This title comes from a young boy’s impression:. After the summer rain in my hometown, some mushrooms often grow in the woods and grass, like small open umbrellas stuck on the ground, which is really beautiful.

Writing this topic comes from a boy's impression: after the summer rain in

's hometown, some mushrooms often grow in the woods and grass, like small open umbrellas stuck on the ground, which is really beautiful. What’s even more enjoyable is that they are also a delicacy on the table. However, not all mushrooms are lovely, and some are poisonous despite their bright and beautiful appearance. Therefore, whenever I saw this kind of mushroom when I was a teenager, it was like seeing a snake or scorpion, and I was afraid of getting involved.

It’s strange to say that in recent years, whenever I see some shopping malls and restaurants carrying out promotions on Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving and other foreign festivals, the cultural space often reminds me of the poisonous mushrooms in the impression of teenagers.

I consider myself not a person with rigid ideas. I have always welcomed new things such as creation and invention. However, there is a subconscious vigilance against this kind of use of foreign festivals to build momentum. Because its transmission of Western culture, especially the subtle influence of this humanistic atmosphere on the younger generation, is essentially like poisonous mushrooms after the rain.

does not deny that business promotion methods can "cross the sea" to provide convenience for diverse choices. Every citizen also has the right to personal holiday preferences. There is no denying that we should be inclusive and absorb the outstanding cultural achievements of mankind. However, the purpose of absorbing and borrowing is to consolidate and develop the excellent traditional culture of our Chinese nation. It is a kind of "for my own use" and is for the purpose of "enriching me" and "enriching me". Strengthen me”. If a new object, especially a foreign object, may endanger or destroy the original object or lose its origin, no matter what the motive is and what form it appears in, we should take precautions to prevent it from happening.

Gong Zizhen, a native of the Qing Dynasty, once said a warning that is still inspiring today: "To destroy a country with great talent, and to defeat a country, you must first learn from its history." This means that in order to destroy a nation or a country, you must first get rid of its history. history. As a time carrier that carries national culture and a cultural position that reproduces national life symbols, traditional festivals must be of great concern. If a nation's traditional festivals are diluted or blocked due to the impact of invaders, its traditional culture and history will be difficult for future generations to understand and inherit, and will easily disappear, or just remain in vague memories. stage. Therefore, whether it is the integration of festivals or the innovation of festivals, they are all related to the people's national identity and national cultural security, and should never be taken lightly. This is a question about the core values ​​of socialism, and it must not be ambiguous.

Chinese civilization, ancient Egyptian civilization, Mesopotamian civilization, and ancient Indian civilization are also known as the four oldest civilizations in the world. However, the ancient civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India were all later interrupted. Only the Chinese civilization has continued uninterrupted for five thousand years and continues to this day. Among them, not only benefit from the "book with the same text", Chinese characters play a great role in running through the main line; but also benefit from the periodic recurrence of traditional festivals, which continue our nation's cultural confidence, value persistence and undying faith from generation to generation. . For example, the Spring Festival carries the warmth and harmony of the Chinese nation and plays an irreplaceable function of "harmony"; the Tomb-sweeping Festival carries the feeling of homesickness and family ties, and plays the role of respecting martyrs and promoting loyalty and bravery; the Dragon Boat Festival carries the function of exorcising evil and avoiding epidemics Praying for peace is associated with commemorating the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan; the Mid-Autumn Festival carries the nostalgia for homeland, hometown, and the hope for peace in the world, etc. The periodic recurrence of traditional festivals guides people to break away from daily secular time and space, repeatedly review and appreciate traditions, know their origins, never forget their roots, firmly establish a correct view of history, nation, country and culture, and play a vital role in safeguarding The unification of the country plays an important role and strongly supports the continuation of China's intangible cultural heritage. This is the spiritual home of our Chinese nation and the most cherished cultural heritage of our nation. We have no right to block the pulse of intangible cultural heritage. On the contrary, we must strengthen the construction and management of positions and spare no effort to maintain and inherit this ancestral heritage.

Nowadays, there are some people in the world who don’t like Chinese people to study their own history, and they don’t like us to strengthen the exploration and analysis of excellent traditional culture. They especially hope to use the Internet as the main tool to evolve our ideology, especially the younger generation. Values ​​and lifestyles, and weakening the functions of our traditional festivals, downplaying the complex of descendants of the Yan and Huang descendants, and destroying our ancestral symbols has become a breakthrough. If its popularity is allowed to spread, over time, the outstanding national cultural elements and symbols accumulated bit by bit by our nation will gradually be in danger of being abandoned or lost among our descendants, and the history of our civilization of more than 5,000 years may be lost. Interruption, and what will happen will be the dilution and dilution of the national spirit, national emotions, and national aesthetic ideals entrusted by traditional festivals, and will bring about the variation and distortion of the national personality, the weakening and demise of the national characteristics, and ultimately cause the national cultural genes changes. As a result of this change, Comrade Xi Jinping put it clearly when he visited teachers and students at Beijing Normal University on the eve of Teachers' Day in 2014: "Abandoning tradition and throwing away the roots is tantamount to cutting off one's own spiritual lifeline."

Perhaps, some people will say This is alarmist. But I think this kind of enlightenment is just like teaching people to identify "poisonous mushrooms", which is beneficial in the present, has long-term benefits, and has immeasurable merits. Because the Mesopotamian civilization is still trying to completely decipher the cuneiform script, and the ancient Egyptian, Inca, and Mayan civilizations have left the world with endless archaeological speculations. To understand the ancient Greek civilization, they had to turn to Arabic documents, and the ancient Sanskrit and Sanskrit drama in India had long been blocked by the Aryans, which has provided us with eloquent counter-evidence today.

The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized: "Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Culture rejuvenates the country and prosperity, and a strong culture strengthens the nation. Without a high degree of cultural confidence and without cultural prosperity, there will be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." "National cultural self-confidence is reflected in many aspects, such as macro-level self-confidence in beliefs, theories, paths, and systems; medium-level self-confidence in ideological concepts, humanistic spirit, and moral norms; and micro-level self-confidence in world outlook, outlook on life, and values. Self-confidence, self-confidence in family values, etc. And adhering to the traditional festivals of our Chinese nation is one of the important signs of cultural confidence. Practice has shown that in the face of Western festivals entering China, and in the face of Valentine's Day, Christmas, April Fool's Day and other foreign festivals being extremely popular and being sought after by a considerable number of Chinese people, especially young people, we must stick to traditional festivals and maintain cultural confidence. "Adhere to national action, cadres take the lead, start from the family, start from the baby", only in this way can we protect our roots and soul, allow Chinese culture to show its eternal charm and style of the times, and then provide continuous support for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. cultural roots and strong support.

What is gratifying is that it is precisely because of the high level of awareness of the protection and promotion of traditional culture from top to bottom that in January 2017, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Implementing the Inheritance and Development Project of China's Excellent Traditional Culture" ", which for the first time elaborates on the inheritance and development of China's excellent traditional culture in the form of a central document, which clearly states: "Implement the revitalization project of Chinese traditional festivals to enrich the cultural connotation of traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Double Ninth Festival." This is a wise move that directly faces the impact and penetration of Western culture, demonstrating the sobriety and consciousness of the great national culture. Here, it should naturally include allowing traditional culture such as "poems, books, rituals and music" to enter campuses, into teaching materials, tutorials, and teaching methods, so that children can grow up healthily in the "infiltration" of excellent traditional culture; it is also necessary to strengthen top-level design and scientific leadership , strengthen the construction and management of positions, give full play to the educational functions of traditional festivals, such as loving homeland, loving hometown, loving the nation, and loving the country, guiding the whole society, especially the younger generation, to perceive Chinese culture in daily life, spread positive energy, and enhance the influence of national culture Cohesion and centripetal force will strengthen the control of foreign culture, including the invasion of foreign festivals. Of course, the most important thing is that all Chinese people have cultural confidence and consciously cherish and adhere to our traditional Chinese festivals ideologically.In this case, the implementation of the Chinese traditional festival revitalization project will ensure its implementation and will effectively uphold and consolidate the roots and soul of the Chinese nation's traditional culture. This is an inevitable requirement for upholding and developing the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

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Author: Yu Yongjun