This paper analyzes the cultural value of traditional festivals in China and its role in building a harmonious society.

With the popularity of foreign festivals, especially western festivals, in China, young people are keen on Valentine's Day and Christmas, downplaying some necessary customs in traditional festivals in China, such as going home during the Spring Festival, sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival and enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice announcing the adjustment of national legal holidays, and made clear that three traditional programs, namely Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, are legal holidays. The author believes that this move is undoubtedly timely and has practical significance. As a traditional culture at the behavioral level, China traditional festivals are rooted in the ancient farming culture in China. In the long-term communication process, through the agreement on the relationship between heaven and man, self-esteem, righteousness and interests, it has formed its own unique cultural connotation, which embodies strong cultural cohesion and vitality, and is also related to the spirit of Chinese culture and the spirit of the Chinese nation, which is of great significance in the process of social development.

1 Cultural Connotation of Traditional Festivals in China

Culture is a symbol, value and norm shared by human beings, a nation or a group of people, and it is essentially related to humanization. Primitive people drill wood for fire, slash and burn, worship nature, totem, ancestors and gods; In patriarchal society, people pay attention to respecting the old and loving the young, the relationship between people and blood relatives, and the rule of ethics. In various historical stages, people worship their ancestors, visit Yue Bai, go hiking, climb mountains, and break willows to exorcise evil spirits ... With the origin, evolution and development of human beings, human behaviors and concepts are increasingly enriched and cultural connotations are gradually deepened. If some behaviors and ideas become habitual stereotypes of most people, they become a custom, and some customs exist in the form of festivals or folk customs. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 200 national, local and ethnic traditional festivals in China, the most important of which are Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival. The author takes these six traditional festivals as examples to explain their cultural connotations.

China's traditional programs are rooted in China's ancient farming culture.

Natural conditions and geographical environment decided that the early China was dominated by farming economy. People invented farm tools, cultivated new crops, formulated a series of agricultural systems, formed some farming customs, and created farming poems and various figures, all of which are the embodiment of farming culture. The traditional festivals in China are rooted in the ancient farming culture in China. According to historical records, the Spring Festival was called "in" in Tang Yu, "in Xia Dynasty" and "in Zhou Dynasty". "Load", "year" and "year" all refer to the growth cycle of grain. Millet is cooked once a year, so the Spring Festival is once a year, which means to celebrate the harvest. Another way of saying about the Spring Festival is that it originated in La Worship at the end of primitive society. At that time, whenever spring came, our ancestors slaughtered pigs and sheep, sacrificed ghosts and ancestors, and prayed for good weather in the new year to avoid disaster. Tomb-Sweeping Day was originally one of the 24 solar terms. At this time, the climate in most parts of China is warm and the vegetation is lush, and agriculture is busy with spring ploughing and sowing. There is an agricultural proverb in the south of the Yangtze River that describes Qingming as follows: "Qingming is connected with Grain Rain, so soaking seeds and ploughing can't be delayed" and "afforestation can't be too Qingming". About the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a saying that it is the legacy of Qiu Bao. Because the 15th day of the eighth lunar month happens to be the time when rice is ripe, people drink and dance in this season to celebrate the harvest with joy. The Double Ninth Festival is the official harvest season in northern Shaanxi ... From the origin of traditional festivals, most of them are for farming purposes. Although some festivals dilute the impression of farming in the process of communication, it is certain that traditional festivals embody or are rooted in ancient farming culture.

Traditional festivals in China reflect primitive ideas and culture.