Throughout human history, the phenomenon of ancestor worship can be said to be all over the world, but it is diverse and different in degree.
The so-called uninterrupted civilization of the Chinese nation has a lot to do with our paying more attention to the pursuit of distant and primitive culture with ancestor worship as one of its concrete manifestations.
In addition, in a sense, history is not only the basis of reality, but also the future direction, such as the negative support and positive support of the number axis, which are the basis of each other's existence.
Question 2: The cultural significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day The Chinese nation is a nation that worships its ancestors, so there is a custom of offering sacrifices on major festivals or important events in life. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important festivals for China people to sacrifice their ancestors. In modern times, Tomb-Sweeping Day is still an important festival for people to remember the martyrs, and it is also an important day for the country and society to carry out patriotic education for young people.
There are some human feelings and things in this sacrificial activity. If a person is away from home and has a good relationship with the elders and gentlemen in the village, family members will generally go to the cemetery to worship their ancestors when outsiders come home, or when outsiders can't go home to add new soil to the grave, others in the family will add it to the grave. If the relationship is not good, not only will you go home without anyone to work with you, but even if you are not at home, no one will add new soil to your grave, and the grave will rot unless the owner of the grave has no descendants to stay. Therefore, as long as a person is wandering outside, he must have a good relationship with his grandparents at home, which is of course necessary for an acquaintance society, otherwise it will be embarrassing.
People in China pay attention to the roots of fallen leaves. This is of course their hometown. Even when I was studying in Shaoguan, I wrote a poem "Why bury my bones and bury my mulberry fields". Life is everywhere. "Visible in the era of * * *, people are buried in ancestral graves after death. This pursuit and attachment to the roots is one of the genes of the Chinese nation's patriotism and love for the family. Imagine how many overseas Chinese have contributed to the prosperity of the motherland in modern times. The reason why they have such feelings for the motherland is because of this root complex. In Confucian culture, cultivating self-cultivation and putting family before the country is not that family is more important than the country, but that family is a more basic concept for individuals. Without the country, there would be no home. This is the historical experience of China's sufferings in modern times. Therefore, when China is in danger, all Chinese people will make their due efforts to this end.
Ancestors are very important to each of us. It is the worship of ancestors that makes people's concept of home more stable. Sacrifice is a superstitious activity, not a custom, and a special way to commemorate ancestors. Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important part of China's cultural genes. Today, the cultural significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day must be rediscovered, and the elements that play an important role in the social development of China must be inherited and developed.
Question 3: What are the activities of offering sacrifices to ancestors during the Spring Festival? What is the cultural significance? After receiving our ancestors on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, we burn a incense burner every morning and go to the grave on the 15th day of the first month, that is, the seventh day of the first month. This is the so-called year of paying homage to the dead. Its cultural connotation is: everyone has roots, and roots do not forget their ancestors.
Question 4: Why should ancestors be worshipped during the Spring Festival? What are the customs of ancestor worship in the New Year? It is to warn today's people that everything we have comes from our ancestors, from the feeding, nurturing and kindness of our deceased ancestors, especially to warn the younger generation that gratitude is a human duty and repayment is a human responsibility. It is at this moment of ancestor worship that people make inner declarations and common encouragement in the face of their ancestors: be grateful to all those who have done good to themselves, miss all those who have contributed to their families and society, and aspire to be a person who lives up to the high hopes of their ancestors, works hard and has high moral character. It can be seen that ancestor worship in the Spring Festival is definitely not a simple form, let alone a superstitious activity, but an important measure for today's people to express their feelings, wishes and will to their ancestors, to inspire future generations to pursue the future cautiously, to unite family ties, to inherit excellent ethics and morality, and to boost national spiritual culture. Fortunately, in the vast rural areas of our country, the precious tradition of ancestor worship in the Spring Festival is still preserved, and even our neighboring country, South Korea, has retained and inherited this tradition. 1. In some places, on the 30th, all the male clansmen went outside the village, burning incense and paper in the direction of their ancestors' graves, bowing down and asking their ancestors to go home for sacrifices. 2. The people put sesame sticks wrapped in burning paper in the cracks along the road, and the souls of ancestors returned to the altar along the sesame sticks. After the ancestors' souls were invited to the altar, people kowtowed collectively. 4. Ancestors enjoy the sacrifices of their descendants. Will ancestors be grateful when they see what happened today? On New Year's Eve, people spend the night at the end of the year and the beginning of the year with their ancestors. Some people think that ancestors have done their filial piety when they were alive, and there is no need to worship their ancestors again; Other young people think ancestor worship is a superstitious activity, and so on. This statement misinterprets the original meaning of ancestor worship and needs to be corrected. As the old saying goes, although our ancestors are far away, if you are sincere, do not disturb them. The "sincerity" mentioned here contains multiple meanings such as respect, nostalgia, gratitude, inheritance and return. For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has formed the tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors at the beginning of the new year. Its original intention is to express respect, memory, gratitude, inheritance and reward for ancestors in the form of sacrifice, which coincides with the visit to South Korea on the eve of the Spring Festival. Five or six Korean colleagues told me one after another that even in the homes of residents in big cities, almost every household still retains the custom of offering sacrifices to their ancestors during the Spring Festival: on New Year's Eve, a sacrificial table is set up at home and put on it. On the morning of the first day of junior high school, the whole family gathered at the oldest person's home, dressed in traditional national costumes, led by the oldest person to read the eulogy, and then bowed to the memorial tablet together. After that, the family will greet each other for the New Year. I asked the accompanying director Han, the director, the section chief, the principal, the teachers and the parents of the students, and the unanimous answer was: on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of the first month, every family did this, and the atmosphere was equally serious, grand, respectful and sincere. Considering that South Korea's per capita GDP has exceeded $654.38 +0.5 million, it is entering the ranks of developed countries, which may be related to its citizens' abiding by moral norms and forging ahead in unity. Chinese mainland's rapid economic growth and abundant financial resources have dazzled the world, according to a signed article published by Hong Kong's South China Morning Post not long ago. Previously, the article talked about the phenomenon of pedestrians littering on the streets of Qingdao. Many westerners praise China for pulling the world out of an almost certain recession. However, judging from the behaviors that harm the public interest and don't respect others, or even don't respect others' rights at all, many China people seem to be rich on the surface, but they really lack good qualities in their hearts. "At the end of the article, the author regrets that" it is not enough for China people to achieve 8% annual economic growth. Only if they have "money" inside will they truly win the respect of the international community. "The ancestor worship ceremony began on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. Twenty-four, the rural custom refers to the official celebration of China's New Year from now on. Every family sweeps the yard, which is called "beating the sun". At night, we must set off firecrackers, stir-fry some peanuts and melon seeds and put them in the kitchen. One is to send away the Kitchen God, and some people eat sacrifices to block his old man's mouth so that he can speak well in the sky. The other is to welcome his ancestors home for the New Year. On the evening of 24th, parents will call their children together and tell them to be careful with their words, speak more auspicious words and sing less ugly songs. Some people even put up a red note in the living room, "Heaven and earth are yin and yang, and forgive all", which means that even if children make their own decisions, their ancestors don't care. New Year's Eve is the most important meal of the year. Nature should not forget our ancestors. Before flogging, the host of the family must burn some fragrant paper, put a bowl of meat dishes and pour a glass of wine on the altar, which means that today's good day cannot be separated from the blessings of our ancestors. After dinner, I arrived at the most solemn ancestor worship ceremony, my hometown ... >>
Question 5: What is the significance of traditional festivals? China traditional festivals condense the national spirit and feelings of the Chinese nation, bear the cultural blood and ideological essence of the Chinese nation, are the spiritual ties for safeguarding national unity, national unity and social harmony, and are valuable resources for building advanced socialist culture.
1. Traditional festivals have certain social function value.
In today's world system of economic globalization, countries gradually realize the importance of culture. Developing countries want cultural diversity and protect their own culture as much as possible. While protecting one's own culture, it is important to protect traditional culture. Traditional festivals have rich harmonious cultural connotations. Folk customs express culture through life events, and one of the important ways is to make people feel tangible and vivid when they are transformed into daily life and daily performances. Traditional festivals are dominated by folk customs.
2. Traditional festivals take love as a link to show the power of unity. It shows strong nostalgia, affection or love. For example, Tomb-Sweeping Day worships ancestors and remembers martyrs, which is also a love festival for some ethnic minorities; The Dragon Boat Festival is when the married daughter goes back to her mother's house, and the engaged young man goes to her mother-in-law's house to pay homage. Mid-Autumn Festival is a reunion festival. There is a full moon in the sky and half in the world. I hope everyone can get together.
3. Traditional festivals strengthen patriotism education by spreading sports activities. Dragon boat race can keep fit and strengthen unity. It is a good way to carry out patriotism by accumulating strong patriotic enthusiasm.
4. Traditional festivals arouse people's scientific association with myths. Although the Mid-Autumn Festival between the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon and Wu Gangzhong is a myth, the people of China have always believed that it can be realized, and have been making arduous explorations, and some myths have become a reality. The "Chang 'e-1" lunar exploration project in 2007 is the scientific realization of the association aroused by myth.
In a word, we should inherit our traditional festivals and protect all traditional cultures, including folk culture, because they are full of rich and heavy cultural essence and are the beacon for the Chinese nation to sail forward.
Question 6: The cultural significance of Yunnan national festival (Torch Festival).
It is mainly a common festival for Bai and Yi people, and it is a festival activity to wish people and animals a bumper harvest and prosperity. Torch Festival has a long history. It has been recorded for a long time: Bai Torch Festival is on June 25th of the lunar calendar, and Yi Torch Festival is on June 24th of the lunar calendar. During the festival, different regions have different rituals and entertainment methods. For the Bai and Yi people, a torch should be erected in front of every household, and a torch with a height of about 15 meters should be erected at the entrance of the village to arrange flowers and hang fruits. In the evening, men, women and children gather in the square, light torches, sing around the fire and scatter torches with candlelight powder. The atmosphere is cheerful and lively, and the girls should put colorful bracelets on the fire to eliminate evil spirits. Newly-married boys, when the torch burns and blows down, scramble to grab the simulated knives and knives on the "open barrel" in order to get the children early; On the night of Torch Festival, families also prepared small torches, each with a column. People are walking in the fields with torches and torches. Some even ride horses and run with torches, forming a curved fire dragon from a distance. The scene is extremely spectacular. That night, I often stayed up all night.
(the main festival of Bai nationality)
"Ben Zhu" means "the blessed master of one's own territory and family", which is a unique religious belief of the Bai people. Villagers, whether they are promoted to a higher position, suffering, or having children, should go to the main temple to pray. Bai people in every village believe in gods, fierce privet wives, dutiful sons and loyal ministers, and so on. The palace is magnificent, and the main statue is beautifully carved and beautifully shaped. Every Lord's birthday, pigs and sheep will be slaughtered and a grand sacrifice activity will be held, which is called "Lord's Festival". This main festival is very grand, with a whole set of sacrificial ceremonies, accompanied by melodious cave music and folk song and dance performances, forming a unique main culture in Bai areas.
(March Street National Festival)
"March Street" is also called "Guanyin City". It is said that during the reign of Tang Yonghui, Guanyin Bodhisattva came to Dali to give lectures in white, and the audience gathered more and more, forming a market. As Dali is an important trading port of the Southern Silk Road-Bonan Ancient Road, the commodity economy of March Street is developing day by day, and it has gradually evolved into a land with strong national characteristics.
Every year, March 15 to 2 1 is the duration of March Street in Dali, and it has been designated as a national festival in Dali since 199 1, so it is called "March Street National Festival". At that time, a grand * * * will be held in the middle of Xicang Mountain, at the foot of the ancient city of Dali. Merchants from all ethnic minorities in western Yunnan and even all over the country will gather, and Chinese and foreign tourists will flow in an endless stream. At that time, there will be material fairs and cultural and sports activities of famous products such as livestock, medicinal materials, tea and bronzes, with unprecedented scale and crowds. The rider's skill is amazing and his singing is like the sea. It's really a good play. "Every year in March Street, people come from all directions. People of all ethnic groups sing together and do business by singing at horse races. This is a true portrayal of the lively and cheerful scene of March Street.
(Butterfly Club)
The Butterfly Festival will be held in butterfly spring on April 15th of the lunar calendar. According to legend, this is a traditional grand event for Bai people to commemorate Xia Lang and Wengu who died in the spring to resist feudal marriage.
(Pumi Mountain Festival)
The mountain festival of Pumi nationality is held between the first day of the first month and the fifteenth day of the first month. People dress up, ride horses or walk to the nearby mountains to celebrate the festival. In addition to offering sacrifices to mountain gods, there are also recreational activities such as horse racing, wrestling and archery. After the picnic, choose another way down the mountain, don't go back to the original road, to show good luck in the coming year.
(Lisu people are in their prime)
The traditional festival of Lisu people, the Harvest Festival, also known as "Welcome the Spring Festival", is held every year on the 20th of the lunar calendar 165438 10. During the festival, every family likes to decorate the front and back of the hall with pine branches. The whole village, old and young, like to get together to play the gourd sheng, dance the welcome dance, sing new songs and hold a grand ceremony to send away the evil spirits of the past year. The festival is very lively, with colorful songs, archery competitions and rich customs.
(Naxi Bangbang Festival)
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the traditional festival of Naxi people. The most distinctive feature is the exchange of bamboo and wood farm tools during the festival, and the people and small traders in the nearby countryside set up stalls to sell goods at the farmers' market. This is a grand exchange of bamboo, wood and iron farm tools, with a wide variety and great excitement. Farmers in neighboring counties, as well as farmers and businessmen in Dali, Baoshan and * * *, all bring local specialties to * * * to sell, and then buy what they need, while farmers in Lijiang also buy farm tools and materials for spring ploughing.
(Naxi Mule Club)
Mule and Horse Festival is a traditional folk festival of Naxi nationality in Lijiang. It is held every year in the middle of July of the lunar calendar for a week. Mainly engaged in mules, horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock, but also ...
Question 7: What is the significance of promoting traditional festivals to China traditional culture? Other ancient civilizations in the world have experienced a huge gap in civilization, and even flourished and declined. Only the Chinese civilization, despite vicissitudes and hardships, has been passed down in ups and downs, which shows that Chinese culture has strong vitality. Folk culture with traditional festivals as the basic carrier is a symbol that distinguishes the Chinese nation from other nationalities and a great motive force for the Chinese nation to live endlessly. Inheriting and carrying forward the rich and excellent cultural traditions in traditional festivals can promote national identity, unite people's hearts, stimulate the will of the country, reverse the lack of integrity and moral anomie of some social members, and help maintain social stability and harmony.
Under the condition of globalization, the competition of comprehensive national strength is becoming increasingly fierce, and cultural conflicts and cultural competition are becoming increasingly prominent, which poses a severe challenge to China's soft power with culture as the core. With the peaceful rise of China, the Chinese nation is moving towards an all-round rejuvenation. While integrating into the world and absorbing the world's advanced culture, it is very important to carry forward its own excellent traditional culture, carry forward the core values of Chinese culture and improve the quality of the people. Compared with Hongkong, the traditional festivals in the Mainland, including Tomb-Sweeping Day, have not been listed as legal holidays, and the festive atmosphere has gradually faded, which is a worrying phenomenon.
The loss of traditional culture is not only manifested in filial piety culture, but also in the loss of honesty and morality, the core content of China traditional culture. Confucius said, "People without faith don't know what they can do." Paying attention to honesty is not only the foundation of a person, but also an important embodiment of the quality of the people. In recent years, the social security problems in the Mainland are prominent, various fraud cases emerge one after another, fake and shoddy products are repeatedly banned, food safety problems occur from time to time, businessmen lack business ethics, doctors lack medical ethics, teachers lack professional ethics and so on. On the surface, it seems to be a problem of economic and social governance, but fundamentally speaking, it is still a problem of honesty and morality, and it is a problem of the loss of traditional culture.
China culture stresses propriety, righteousness, honesty, filial piety and benevolence. The "Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces" put forward by President Hu inherited the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and injected the characteristics of the times. This is of guiding significance for Hong Kong and the Mainland to jointly revive traditional culture. Only when the people inherit and carry forward the excellent advanced culture and become a common practice can the country and the nation truly prosper.
Question 8: Cultural Significance of the Spring Festival The Spring Festival is a special cultural phenomenon. It's special because it's not like an ordinary lifestyle, and it can be simply replaced or changed. She has formed a huge historical and cultural tradition through thousands of years' inheritance. The Spring Festival bears a heavy historical accumulation and is the emotional aggregation of hundreds of millions of people in China. "If you have money, go home for the New Year." Going home for reunion during the Spring Festival has become a cultural habit of China people. People are social animals that live in groups. In addition to general material satisfaction, they also seek cultural belonging and spiritual settlement. In the western society that believes in Jesus Christ, people regard Christmas as the biggest and most sacred festival and get spiritual pleasure in the Christmas ceremony. The Spring Festival in China has the same cultural function as Christmas in the West, but it is full of human ethics. People pay homage to their ancestors, and relatives get together. The human spirit is sublimated in the infiltration and blending of family ties.
Inheriting the custom of the Spring Festival is our primary task. We should pay attention to the specific folk customs of the Spring Festival, especially those festivals and customs that are related to our national feelings and have fun in life. It is folk programs such as Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, firecrackers, dragon lanterns, lion dances, reunion dinners, New Year greetings, temple fairs, social fires, lucky money and Spring Festival gifts that create the atmosphere of the Spring Festival. We should not simply ban some traditional folk-custom projects. In fact, the decline of the flavor of the year over the years is closely related to our ban on some traditional folk customs projects. In modern society, under the control of time machine, people's daily life is hurried and utilitarian, and people's spirit is anxious and lonely. We might as well emphasize and advocate some ceremonial, symbolic, subtle and warm cultural activities in national festivals.