What is Youth Day to commemorate?

Youth Day is to commemorate the glorious revolutionary tradition of China youth since the May 4th Movement.

Festivals refer to important memorable days in life. It is a kind of folk culture created by people all over the world to meet the needs of production and life, and it is an important part of the world folk culture. The origin and development of festivals is a process of gradual formation, subtle influence and gradual infiltration into social life.

All ethnic groups and regions have their own festivals. Some festivals originated from primitive folk beliefs, such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Double Ninth Festival in China. Some festivals originate from religion, such as Christmas in Christian countries.

Some festivals come from the commemoration of someone or an event, such as National Day and Youth Day. There are also days designated by campaigns advocated by international organizations, such as Labor Day, Women's Day and Mother's Day. With the passage of time, the connotation and celebration methods of festivals are also changing.

As far as festival customs are concerned, many festival elements have sprouted as early as ancient times. Chinese civilization originated from farming civilization. People respect heaven and do things, and arrange production and life according to the rise and fall of the sun and the moon and the changes of seasons. Therefore, most traditional festivals in China are related to solar terms, which mark the time scale of human life.

Most traditional festivals were formed in ancient times. In the pre-Qin period, due to the different customs between the north and the south, the customs between the north and the south were not integrated and popularized, and many ancient festivals and customs were rarely recorded in literary works.

Heaven, earth, sun, moon and stars are closely related to agricultural production and harvest. The ancestors worshipped nature, prayed for good weather with sacrificial activities and thanked the gifts given by nature, which gradually developed into a festival with a fixed time. Most festivals were formed in the pre-Qin period, but it takes a long development process to spread to all parts of the country.

By the Tang Dynasty, festivals had changed from primitive worship and taboo mysterious atmosphere to entertainment etiquette. Since then, festivals have become more cheerful and colorful, with many sports and entertainment activities, which soon became a fashion. These customs continue to develop and continue.