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Should the Chinese celebrate April Fools’ Day?

With the departure of March, another Western The festival is coming to us together with April, this is April Fool's Day.

April Fool’s Day, also known as April Fool’s Day, is a traditional festival in the United States and even the entire West. Of course, it has also settled in China. April Fool's Day has a history of hundreds of years, and there are different opinions about its origin. One theory is that this custom originated from India's "Quansi Festival". This festival stipulates that on the festival day of March 31st every year, men, women, old and young, can joke with each other, fool and deceive each other in exchange for entertainment. The more common theory is that it originated in France. In 1564, King Charles IX of France decided to adopt a new calendar method, the Gregorian calendar, with January 1st as the beginning of the year, changing the previous calendar that used January 1st as the beginning of the new year. During the implementation of the new calendar, many die-hard conservatives in various places still followed the old calendar and refused to update it. They still exchanged gifts and organized activities to celebrate the New Year on April 1st. People who supported the new law ridiculed this perverse move. They gave fake gifts to the die-hards on April 1st, invited them to fake celebrations, and called these fools "April fools" and "bait fishes." From then on, they fooled each other on this day, and it became a custom over time. The festival spread to Britain in the 18th century and was later brought to the United States by British immigrants.

On April Fool's Day, people often organize family gatherings and decorate the room with daffodils and daisies. The typical traditional approach is to decorate a fake environment. You can decorate the room like Christmas. You can also arrange it like a New Year, and when guests come, wish them "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year", which is unique and interesting.

Fish feast on April 1st. It’s also unique. Invitations to a sex banquet are usually small colorful fish made of cardboard. The dining table is decorated in green and white. Put a fish tank and small and exquisite fishing rods in the middle. Each fishing rod is tied with a green streamer and hung with gifts for the guests - either a delicate celluloid fish or a fish basket filled with candies. It goes without saying that all the dishes at the fish feast are made of fish.

At April Fool’s Day parties, there is also a custom of making fake dishes. Someone once described a typical April Fool's Day recipe: first a "salad" with lettuce leaves sprinkled with green pepper, but when the leaves were uncovered, it turned out to be an oyster cocktail underneath; the second course was "roasted potatoes." , actually underneath were sweet bread crumbs and fresh mushrooms; the dishes that followed included roast chicken disguised as crabmeat and raspberry ice cream buried under a tomato salad. After the meal, guests can also enjoy candy from the pill box.

However, the most typical activity of April Fool's Day is that everyone makes fun of each other and teases each other with lies. Some people leave their wallets tied with thin strings on the street and pull the other end of the string in the dark. Once someone picked up the wallet they yanked it away. Others put bricks under broken hats in the middle of the road, and then waited to see who would kick them. Children will tell their parents that there is a hole in their schoolbag or there is a black spot on their face. When the adults leaned over to take a look, they shouted "April Fool". He smiled and ran away. In short, every April Fool's Day, zoos and aquariums will receive many calls to Mr. Fish (fish) and Mr. Leon (lion), which often causes the staff to cut off the phone lines in order to reduce trouble. .

After talking about these anecdotes about April Fools’ Day, the next thing I want to say is whether the Chinese should celebrate their own April Fools’ Day. In the past, whenever a holiday came, especially a holiday spread from the West, Chinese people would always trigger a big discussion, such as Christmas, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, April Fool's Day and Valentine's Day... There are generally two There are two extremes: one is firmly against it, and the other is strongly in favor.

Opponents think that our vast China, a human civilization with a long history and vast resources for five thousand years, why should we go to the festival of your "foreign devils". Celebrating these festivals is called short-sightedness; it is even called betrayal of the motherland. On the other hand, the intrusion of these festivals will corrode the economy and even subvert politics. By then, China will inevitably form a situation where "if things continue like this, the country will no longer be a country." Furthermore, China's own festivals and culture are in danger of extinction, such as China's own Valentine's Day. Nowadays, people, especially the younger generation, know that February 14th is the day to show your love to your lover, and the seventh day of the seventh lunar month< /p>

But few people remember its origin and significance.

Supporters believe that today’s world is an open world. What we have can be spread to others, and what others have can be attributed to us. Moreover, China has joined the WTO, which in itself means that China has begun to join the big family of the world. There is no need to take a few festivals too seriously. Nowadays, people are busy and tired, and they don’t have time for leisure. With more festivals, there are more opportunities to add happiness. On the other hand, our own traditional festivals have become tired of celebrating. Even the most solemn of all festivals, the Spring Festival, has become less and less "New Year". In this case, celebrating a few foreign festivals will give you a fresh feeling and really give the tired people a sense of leisure.

In fact, Mr. Lu Xun gave us a clear answer to this question in the last century, which is "improperism". We do not reject good foreign things, but we do not copy models. We must have What has been discarded must be digested and absorbed. Only by doing a good job in "promoting" and "abandoning" will we be invincible. This is true for festivals, and so is culture, especially in the context of contemporary China and the world. It is the most stupid thing to do things behind closed doors. But on the other hand, from the Yugoslavia to Afghanistan in recent years to the ongoing Iraq war, we We must also recognize that threats still exist. While absorbing, we must also prevent cultural assimilation and invasion.

Hegel said: "What exists is reasonable." So why don't we take the best of it and discard the dross?

Should Chinese people celebrate April Fools’ Day?

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Students Online: Should Chinese people celebrate April Fools’ Day?

In fact, Mr. Lu Xun gave us a clear answer to this question in the last century, which is "improperism". We do not reject good foreign things, but we do not copy models. We must have What has been discarded must be digested and absorbed. Only by doing a good job in "promoting" and "abandoning" will we be invincible. This is true for festivals, and so is culture. Especially in the context of contemporary China and the world, it is the most stupid thing to do things behind closed doors. But on the other hand, from the Yugoslavia to Afghanistan to the ongoing Iraq war in recent years, we We must also recognize that threats still exist. While absorbing, we must also prevent cultural assimilation and invasion.

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Oriental White Birch: April Fool’s Day, do we need this humor?

Do Chinese people need humor? The answer is yes. But China has its own cultural background and historical origins. What Americans find funny will not be recognized by Chinese people. So, is April Fool's Day, which originated in the West, what we need in our lives? April Fool's Day originated from mocking old-fashioned people. Today, it has evolved into a quasi-cultural entertainment activity, which is a means to relax physically and mentally in the tense economic chain operation. April Fool's Day, to put it loosely, is about making a joke and relaxing both physically and mentally. A bright smile, a happy smile, and an indulgent smile will all benefit people. But there are also people who take the joke too far, hurting innocent people, causing harm, and even worse, causing hatred and leaving behind evidence.