Reject the "foreign festival", why don't we boycott New Year's Day?

New Year's Day is almost a national holiday all over the world. Although it is not very similar, it will always be a festival shared by all countries in the world. People boycott foreign festivals mainly because they are not traditional festivals in China. Many people think that these foreign festivals will gradually corrode our culture and eventually lead to the loss of local culture.

But in this respect, you don't have to worry. The reason for not boycotting New Year's Day is very simple for China people, because New Year's Day can be a holiday for several days. Secondly, China people will not be corrupted by foreign culture at all, because foreign culture is only one reason for them to find ways to eat, drink and have fun in a boring life. Last but not least, New Year's Day is also one of the festivals in China since ancient times.

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The Origin of New Year's Day in China and New Year's Day in the West Let's talk about the origin of New Year's Day in China. It is said that during the Yao and Shun period, the day when Shun Di offered sacrifices to Emperor Yao was New Year's Day, that is, the beginning of a new year. The day when Shun Di offered sacrifices to Emperor Yao was also a day of regime change. It was not until the Han Dynasty that Liang Wudi became more formal about New Year's Day. Jade stipulated that the first day of the first month was New Year's Day. This calendar has lasted for thousands of years. Even now, we adopt the method of AD chronology. Every year, 65438+ 10 month 1 is New Year's Day.

The origin of the Western New Year can be traced back to ancient Egypt. It is said that floods raged on both sides of the Nile at that time, but the ancient Egyptians found that floods raged regularly. After calculation and recording, they found that the tide would rise about every 365 days. Jade, the ancient Egyptians raised the sun and Sirius at the same time, and the day when the Nile rose at high tide was the beginning of the year, that is, New Year's Day. But in the end, it was the land of Casa in ancient Rome that defined the New Year. In order to bless the double-faced god, New Year's Day appeared, and the name Janus of the double-faced god gradually evolved into January in English.

? Different countries celebrate New Year's Day in different ways, which is the charm of world festivals. Different countries celebrate the New Year in different ways. In our country, except holidays, the whole family will get together, and reunion is the main theme of celebrating New Year's Day in our country. In foreign countries, the way British families celebrate the New Year is to fill heavy cupboards with food and grab the first bucket of well water in order to be safe and auspicious in the new year.

It is more interesting to celebrate the New Year in Belgium. People will choose to walk up to the animals and solemnly say Happy New Year to them. As for France and Italy, the former likes to drink unconsciousness to celebrate, and even uses the wind direction to judge good or bad luck; The latter likes people to flock to the streets together, set off firecrackers for inspection, and break unwanted old things together to pray for a smooth New Year. There are so many countries in the world that celebrate in slightly different ways, but this day is a happy day, a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. This is a lively day for everyone to get together.

This is a worldwide festival, not belonging to any country, but to the whole world. So everyone should understand why China doesn't boycott New Year's Day. New Year's Day is not a holiday belonging to any country alone, it belongs to the whole world. Even South Korea is not qualified to announce to the world that New Year's Day belongs to them. This is a festival for all mankind. No one is qualified to ask people in other countries not to celebrate, and there is no reason to resist, is there?

Celebrating New Year's Day is to celebrate the beginning of a new year, bid farewell to the past and better welcome the new year. In China, New Year's Day is followed by the Spring Festival, which is a very important sense of ceremony to welcome the New Year, and migrant workers can also get holidays and rest. Why should such a great festival be said to be created by foreign countries? Why do you want to resist? If boycotting Christmas and Halloween is worried about cultural erosion, then boycotting New Year's Day is really unnecessary and meaningless, isn't it?

Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with rejecting foreign festivals. After all, it is right not to be eroded by culture. But the real rejection should not be to accept foreign culture, but still be proud of your own country's culture?

It is useless to resist blindly. Learning from foreigners is the most reliable way to control foreigners, isn't it? Of course, the importance of any foreign festivals should not override our own traditional festivals. As for this, I believe that now more and more people have a stronger sense of national pride. One day, we will surely make our traditional festivals enter the world and become the most beautiful and anticipated China festival among foreigners.