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May 4th is Youth Day every year. What is the origin of this festival?
On May 4, 2009, young students in Beijing held a massive demonstration to protest against the imperialist countries' support for Japan's invasion of China at the Paris Peace Conference, which eventually developed into an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal patriotic movement with the participation of the whole people. The May 4th Movement showed the strong will of China people to defend national independence and strive for democracy and freedom, and marked the beginning of China's new-democratic revolution. 1949, the State Council officially declared May 4th every year as' China Youth Day'.

The relationship between the May 4th Movement and the New Culture Movement: The May 4th Movement was a patriotic movement that took place in Beijing on May 4th, 2009. It was mainly attended by young students, the masses, citizens, businessmen and other middle and lower classes, and fought against the government through demonstrations, petitions, strikes and violence. This is a patriotic movement of China people against imperialism and feudalism.

The New Culture Movement is an ideological and cultural innovation and literary revolutionary movement that is "anti-traditional, anti-Confucian and anti-classical" initiated by some people who have received western education (then called new learning) before and after the May 4th Movement in19. 19 15, Chen Duxiu published an article in New Youth (formerly known as Youth Magazine), advocating democracy and science (formerly known as Mr. De and Mr. Sai). This movement dealt a heavy blow to the traditional ethics that ruled China for more than two thousand years, stimulated people's democratic consciousness, promoted the development of modern science in China, and laid an ideological foundation for the spread of Marxism in China and the outbreak of the May 4th patriotic movement.

Significance of the May 4th Youth Day: 19 19 On May 4th, young people took to the streets and started a movement against imperialism, feudal lords and bureaucratic capitalism. This historical event, known as the May 4th Movement, not only made young people the protagonists of history, but also provided us with many realistic materials today. What kind of May 4th Youth Day do we really need today? The author believes that the spiritual connotation of the May 4th Youth Day has not changed, but the form of our celebration has changed. For example, there was no internet before, but today, because of the emergence of the internet, there are more marks of the times. Therefore, the May 4th Youth Day needs a form that keeps pace with the times and an unchanging spiritual core.