It's also Halloween. Why do you burn paper on Mid-Autumn Festival and give candy on Halloween?

Halloween is a mixture of fear and mischief. It is generally joyful to drive away evil spirits with children's innocence.

China people worship their ancestors, and ghosts and gods can't be mocked. Although the ritual of offering sacrifices is constantly simplified, it is still "offering sacrifices to the gods", as if the ancestors are in front of us and need a solemn gesture.

Although there are many traditional festivals in China, it seems that only the festivals of ethnic minorities present carnival excitement. Under the influence of Central Plains culture, festivals are more about eating and reunion than offering sacrifices. Even if it is as big as the Spring Festival, the excitement lies in the large number of people, but it is peaceful and not as open as western and national festivals.

Some people want to make traditional festivals lively, but they lack material carriers, such as Qixi, and some people regard it as Valentine's Day. But in the west, you can send roses and chocolates on Valentine's Day. What can I send on Tanabata? Halloween can have pumpkins as the protagonist. What else is there besides fragrant paper in Mid-Autumn Festival? People in China can only give out red envelopes during the Spring Festival. Festival features are never outstanding, which is both a culture and a feature.

Worship foreign things and flatter foreign countries: The moon in foreign countries is always better than that in China. What is popular abroad is fashion at home. This attitude of worshipping foreign things and obsessing foreign things has been deeply rooted in the hearts of some people in China, mainly because we are not confident enough about our own cultural core. In fact, China culture is the oldest culture in the world, but we are not confident enough at present.

In fact, there is no need to be surprised by the popularity of foreign festivals. Just seek common ground while reserving differences. Strong culture allows festivals in other countries to exist, and tolerance and self-confidence are what we need to do.