What are the problems in the development of traditional festivals in China?

Other "foreign festivals", such as Valentine's Day and Thanksgiving Day, are also very popular in China. The author believes that we should think about the "foreign festival" fever and come up with countermeasures as soon as possible.

A careful analysis of "foreign festivals" will reveal that they are inherently incompatible with China's local culture. For example, Christmas is a typical religious festival, which is quite different from the reality that most people in China are atheists. Another example is Valentine's Day, which is an emotional festival with ambiguous words, which is also very different from the tradition of China people paying attention to family ties and implicit feelings; As usual, these festivals used to be difficult to be popular in China, but now they are very popular, especially among young people. Why? Apart from the fact that young people like the new and hate the old, they are easy to follow the trend. Is it also related to the problems existing in our traditional festivals?

Throughout the traditional festivals in China, which are mainly left over from farming civilization, the theme is "exorcism", farming reunion and family, which is very attractive to middle-aged and elderly people who pay attention to family ties, but for young people who like to play, the theme is too heavy and the form is relatively monotonous. On the other hand, the "foreign festivals" in the west, after the merchants created momentum, became cheerful and festive, and the forms were also rich and colorful, catering to the lively psychology of young people. In fact, many young people in China celebrate "foreign festivals", not necessarily taking religious content seriously, just looking for a reason to have fun. How to make festivals more cheerful may be the most important direction of traditional festivals in China.

Festivals, no matter what, are the carriers of culture. If the "foreign festival" captures the hearts of our young people too much, then how to protect and continue our oriental culture may face great problems, which is by no means alarmist. In the western culture represented by "foreign festivals", it seems that it is not urgent to talk about this issue uninvited.