Traditional Chinese festivals face how to survive Western festivals

In order to protect the Chinese culture, there have been 10 doctors jointly put forward the boycott of the "Western Festival" initiative, a famous professor issued a cry in defense of the Spring Festival, this year's Valentine's Day and the Spring Festival is about to collide with the occasion of the proximity of the 140 college students from Shaanxi Normal University, the protection of the traditional festival to offer advice, the formation of a collision of views, showing the status of traditional culture in the minds of young people and the influence of Western culture on young people deserve the attention of society *** with. Shows the status of traditional culture in the minds of young people and the influence of Western culture on young people, worthy of social *** with attention.

Revamping traditional festivals vs. sticking to one's own coordinates

Many college students believe that China's traditional festivals need to be revamped. Chang Yanfang and Wang Guiya analyzed the reasons why traditional festivals are neglected from the perspective of life: in the past, people used to especially like to celebrate the Spring Festival because it meant wearing new clothes and eating good food. Most Chinese festivals are related to food and drink, such as eating dumplings at the Lantern Festival, eating zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival, and eating mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival, and so on. Now the Chinese people's standard of living has improved, and most of the things they used to look forward to getting at festivals have been gotten at ordinary times, so people's enthusiasm for the festivals has greatly faded.

"Traditional festivals are too cumbersome, today's people who will be like the previous so over. 2005 August 11, Guangzhou opened the '2005 Guangzhou Beggar's Nest Cultural Festival' curtain, however, only to reproduce the late Qing Dynasty and the early Zhucun Beggar's Nest Festival of the pomp and circumstance, the majority of the public only stay in the The majority of the public only stays at the level of watching." Jin Qiaoming cited examples to illustrate his point.

Gao Yuanyuan, Li Peifeng, Jiang Rui, Tian Qi, Sun Lei, Wu Jing, etc. believe that traditional festivals are basically handed down from feudal society and inevitably bear the seal of feudalism: closed, family, hierarchical, centered on the internal activities of the family, which is a bit rigid and dull, and is not in harmony with today's market economy. Western "foreign festivals" belong to the big society, self-centered, advocating individuality, reflecting the equality of all people, the characteristics of freedom. These are exactly in line with the modern fast-paced, competitive society under the emotional requirements of the masses want to release the pressure. Therefore, it is necessary to transform our traditional festivals while retaining their original color. In recent years, there has been a strong "Chinese style" in pop music and clothing, and a major reason for its success has been the packaging and reorganization of folklore in fresh and fashionable forms.

The number of opponents of the revamp is small, but their arguments are persuasive. He Wei, Zhou Rui, Zhang Yifei, etc. believe that: the people of China is not do not attach importance to traditional festivals, the enthusiasm of the Spring Festival is far more than Christmas, but the traditional holiday everyone with their families to reunite, not in the street, so it may seem less lively than the "foreign festivals". Some people always like to incorporate Chinese traditional culture into the coordinate system of Western culture, to their own traditional festivals on the Westernized title. Whether it is the "Tanabata" renamed "Chinese Valentine's Day" or "Chinese Love Festival", revealing the loss of self-confidence in the traditional Chinese national culture, it is nothing more than to let Zhu Yingtai wear the clothes of Juliet, learn from Zhu Yingtai. It is nothing more than letting Zhu Yingtai put on Juliet's clothes and learn to speak English like Juliet, and the result is that she is neither like Juliet, nor does she have the charm and temperament of Zhu Yingtai. The rigid packaging and transformation of traditional festivals and traditional culture, and even commercialization and "internationalization", will inevitably vulgarize traditional culture and undermine the purity and charm of traditional culture. We should have sufficient national self-confidence, adhere to their own coordinates.

Commercialization of folk festivals vs. restoration of traditional features

Some college students believe that traditional festivals have been neglected because of uncommercialized speculation. Guo Yan, Yu Hang and Luobu Gezong suggested that the prosperity of "foreign festivals" is related to the speculation of businessmen for economic benefits. In recent years, every year before the arrival of Christmas, businessmen have to make a big fuss, buy one get one free, full of Christmas trees, Santa Claus, colorful lights, the festive atmosphere is extremely strong. The combination of commercial culture and traditional culture is an inevitable trend in the 21st century. We should do a good job of combining folk culture and commerce with a serious attitude, so that some discerning merchants and entrepreneurs can organize more traditional festival activities. For example, the Dragon Boat Festival, the sale of dumplings at the same time, the introduction of the origin of the festival and why the knowledge of dumplings, so that people know the connotation of the traditional festivals of the motherland.

Another group of college students not only oppose the commercialization of traditional festivals, but also believe that their traditional features should be restored. He Jia said, China's first month of the 15th eat soup dumplings, lanterns, riddles, enjoy the moon, fireworks, pairs of pairs, play dragon lanterns, lion dance, stilt walkers, twisting rice-planting songs, playing the drums, etc., content than the Christmas season is much richer than Christmas, participatory, entertaining and knowledge is far from comparable to the Christmas season. The Lantern Festival today is not as good as the ancient times, also can not catch up with Christmas, first of all, some people put the Lantern Festival out of the basis of folk participation. For example, every year at the Lantern Festival, basically is to see the lanterns, occasionally guess riddles, the form is very monotonous, but also to buy tickets to enter the field, some tickets are also very expensive, so that can not mobilize the people's "spiritual cells". This is how our traditional festivals are gradually being abandoned. If we restore the characteristics of our traditional festivals, we can resist the impact of "foreign festivals" on our traditional festivals.

"Chinese festivals do need some new ideas. This kind of new meaning does not mean to attach what modern new things, on the contrary is to go back to the past. Now I often hear people say that the flavor of the New Year is becoming more and more diluted, this 'flavor of the New Year' is diluted in the abandonment of custom. Many people in the city for the New Year's Day to save trouble, the family ate New Year's Eve dinner in the hotel, no family busy together to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, window decals, steamed buns and other red-hot and lively scenes, but also lost the atmosphere of the family's warmth." Zheng Jianying said.

Hou Jingnan, Ma Yingying and others believe that traditional festivals have a strong human, natural and secular flavor. It is not backward, just that the inner potential and charm are still hidden under the veil of mystery. If the tradition is always pressed in the bottom of the box, even if its value is great, it will be forgotten one day. Therefore, it is urgent to restore the traditional festival culture. We should dig out its far-reaching significance and integrate it into our daily life year after year. It is gratifying that some universities have already listed folklore as a graduate major, such as Sun Yat-sen University, which enrolls graduate students in the direction of studying folklore in its College of Liberal Arts.

Go with the flow vs. give support

"In fact, almost all important traditional festivals are facing a crisis, both in China and in Europe. In the 1990s, European countries, including France and Denmark, were hurt by the penetration of the global consumer culture represented by the United States, and tried to counteract it by promoting their local cultures -- with little success, as you can see." In Yang Lijun's view, the impact on traditional festivals is an inevitable phenomenon.

Ma swell and Liang Xiangling, among others, believe that time is the best connoisseur for authenticity, good and bad. Historically, there have been foreign festivals, such as the Bathing Buddha Festival, but ultimately they did not form much of a climate, while China's traditional Chinese New Year has been repeatedly "persecuted". "During the Cultural Revolution, the Spring Festival was not allowed to wear new clothes and shoes, not allowed to tie the red head rope, not allowed to eat New Year's dinner, not allowed to worship ancestors, people must go into the fields to participate in the work on this day, and said, "to have a revolutionary Spring Festival," but now the Spring Festival is not every year? However, the Spring Festival is still celebrated every year nowadays, isn't it? If the Western festivals have their merits and strengths, then not to mention the folk initiative, even if the state law explicitly prohibit can not be curbed, and China's various types of festivals, which is not lacking in some of the stereotypes, since it is not good, let it die out naturally, which is also in line with the natural order of things. Those who call for a boycott of Christmas behavior, is a kind of weakness performance, is worried about traditional Chinese festivals can not withstand the impact, is a kind of useless. In fact, "real gold is not afraid of fire", something good will thrive after the storm. For the "Western festivals" we may as well take the "do nothing" attitude, let nature take its course, let it grow and die.

Liu Weina, Liu Jun, Zhang Rong and others oppose the idea of letting nature take its course, on the grounds that, after the May Fourth Movement, Chinese people began to abandon nationalism and traditional culture, folk customs and habits, and believe that as long as it is Western, it is "foreign", it is advanced, modern and scientific. They believe that as long as it is Western, "foreigners", it is advanced, modern and scientific, while traditional Chinese things are backward and superstitious. Before the reform and opening up, many traditional festivals were outlawed, and many festivals and customs were gradually replaced or even disappeared, leaving behind only colorful, monotonous and boring activities. As a result, as soon as the door to the outside world was opened, people were mesmerized by the dazzling array of things outside before they had time to publicize and learn about China's traditional culture and festivals. Since traditional Chinese festivals have suffered injustice in history, we need to save them today and give them special care.

Sun Dan, Zhao Dan and other think, "Western festival" prevalent in the children's education bias, emphasis on cultural knowledge learning rather than quality cultivation, so we must increase publicity, so that the country to see the benefits and advantages of traditional festivals, so that the motherland's traditional culture, traditional festivals, in-depth popularity, especially deep into the hearts and minds of young people. This requires the formation of a three-dimensional propaganda model, from movies and television to newspapers and magazines, and even student teaching materials. It can also produce some exquisite and beautiful public service advertisements and organize knowledge contests with prizes.

"Last year, I took a folklore class and realized that there are so many interesting folklore anecdotes in Chinese culture, and there are so many things we need to understand, where there is still free time to soak in the 'honey water' of Western culture?" Chen Lu said humorously.

Hancheng, Wang Ping, Lei Mingyuan and others believe that the problem can not be solved by only one or two scholars shouting. There should be policy continuity support, increase financial investment in culture, and support and protect the folklore program in universities. China's current legal holidays, only the Spring Festival is a traditional national holiday, the appropriate increase in the number of traditional holidays as legal holidays, it seems urgent and necessary. The establishment of relevant archives to ensure that they can be passed on to future generations, and at the same time, the establishment of a variety of cultural activity centers to cultivate various aspects of national cultural talents.

Going global vs. going Chinese

On Christmas Eve, the city's citizens and foreign tourists partied together. Although they are wearing Santa hats, they step to the beat of traditional Chinese drums and twist rice-planting songs with excitement. (File photo)

"We're always on the defensive, so why don't we market the Chinese dragon to the Western Hemisphere? We have such endless cultural treasures, it's really too bad that we don't fully develop and utilize them." Lu Mengyao has full confidence in the vitality of traditional Chinese culture.

Wang Jing, Zhou pleasant and others believe that in the global economic integration and extensive cultural exchanges, the incoming of Western culture is inevitable, and that if one bans foreign cultures without developing outward to expand the space for their survival, one's own position will become smaller and smaller until it disappears. Therefore, we should not only let the traditional Chinese culture in the local stand firm, but also to the world.

More college students believe that foreigners should be used in China.

Liu Qiuyao, He Wei and other said: In recent years, the world's booming "Chinese language fever", there have been 80 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classroom settled in 36 countries and regions, how did they not "Confucius abroad" as a "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output", "cultural output" and so on. Why don't they regard "Confucius abroad" as a "cultural export" and set up a "firewall" to match? The inflow of Western festivals is not scary, the fear is the narrow nationalistic view of the people. Therefore, we need to build confidence, make it Chinese, and transform it into a Chinese festival.

Liu Xiaorong, Zhang Lili, Wu Di, Luo Shiwei, Zhang Haimei, Fu Yan, etc., that our national culture is the most powerful, prosperous, the most glorious era of the Han and Tang dynasties, are with foreign cultures, fusion is very active, frequent times. In fact, there are many festivals, such as May Day, Children's Day, Nurses' Day, Journalists' Day, and Women's Day. "Nurses' Day, Journalists' Day, Women's Day and New Year's Day are all international festivals, and no one has ever rejected or boycotted them in defense of national traditions. Some unique Western festivals with a human touch and humanization, such as Mother's Day, Father's Day and Thanksgiving Day, are not found in traditional Chinese festivals. Chinese people are very subtle in expressing their feelings, and sending a bunch of carnations and a greeting card on Mother's Day makes many inexpressive people express their love for their mothers. Therefore, "foreign festivals" is a useful supplement to our traditional culture, can be used to improve the Chinese holiday system, the promotion of traditional Chinese virtues, selective learning is very necessary, we should not hesitate to bring the foreign for use.

More practical things to do vs. changing attitudes

Who says the Spring Festival is not lively? (File photo)

Many college students believe there is a need to do something real instead of shouting.

Ren Chong, Song Jinliang and others suggested that every child of the Yellow Emperor should go "over" the traditional festival, to participate in it, at least to ensure that there is a festive mood. Even if you can't do much, you should learn more about the folk culture and then spread it as widely as possible.

Zhou Rui, Liu Nan and others believe that the loss of Chinese traditions is directly related to a lack of pragmatism. We always like to do some formal things, but do not make efforts to fundamentally change ourselves. 10 doctors called for a boycott of "Western festivals", will not fundamentally change anything, just past the Christmas season is still lively. If we really want to change the status quo of Western cultural invasion, we should seize the opportunity to develop China's national strength. If our comprehensive strength development up, in the world waist hard, still afraid of those "Western festival"?

And Liu Qiuyao, Chen Yiqing, Yue Jia and others believe that the key issue is to change the concept of thinking, otherwise the more things done, the greater the destruction of national culture. Many people in China treat culture with neither willingness to accept nor let go. When other people's Valentine's Day and other festivals for our enjoyment, we think it is cultural aggression, to boycott; and South Korea's Dragon Boat Festival Heritage bid was successful, we are angry, thinking that it is the other people took away our things. This is a destructive mentality that is intent on not letting everyone have a good time. As long as we face the exchange of different cultures and **** survival with a calm mind, to avoid harm, I believe that our traditional culture will be well inherited.

Reporter's note

The 140 college students in the protection of traditional festivals and culture on the proposed method of contradiction, because in the treatment of the "Western Festival" attitude is different: 10% of the students resolutely boycott "Western Festival "The following are some examples of the different attitudes towards Western festivals: 10% of the students resolutely resisted the celebration of Western festivals; 59.3% of the students thought that Western festivals could be celebrated in moderation under proper guidance; 8.6% of the students thought that it did not matter whether they celebrated Western festivals or not; and 7.8% thought that Western festivals could be celebrated in moderation under proper guidance. The students think that it is good to have a "Western Festival"; 14.3% of the students hold other views.