spring begins in the new year, everything revives, people worship their ancestors and whip spring to persuade farmers; Farming is getting busy in summer, and there is little leisure. It is also hot in summer and hot in weather, which is prone to diseases. Therefore, the custom of Dragon Boat Festival is mainly to drive away evil spirits, avoid epidemic diseases and detoxify. In the autumn season, new valleys appear, melons and fruits are ripe, and people get together with the joy of harvest to enjoy the moon and drink and climb high; Autumn came and winter came, the farming came to an end and the granary was full. People began a "busy year" by milling rice and slaughtering pigs and sheep. Year after year, people have lived and multiplied for generations in this relaxed natural life rhythm, inheriting Chinese civilization.

Secondly, festival culture plays a role in uniting families and regulating interpersonal relationships. Traditional society is a patriarchal society with blood relationship as the link. This social ethics concept is very strong, paying attention to family ties. Many ceremonies and customs in traditional festivals profoundly reflect this point. Sacrificing ancestors on New Year's Day is an indispensable part of almost all festivals, such as Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Cold Food Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Winter Solstice. People worship temples or tombs, or sweep and burn incense, or look up to heaven and make a wish. People express their filial piety and nostalgia through various festival activities. On the other hand, this endless and recurring custom of ancestor worship has also continuously strengthened and consolidated people's family consciousness and blood ties. At the same time, relatives, friends and neighbors exchange gifts during festivals (such as lanterns on the Lantern Festival, zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival and flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival), which is even more affectionate. For thousands of years, traditional festivals have become an important emotional bond to maintain interpersonal relationships in China. As long as you come from China, you can truly feel a kind of affection that blood is thicker than water, thus generating a strong sense of identity and affinity.

Thirdly, festival culture has played a role in promoting national integration and unity. The traditional festivals of the Han nationality have exerted great influence on the ethnic minorities in China and even neighboring countries. For example, some Miao and Han people celebrate the Spring Festival at the same time; Miao, Zhuang, Manchu, Dong, Li, She, Buyi, Hezhe and Ewenki also celebrate the Qinglong Festival. Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Dong, Yao, Bai, Shui, Mongolian, Buyi and other ethnic groups have celebrated Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. During the Heavenly Sacrifice and the Double Ninth Festival, more than a dozen ethnic minority areas, such as Buyi people, also celebrated grandly. In this way, festival culture has increased the centripetal force of the nation.

Finally, festival culture also bears the function of historical memory and time inheritance. The emergence of festival culture is directly related to the primitive beliefs of early human beings. In the later development process, although this trace is becoming more and more faded, some forms still exist. For example, festivals and customs, such as offering sacrifices to the earth on social days, Yue Bai in Mid-Autumn Festival, and offering sacrifices to the stars on Qixi Festival, still retain the historical memory of our ancestors' concept of nature worship. At the same time, in the process of development and evolution, festival culture has injected new content of the times and has new characteristics and significance of the times. Such as the increase of commemorative contents of historical figures, the embedding of religious festivals, and the integration of foreign national festivals and customs.

Mr. Lu Xun once said: "Only the soul of the people is the most precious. Only when she develops can China make real progress." Indeed, in today's globalization, "the more national, the more global." With a history of more than 5,000 years, the festival culture bears the feelings and memories of countless people in China, which is of great historical and practical significance for highlighting the characteristics of the times, enhancing cultural self-confidence and carrying forward the national spirit.

The Role of Traditional Festivals in Social Life 3 The history of China is almost a history of agricultural civilization, which makes the traditional festivals in China closely related to ancient sacrificial activities and solar terms.

Ancient sacrificial rites originated from the reverence for nature and outstanding leaders, and gradually evolved into the worship of personalized gods. Conforming to the solar terms is for agricultural production and obtaining food for survival.

Sacrificial activities and productive labor all have their own functions, especially when solar terms such as summer solstice, winter solstice and beginning of spring come, the node of alternating yin and yang in nature is the season of frequent diseases, which gradually divides into festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival, Winter Festival and New Year, and forms moxa sticks, medicated baths, removing five poisons, exorcising evil spirits, sweeping dust, playing vinegar and charcoal, and hanging peach symbols (Spring Festival couplets, door gods) because gunpowder in firecrackers contains saltpeter.

With the development of the times and the change of ecology, as well as some people's ignorance of traditional customs, it is debatable to restrict and deny traditional customs in general, and we have learned a lesson in this respect.

In 1950s, it was unilaterally believed that sparrows ate crops, which reduced grain production. Sparrows are simply listed as one of the four pests, and a large number of them die, resulting in frequent insect pests and a sharp drop in output. Therefore, sparrows have to relocate and be excluded from the four pests.