Pros and cons of celebrating foreign festivals

I. Pros

1, that China is now the country's reform and opening up, the country and the people are slowly beginning to accept this Western holiday or culture, but also reflects the open-mindedness of the people of the country, able to accept the outside of the excellent cultural traditions.

2, the country does not oppose the people over foreign festivals, indicating that the government for the tolerance of foreign cultures, which also attracts foreigners to do business in China, China's investment will also play a role in promoting, because foreigners sometimes can not return to their home countries because of work and other reasons for the festival, and if you can see a lot of Chinese in China are also in the holiday, there will be a sense of hometown, the same feeling!

3. The fact that Chinese people have started to celebrate foreign festivals shows that the standard of living of the Chinese people is gradually improving, and it also shows that Western ideas are spreading widely in China.

4, Chinese people celebrate foreign festivals, can pull the domestic consumption. Imagine every year at Christmas, the streets are full of Christmas goods in the company, these can pull the textile, flowers and other supplies consumption.

Second, the disadvantages

1, making some people blindly worship foreign festivals, worship abroad, and forget the country's excellent cultural traditions, forget their own motherland, foreign pandering, in the society in the cause of a bad trend.

2, to a certain extent, weakened the Spring Festival in the country, in the hearts of the people's influence, dilute the Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, which is the biggest harm.

Extended information

China's traditional festival "Spring Festival".

The Spring Festival has a long history, evolved from the ancient times of the first year of prayer and sacrifice. All things are based on the sky, people are based on ancestors, praying for the New Year's Eve, honoring the sky and the ancestors, to report the origin of the beginning. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations and carries a rich historical and cultural heritage in its development. During the Spring Festival, various activities are held throughout the country to celebrate the new year.

With strong regional characteristics, the lively and festive atmosphere overflowing; these activities to get rid of the old and new, exorcise the evil and disaster, worship the gods and ancestors, the blessing of praying for the New Year as the main content of the form of colorful and cohesive essence of traditional Chinese culture.