There are two different views on traditional festivals and folk culture, which one do you agree with? Briefly explain the reasons. Viewpoint 1. Traditional festivals and folk culture should be protect

There are two different views on traditional festivals and folk culture, which one do you agree with? Briefly explain the reasons. Viewpoint 1. Traditional festivals and folk culture should be protected. Traditional festivals and folk culture should be protected. Festivals also regulate the relationship between peoples. On the one hand, through festivals, a nation can show its strength to other nations in a peaceful way and promote the spirit of its own nation; on the other hand, people of different nationalities get together to celebrate festivals, which can promote national identity and cultural identity.

For example, dumplings are eaten at Spring Festival, Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, dumplings at Dragon Boat Festival, mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival, and so on. Moreover, the vast majority of traditional festivals are developed on the basis of ancient sacrificial rituals, and these foods, which have gradually formed a custom along with sacrifices to gods and ancestors as well as festive diets, are loaded with a kind of deep folklore emotion. They not only laid a solid foundation for the development of Chinese food culture, but also, the offering, gifting and collective sharing of festival food constitute an important tradition of Chinese festival material life, reflecting the way Chinese people express their relationship between heaven and man and social relations.