"The holidays are coming, are you ready?" The holiday arrangements for 2024 have finally landed, and the General Office of the State Council announced that the New Year's Day holiday will last for three days. But this time the decision to "not take a holiday" made the Internet fryer!
Think about it, New Year's Day in 2024 happens to coincide with the weekend, which is supposed to be a rest day, so New Year's Day is really only one more day off. Many netizens said: What kind of long holiday is this?
Everyone has an opinion on this "three-day" holiday. Some people joked: "Obviously one day off, you have to say three days, is it so difficult to tell the truth?" Some people feel that only one day off on New Year's Day is too little, "The first holiday of the year has been 'shrunk' like this?"
The controversy over the New Year's Day holiday is not over, and netizens have begun to pay attention to the Spring Festival again. Some people complained: "The Spring Festival holiday is being held internationally, but we don't let it go on Chinese New Year's Eve, how can this work?" Some people hope that the Spring Festival can be taken longer, "Wrap the Lantern Festival into it, it will be perfect!"
An eight-day Spring Festival holiday sounds great, but for those who need to travel long distances, it takes most of the time to get back and forth. Time is tight, and visiting relatives and friends seems to be in a hurry. Not to mention those traditional Xi that require ancestor worship, the schedule is really stretched.
For the holiday arrangement in 2024, except for the New Year's Day, other holidays seem to be coming according to the old rules. Some netizens reported that they were dissatisfied with the compensatory leave system, "Where is the time to rest after a few weeks of classes?" Students and parents were also affected, and the compensatory leave disrupted their daily schedules.
Did you know that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism actually proposed the holiday to promote tourism. But the reality is that small long vacations often become traffic jams on the highway and crowds of people in scenic spots. Traveling becomes tiring, and you have to drag your tired body to work after the holiday.
It seems that everyone's expectations for the holiday are really high. Although the population is large and the needs are diverse, a good holiday system should satisfy most people. Just like the "double holiday" proposed before, it was widely popular. I hope that in the future, our holiday arrangements can be more humane and truly meet everyone's needs.