What is the significance of the existence of festivals?

First, it should be the rhythm of the existence of a specific organization (usually a country or a nation). At a fixed rhythm point, let the members of this organization coordinate during the ceremony to strengthen the endogenous centripetal force of the organization. This is the fundamental mission of the festival. The basic social organization in ancient China was the clan, so the traditional festivals in ancient China were often based on the clan and gradually formed a national festival. For example, the Spring Festival, which marks the end and beginning of a year, worships the Qingming of ancestors.

Western ceremonial festivals, such as Christmas and Easter, are mostly related to religion. The social foundation of China clan has collapsed, and the sense of ceremony of this festival is fading. With the decline of western religions, its ceremonial festivals will also lose their due sense of ceremony.

Second, facing the individual members of the organization, giving specific themes and carrying out individual group activities, the sense of ceremony is not very strong. For example, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Father's Day, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day in the west.

Traditionally, festivals in China tend to be organized and "public" based. The west is more inclined to be "private"-oriented. In modern times, China drifted to the west involuntarily, and together with the whole world, it changed its tricks to have fun for itself. Western ceremonial festivals and individual festivals have become fireworks festivals. I don't know whether to be happy or sad.