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Why are some people in China increasingly indifferent to traditional festivals and keen on them?

1. Since the reform and opening up, all the traditional festivals in China are not holidays except the Spring Festival. The accelerated pace of work and the influx of western culture have added an external factor to our indifference to traditional festivals. In addition, we have some solutions to cultural problems that are not necessarily correct, such as setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival and setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve. This is an extremely important symbol and manifestation of the Spring Festival in China. People set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, expressing good wishes, so as to revel and yearn for good luck. However, because of environmental pollution, this form has affected everyone's sleep and has been forcibly cancelled. Such problems have led to the indifference of our traditional holiday projects.

The younger generation now may be a little indifferent, because they grew up without taking national holidays as national statutory holidays, and grew up in an environment where our traditional culture was greatly impacted.

3. The lack of traditional culture is also an important reason;

4. Follow the trend (50%) and think that the fresher the festival (30%), the better (16%). Traditional festivals in China are not as lively as those abroad (4%).