Why should we celebrate traditional festivals?

As a Chinese, we should keep enough respect for traditional festivals. Because it is not only a kind of compliance to the historical tradition of the Chinese nation, but also a kind of confirmation of one's own national identity. Through Chinese traditional festivals, learn to respect the elderly, learn to filial piety and respect for parents, so that the traditional virtues of the motherland in our celebration of traditional festivals in us to be carried forward.

For the Western festivals, students should learn more about the legends and stories about the Western festivals, so that they can become caring and have a good heart. At the same time, it is important to clearly realize that they are a Chinese, so it is more important to understand the civilization of our great motherland, and Chinese people should learn the traditional culture of our country and live our own festivals.

Traditional festivals are an important carrier of the inheritance of outstanding historical and cultural heritage, which not only enable people to grow knowledge and be taught during the festivals, but also help to manifest culture, promote virtues, cultivate sentiments, and carry forward traditions. Folk festival is a product of the evolutionary development of human civilization, most of the festival customs in the ancient times has been the first appearance.

The formation process of traditional festivals is the process of precipitation and cohesion of the Chinese nation's history and culture. The Spring and Autumn Annals: "the opening of heaven and earth, everything is muddy, no knowledge; yin and yang by virtue of ... the sun, moon and five latitude and longitude are all up the draft; 45,000 years, the sun, moon and five latitude and longitude of a round of turn; ... set the image of the sky, the law of the earth's instrument, for the stem and branch to determine the degree of the sun and the moon."

The formulation of the ancient stem and branch calendar provided the prerequisites for the creation of the festival. In the evolution of historical development, the change of dynasties, the ancient calendar changes greatly, before and after *** appeared 102 calendar, some of the "traditional festivals" of the ancient and modern specific date is actually not the same. In the history of the Chinese nation, there have been many festivals, some of which have survived to this day, some of which are halfway "lost".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Traditional Festivals