The arrival of Christmas this year has once again sparked a debate about the festival, which has been questioned as a departure from tradition.
Many schools have also issued documents not to encourage students to celebrate the festival. The controversy focused on the relationship between the values of the festival and the loyalty to the state.
Some people oppose the excessive excitement of the festival, believing that Christmas is just a gimmick created by merchants for profit, and has nothing to do with traditional Chinese culture. There are also concerns that the festival may lead to the neglect of tradition, and some even believe that it is a kind of forgetting the country's roots.
However, this controversy has also exposed some biases and misunderstandings.
The festival does not mean disloyalty to the country, nor does it mean disregard for traditional culture. On the contrary, by looking at the festival rationally, we can better inherit and carry forward the traditional Chinese culture.
In the controversy over the festival, some people blamed it as a loss of national dignity. However, we should be wise to look at cultural exchanges.
When we see foreigners celebrating the Spring Festival, we sigh at the strength of cultural exports, but when Chinese celebrate the festival, we are met with some doubts. This disparity reflects some people's narrow perception of cultural diversity. The world is colorful due to cultural differences, and people have the right to choose different holidays, as long as they are within the legal and moral boundaries.
It is important that we cherish traditional culture, but at the same time, we are open to the goodness of other cultures.
This kind of cultural self-confidence does not mean the exclusion of foreign cultures, but dialogue and exchange on the basis of equality and respect. We can look at the festival rationally and experience the ritual and joy without worrying too much about its impact on tradition.
Some schools choose not to encourage students to celebrate the festival, mainly considering the students' ideological concepts and the guidance of parents. However, we must also realize that children's festivals do not necessarily have bad intentions, but more to pursue excitement and entertainment.
Parents play a vital role in guiding education, and can make children understand and love traditional culture more deeply through the inheritance of traditional rituals and other ways.
The popularization of traditional festivals is also an important task. Through the guidance of professionals, we can better popularize traditional rituals to the public, so that people can find a sense of ritual in tradition. The fusion of tradition and modernity not only allows us to better inherit the culture, but also makes the festival more meaningful.
What we need more is an open mind, rational thinking, and a deep understanding of traditional culture. Tradition and modernity are not opposites, but can be fused with each other. Through better inheritance and development, we can find more resonance points in rich and colorful cultural exchanges