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Most of the traditional festivals in China come from absurd legends. For example, Chinese New Year. Legend has it that Nian is a man-eating monster, so people all over the country need to make a lot of noise to drive Nian away. Ironically, after countless years, the monster Nian is still alive.
In fact, the Lunar New Year celebrated by China people is the Year of the Sun. Erya Shi Tian said: "Summer is the year, business is the year of worship, and week is the year." This shows that, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, China people began to use the changes of the four seasons and the rise and fall of plants to calculate time. And this time is determined by the relative position of the sun and the earth.
Year is to know the word, and "harmony" is above "people" and "Shuowen": "Who is the valley, where to go"; Bronze inscriptions are similar; Seal script mistook "person" for "thousand". "Biography of Gu Liang" said: "All grains are ripe for one year; The grain is ripe, this is a great year. "
Thus, the enduring custom of Chinese New Year may be attributed to the following factors: (1) China has long been a small-scale peasant economy. Up to now, people in the city lack the atmosphere of Chinese New Year. (2) Chinese New Year is the need to celebrate agricultural production. (3) Chinese New Year mainly consumes food, but there is no spiritual food. (4) China people are tired of eating all their lives. So our biggest wish in the past year is to have a good harvest in agriculture, or to eat a round belly. (5) China people's concept of time is periodic; Lack of rational form of time concept. (6) China people are festive, lack social life, and mainly belong to steal music. Of course, this is also the poison of Confucian ethics. (7) China people's festive way is mainly juggling. Dragon and lion dances in rural areas are acrobatics, as are New Year films and Spring Festival Galas watched by city people. On holidays, all China is juggling.
Think about it. Is there anything else in traditional festivals besides giving gifts to leaders, sipping a few meals with relatives and friends, and making yourself full and tired to death? Fortunately, I will go to work tomorrow. However, going to work is also quite boring. Because most "working" China people do not create wealth, especially a large number of public departments can have long holidays. In that case, the ordinary life of ordinary people will be much smoother. China is a paradise for the rich. No one dares to take care of the Chinese New Year every day.
Without further ado, let's talk about why the flavor of "Nian" in China has been getting weaker and weaker in the past twenty years. The reason is probably nothing more than: (1) The traditional family ethics is too petty, and it is increasingly unable to satisfy people's desire for social life and collective celebrations. In traditional festivals, who can worship besides ancestors? Besides CCTV's Spring Festival Evening, what other programs are there to choose from? How many people care about the poor except drinking good wine and eating enough behind closed doors? (2) The western world accepts and congratulates China for the Spring Festival, but we lack enough mind to accept and publicize foreign civilizations. Therefore, China people celebrate foreign festivals for formality and excitement. Of course, more people in China don't celebrate foreign festivals, and they don't have much enthusiasm for traditional festivals. This is the expression of "sorrow is greater than death in the heart". (3) The game colors of festivals are not available in China; The joyful color of festivals can't be found in China; The spirit of the festival is not shared by China. This is the ultimate reason why traditional festivals in China will inevitably die out. In the case that the material life of the rich and middle class in society is already quite rich, these people have no reason to care about society because of mental fatigue and narrow vision. In this way, the publicity of festivals will gradually disappear.
China people only have "practical rationality", although there are Confucian ethics, but the psychology of gratitude has not really been cultivated, because we don't know who to thank. The reason is that China people's consciousness of "life power" is almost zero, while their consciousness of "political power" is advocated to infinity. At the same time, China people have no spiritual beliefs, so we have never felt remorse in our hearts. Without the consciousness of repentance, people will take care of each other, and there is no love between people. We have no social care, no ethical care and no ultimate care. Therefore, there are only utilitarian calculations in festivals in China. This is very obvious in rural areas. On the surface, everyone is busy giving gifts, but parents will also tell their children who are good and who are bad. Therefore, even if I give gifts to some people, I curse them in my heart. This style, subconsciously, is the legacy of the ancient pursuit of "New Year".
There is only one way to make China's traditional festivals better, and that is, we must be culturally tolerant and make use of them. Only by being open enough can the lingering tradition be "resurrected". However, this "resurrected tradition" will no longer become the mainstream and dominate our spiritual life. Festivals will become people's free choice and their own needs. The reason why China's "Nian" flavor is getting weaker and weaker is that our spiritual pursuit is getting higher and higher. We have been bound by tradition for too long and need to embrace the outside world as soon as possible.