The traditional festivals in China are diverse in form and rich in content, and they are an integral part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation.
The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of national or national history and culture. The festivals listed below are all developed from ancient times. From these festivals and customs that have been passed down to this day, we can clearly see the wonderful pictures of the ancient people's social life.
The origin and development of festivals is a process of gradual formation, subtle influence and gradual infiltration into social life. Like the development of society, it is the product of the development of human society to a certain stage. These festivals in ancient China were all related to the astronomy, calendar, mathematics and the solar terms divided later. This can be traced back to Zheng Xiao and Shangshu in Xia Dynasty at least in literature. By the Warring States period, the 24 solar terms in a year were basically complete, and later traditional festivals were also closely related to these solar terms.
Solar terms provide a prerequisite for the emergence of festivals. Most festivals began to appear in the pre-Qin period, but the enrichment and popularization of customs still need a long development process. The earliest custom activities were related to primitive worship, superstition and taboo; Myths and legends add a bit of romance to the festival; There is also the impact and influence of religion on festivals; Some historical figures have been endowed with eternal remembrance, infiltrated into festivals, and all of them have been integrated into the content of condensed festivals, giving China festivals a profound sense of history.
By the Han Dynasty, the main traditional festivals in China had been finalized. People often say that these festivals originated from the Han Dynasty, which was the first great development period after the reunification of China. Political and economic stability and scientific and cultural progress provide good social conditions for the final formation of festivals.
By the Tang Dynasty, festivals had been liberated from the mysterious atmosphere of primitive worship and taboo, and turned into entertainment etiquette and a real festive occasion. Since then, festivals have become cheerful and festive, rich and colorful, and many sports and recreational activities have appeared, which soon became a fashion. These customs continue to develop and continue.
It is worth mentioning that in the long history, scholars and poets of all ages have written many famous works for festivals. These poems are well-known and widely praised, which makes the traditional festivals in China permeated with profound cultural heritage, wonderful romance and elegant elegance.
Festivals in our country have strong cohesion and extensive inclusiveness, which are celebrated all over the country as soon as they are over. They are in the same strain as our nation's long history and are valuable spiritual and cultural heritage.
Here are just some large-scale traditional festivals of the Han nationality. China is a multi-ethnic country, and all ethnic groups have their own cultural customs. Many ethnic festivals are cultural treasures to be explored.
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* On the phenomenon and thinking of "Westernization" of society
China's traditional festival culture has a long history, stretching for thousands of years, which has exerted a wide and lasting influence on Chinese at home and abroad. Traditional festivals in China are a stage for inheriting national culture, pinning national feelings and embodying national identity, and are cultural treasures rooted in the people. Traditional festivals with different seasons and characteristics are of great significance for revitalizing national spirit, enhancing national centripetal force and cohesion, and building a civilized society. However, with the rapid development of modernization and global integration, we have to face up to the embarrassment that traditional festivals in China are gradually marginalized. Since the reform and opening up, with the frequent exchanges with foreign countries, western culture, including festival culture, has continuously entered China, changing the concepts and behaviors of contemporary China people, especially young people. Western festivals, such as Christmas and Halloween, are increasingly favored by young people in China, while traditional festivals in China are neglected and even less and less interested. Especially for the younger generation in cities, it has become a natural fashion to celebrate foreign festivals, and many young people either disdain traditional festivals or don't understand them at all. Isn't it sad for China with a history of 5,000 years of civilization? This phenomenon that foreign festival culture impacts our traditional festival culture has aroused the world's worries, fearing that its development will change the cultural characteristics of the Chinese nation and weaken the national spirit. The urgent task is to save our traditional festivals, awaken our historical memory and keep our cultural roots. In fact, some people of insight have long been soberly aware of the decline of traditional festivals and have spoken out for it. However, because they have not risen to the national consciousness, the national consciousness often cannot have a substantial impact.
The reasons for strengthening foreign festival culture and weakening China's traditional festival culture are as follows: First, contemporary young people lack understanding of the historical evolution, characteristics and social significance of China's traditional festivals, and lack a sense of identity; Second, China's traditional festival culture is not innovative enough, with outdated content, monotonous form and lack of cultural connotation, which is not attractive to young people; Third, young people are curious, follow the trend, love to imitate and blindly pursue western culture; Fourth, western festival culture has a strong human touch and strong personality, which is attractive to young people; Fifth, the publicity, education and guidance of festival culture at all levels are not enough. People tout western culture as "pursuing the new" and think that traditional culture is backward and decadent, which hinders social development, but it is very one-sided to simply classify traditional culture as "feudalism, superstition and backwardness". Facing the tradition does not mean only looking at the past, but looking for the content that can enhance the national spirit from the traditional cultural resources, such as national feelings, national cohesion, national characteristics, charming people and so on. History cannot be cut off. Tradition is closely related to modernity. If modern people can actively transform and absorb traditional culture and make it renew itself, tradition is not a burden, but a wealth. Traditional culture is an important nutrient to carry forward and cultivate the national spirit, and we should inherit rather than return to it.
Culture, firmly based on modernization and pioneering new spirit. Now many parents are willing to spend money to let their children learn English and music, but few people take the initiative to let their children receive China traditional culture education; young
People are eager for Christmas and Valentine's Day, but they are increasingly indifferent to their traditional festivals. Students lack interest in classical poetry, but English books are often held in their hands. To inherit traditional culture, the most important thing to reflect on is how to make people from generation to generation consciously accept the essence of national culture without breaking the cultural tradition. The reason why some people, especially young people, are not interested in traditional culture now is that Professor Xie thinks that the dislocation of traditional culture and education in real life has caused young people's rebellious psychology. On the other hand, China has a stable connotation in political culture, legal culture and moral concept, which people unconsciously pursue.
Our own cultural traditions. The so-called "western culture" is superficial, incomplete and even misinterpreted to some extent. Imagine, when the China culture we live in is not so easy to penetrate, how can we treat western culture lightly? We need more rational understanding of the protection of traditional culture.
Traditional festivals, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day, bear the cultural memory and national past of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, and show our national character, national temperament, customs and spiritual traditions, which are important symbols of cultural identity, national identity and national identity. The protection and inheritance of traditional festivals cannot be overemphasized.