Qingming pays attention to "death" and praises "life" Why is spiritual sustenance the main function of traditional festivals?

Traditional festivals in China are precious intangible cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, which has been shining brilliantly for thousands of years. In order to carry forward the traditional festival culture of the Chinese nation, the cultural memory theory regards memory as a concept closely related to culture, history and other categories. It takes the cultural phenomenon of collective origin and historical events far away from the present as the memory object, explains the rationality and legitimacy of the existence of collective culture and historical events, and realizes the purpose of consolidating subjective identity with the collective as the core. Cultural memory follows a specific form in the process of inheritance, and has its own symbol system and narrative mode.

People's hopes for traditional festivals also boil down to a day off. Most people are also using traditional festivals to travel and shop. However, traditional festivals should not be the victims of stimulating GDP! Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and family get together to chat; Tomb-Sweeping Day went for an outing to worship his ancestors, which is the correct way to open traditional festivals.

Tomb-Sweeping Day contains many customs and commemorative meanings, but the most important thing is sacrifice. This is the day of ancestor worship and grave sweeping. There is an important legend about ancestor worship and grave-sweeping, which is the story of Jin Wengong Zhong Er and Minister Jiezitui. During the Spring and Autumn Period, mesons pushed the meat to serve the monarch and set themselves on fire to dismiss the official. To commemorate meson push, Jin Wengong promoted the custom of forbidding fire and cold. Cold food refers to eating cold food instead of making a fire that day, mainly as a memorial to meson tui, because he was killed by fire.

Inheriting historical humanistic accomplishment. China is the only ancient civilization in the world that has survived to this day. The existence of Chinese civilization is crucial to its enduring in the historical trend. Martin jacques, a British professor, said: "China has never been a pure country, but a civilization that covers up the existence of the country. Countries have ups and downs, and as long as there is vitality, civilization will continue. The rise of China is not terrible. What is terrible is that this is a civilized and disguised country. "