Throughout the history of mankind, the phenomenon of ancestor worship can be said to be spread all over the world, only the performance is diverse and the degree is different.
The so-called uninterrupted civilization of the Chinese nation has a lot to do with the fact that we pay more attention to ancestor worship as one of the specific manifestations of the culture of tracing one's ancestors back to the distant past and to the origin.
In addition, in a sense, history is not only the foundation of reality, but also the direction of the future, such as the negative direction of the numerical axis to support the positive direction, the two are the basis for each other.
Question 2: The cultural significance of the Qingming Festival The Chinese people are a more worshipful of their ancestors, so there are major festivals or major life events to be sacrificed to the custom of the Qingming Festival is one of the most important festivals for the Chinese people to sacrifice, worship their ancestors. In modern times, Qingming Festival is also an important festival for people to remember their martyrs, and an important day for the state and society to educate young people about patriotism.
In this festival, there are some human affairs included. If a person is outside, and the village father and mother brothers and sisters have a better relationship, the people at home will generally wait for the people outside to come home to the graveyard together to worship ancestors, or the people outside can not come home to the grave to add new soil, the other people in the family will be added on behalf of a little bit. If the relationship is not good, not only to go home and no one to do things with you, that is, you are not at home, no one to add new soil to their own graves, and graves are left to the wind and rain, slowly deserted, unless the owner of the grave does not have any offspring to leave behind to have such a situation. So as long as a person is out in the world, still remember their ancestors must be good relations with the family, which is of course a familiar society necessary, otherwise it is very embarrassing.
Chinese people talk about the roots of the roots, this root is of course their hometown, even *** when out of Shaoguan when studying also wrote "burying the bones of why need to mulberry outlet, life is not everywhere green hills" of the aspirations of the poem. Can be seen in *** then, after death is to be buried in their own ancestral graves. This pursuit of the roots and attachment, is one of the genes of the Chinese nation patriotism and love of home. Imagine how many overseas Chinese who have been wandering around in recent times have made a remarkable contribution to the wealth and strength of the motherland, and the reason why they have such sentiments towards the motherland is because of this root complex. In the Confucian culture of cultivating one's moral character and regulating one's family to rule the country and pacify the world, the family is placed in front of the country. It is not that the family is more important than the country, but it is that the family is a more basic concept in terms of the individual, and that there is no family without a country, which is the historical experience of China's suffering in the modern times. Therefore, when China is in a time of crisis, all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation will pay their due efforts for this big family.
Ancestors are important to each of us, and it is the worship of ancestors that makes the concept of home more solid. Sacrifice is said to be a superstitious activity, rather than a custom, a special way of remembering our ancestors. That is why the Qingming Festival is an important part of the Chinese cultural DNA. Today, the cultural significance of the Qingming Festival must be re-explored to inherit and develop the elements that play an important role in the development of Chinese society.
Question 3: What are the activities of ancestor worship at the Spring Festival, and what is the cultural significance? We here from the 24th of Lunar New Year to receive the ancestor, every morning to burn a stove incense, until the 15th of the first month to send the ancestor after the first day of the 7th of the first month on the grave sweeping, known as the year of worship of the dead, and the cultural connotation of this is that: everyone has a fundamental, there is a root, and do not forget the ancestors
Question 4: Why the Spring Festival? Ancestor worship Why do we worship our ancestors on Chinese New Year? What are the customs of ancestor worship in Chinese New Year? It is to warn the present: we all come from our ancestors, from the deceased ancestors once nurtured, nurturing and favor, especially to warn the younger generation: gratitude is a person's duty, repayment is a person's responsibility. It is at this moment in the ancestor worship, people face the ancestors to make inner declaration and *** with encouragement: grateful to all those who have done favors to themselves, remember all the family and society have contributed to the people, and aspire to be a person who will not live up to the high expectations of the ancestors, and strive to be a person of high moral character and behavior. From this, we can see that the Spring Festival ancestor worship is definitely not a simple form, not to mention a superstitious activity, but an important initiative for present-day people to express their feelings, wishes and wills to their ancestors, to inspire future generations to be prudent in pursuing the future, to move forward, to unite the family's affectionate relationship, to pass on the excellent ethics and morals, and to revitalize the spirit and culture of the nation. Fortunately, the valuable tradition of ancestor worship in the Spring Festival is still preserved in the vast rural areas of China, and even our neighboring country, Korea, has preserved and inherited this tradition. 1. On the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, all male members of the clan go to the outskirts of the village, face the direction of the ancestors' graves, burn incense and paper, and kneel down to invite the ancestors to come home to receive offerings. 2. The clansmen stick sesame poles wrapped with burnt paper into the cracks along the road, and the souls of the ancestors follow the sesame poles back to the altar. 3. After inviting the souls of the ancestors to the altar, the clan members collectively perform the kowtow ritual. 4. The ancestors enjoy the offerings of their descendants. Will the ancestors give any thanks when they see what is happening today? 5. On the night of the 30th day of the New Year, the clan spends the night of the end of the year with Lezu***. Some people think that it is not necessary to do ancestor worship because they have already done their filial duty when their ancestors were alive; other young people think that ancestor worship is a superstitious activity, and so on. This argument misinterprets the original meaning of ancestor worship and needs to be corrected. Ancient teachings say: although the ancestors are far away, ancestor worship can not be insincere. The "sincerity" mentioned here includes multiple meanings such as respect, remembrance, gratitude, inheritance and repayment. For thousands of years, the Chinese people have formed a tradition of ancestor worship on the occasion of the first day of the year, the original intention is to sacrifice in the form of expression of respect, remembrance, thanksgiving, inheritance, repayment of ancestors, just before the Spring Festival to visit South Korea on the eve of the five or six Korean counterparts in the chat have told me that, even in the big city residents, almost every family has retained the Spring Festival ancestors of the custom: New Year's Eve, set up a good home On the night of New Year's Eve, the family sets up an altar on which the tablets of deceased parents and grandparents, various festive dishes and candles are lit. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the whole family gathers at the home of the oldest person, dressed in traditional national costume, and is led by the oldest person to read and recite the sacrificial text, and then *** together to bow to the tablets. Thereafter, the family members greet each other with New Year's greetings. To accompany the visit to the Korean side of the director, director, section chiefs, principals, teachers, parents of students to inquire, the same answer is: in the Lunar New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month of the year, families do the same thing, the atmosphere of the same seriousness, solemnity, respect, sincerity. Thinking of South Korea's per capita GDP has exceeded 15,000 U.S. dollars, is entering the ranks of developed countries, which may not be unrelated to its national *** to abide by moral norms, unity and progress. Hong Kong's South China Morning Post recently published an op-ed about the phenomenon of pedestrians throwing garbage on the streets of Qingdao, commenting that: "The world is dazzled by mainland China's rapid economic growth and strong financial strength. Many in the West have praised China for pulling the world out of an almost certain recession. However, judging from the detrimental public interest and disrespectful behavior, and even the total lack of respect for the rights of others, many Chinese seem quite wealthy on the surface, but really lack good education on the inside." At the end of the article, the author expresses his feelings that "it is not enough for the Chinese to achieve an annual economic growth of 8%, only when they are 'rich' on the inside will they really win the respect of the international community." The ancestor worship ceremony begins on the twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Twenty-four, the countryside is said to have a small New Year, means that from now on the official New Year, the family cleaned the courtyard, called "playing the sun dust", the night must be put on a firecracker, and fried some peanuts and melon seeds and so on, placed in the kitchen, one is to send off the Zaowang, some food offerings, so that his old man plugged his mouth in order to say good things in heaven, and then it is to welcome the ancestors! The other is to welcome the ancestors home for the New Year. On the night of the 24th, parents will call their children together and urge them to be careful with their words, talk more about good luck, and sing less bad songs. Some people even put a red note on the shrine in the living room saying "Heaven and earth, yin and yang, there are no taboos", which means that even if the children speak out of turn, the ancestors won't mind. New Year's dinner is the most important meal of the year, naturally do not forget the ancestors, before setting off whips, the man of the house must first burn some incense and paper in front of the god case, will meat dishes loaded with a bowl, and pour a cup of wine, placed on top of the god case dedicated to the ancestors, meaning that today's good times can not be separated from the ancestors of the blessed shade. After eating the New Year's dinner, only to the ancestor worship the most solemn ceremony, hometown ...... >>
Question 5: What is the significance of traditional festivals Chinese traditional festivals condensed with the Chinese national spirit and national sentiment, carrying the cultural blood and ideological essence of the Chinese nation, is to maintain national unity, national unity and social harmony of the spiritual ties, is the construction of the socialist advanced culture of the valuable resources.
1, traditional festivals have a certain social function value
In today's economic globalization of the world system, countries are gradually recognizing the importance of culture, developing countries want to cultural diversity, are as far as possible to protect their own cultures, the protection of their own culture, the important thing is to protect the traditional culture, and the traditional festivals have a rich harmony of the cultural connotations of the folklore through life Folklore expresses culture through living events, and one of the important ways is when it is transformed into daily life and daily performances, so that people can feel and touch it, and make it vivid and vivid. Traditional festivals focus on folklore.
2. Traditional festivals show the power of unity by the bond of love. It shows a strong sense of nostalgia, affection or love. Such as the Qingming Festival to pay homage to ancestors, remember the martyrs, but also certain ethnic minorities love festival; Dragon Boat Festival is married daughters to return to their mother's home, has been engaged to a young man to go to his mother-in-law's home to pay tribute to the festival; Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival of reunion, the earth's moon half of the day on the moon is full, I hope that the family can be reunited.
3, traditional festivals to sports activities as the proliferation of strengthening patriotic education. Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Racing can strengthen the body, enhance the unity, it has accumulated a strong patriotic enthusiasm, it is a very good way to carry out patriotism.
4, traditional festivals to myths evoke scientific associations. The Mid-Autumn Festival Chang'e moon, Wu Gang row Gui, although a myth, but the Chinese people have always believed that it can be achieved, has been constantly carried out arduous exploration, some myths have become a reality. 2007 "Chang'e one" moon project, is the myths evoked associations in the realization of scientific.
In short, we need to pass on our traditional festivals and protect all traditional cultures, including folk culture, because they are rich in cultural essence and are the lighthouse for the Chinese nation to sail forward.
Question 6: The cultural significance of national festivals in Yunnan (Torch Festival)
The festival, which is mainly practiced by both the Bai and the Yi, is a kind of festivity to wish for a good harvest and prosperity of people and animals. Torch Festival has a long history, as early as recorded: the Bai Torch Festival is the lunar calendar June 25, Yi Torch Festival is the lunar calendar June 24th. During the festival, different regions have different ceremonies and amusement methods. Bai and Yi, a torch should be erected in front of the house, the village should be erected at the entrance of a high 15 meters or so of the big torch, flowers and fruits, at night, men, women and children converge on the square, lit torches, singing around the fire, but also with the candlelight powder sprinkled with torches, the atmosphere is joyful, lively, the girls should be colorful bracelets line baked on the fire to eliminate the evil; just married guys, when the torch burns! "open bucket" dusted down, will swarm, grab its "open bucket" on the simulation of the knife, go, in order to get your son early; Torch Festival night, the family also prepared a small torch, manpower a column, people holding up torches, peer fields, some also ride a horse to raise the torch Mercedes, the far away from the formation of a curved line of torches, the fire, the fire, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch, the torch. From a distance to form a curved fire dragon, the scene is extremely spectacular. This night, often sleepless all night.
(White Lord Festival)
"The Lord" means "the realm, the family of the Lord of the blessing", is the unique religious beliefs of the Bai people. Villagers, regardless of promotion, affliction, illness, birth and parenthood are to go to the main temple to pray for blessings. Villages of the Bai people believe in the Lord of the gods, martyrs and chaste women, filial piety and loyalty have built the Lord of the temple. The temple is magnificent, and the statue of the Lord is superbly sculpted and beautifully modeled. Whenever the birth anniversary of the Lord, we have to kill pigs and slaughter sheep, held a grand festival, called the "Lord Festival". The main festival is very grand, there is a complete set of sacrificial rituals, accompanied by pleasant music and folk song and dance performances, the formation of a unique culture of the Lord of the Bai people region.
(March Street Festival)
"March Street" is also called "Guanyin City". Legend has it that during the reign of Tang Yonghui, Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, came to Dali to preach in the white language, and the more the audience gathered, the more the market was formed. Because Dali is the Southern Silk Road, an important port of commerce, so the March Street commodity economy is increasingly developed, and gradually evolved into a strong ethnic characteristics of the ***.
Every year from March 15 to 21 on the lunar calendar, is the Dali March Street session, and since 1991 as the Dali Prefecture Ethnic Festival, so called "March Street Ethnic Festival". At that time, in the ancient city of Dali in the West Cangshan Mountain and the foot of the peak held a grand ***, the ethnic minorities in Western Yunnan, and even all over the country, Chinese and foreign tourists flocked to the livestock, herbs, tea, copper and other specialty products, material trade fairs and arts and cultural and sports events, unprecedented scale, such as the flow of the crowds. Riders by the corner of the skill, singing like the sea, really a good show. "Once a year, March Street, in all directions. People of all nationalities sing, horse racing and singing to do business", this is the "March Street" lively, cheerful scene of the real portrayal.
(Butterfly)
Butterfly will be located in the Butterfly Spring, the time for the lunar calendar April 15. Legend has it that it is a traditional event held for the Bai people to commemorate their resistance to feudal marriage and martyrdom of Xia Lang, Wen Gu.
(Pumi Pilgrimage Festival)
The Pumi Pilgrimage Festival takes place between the first and fifteenth day of the first month. People dress up in costumes and go to the nearby mountains on horseback or on foot to celebrate the festival. In addition to the worship of the mountain gods, there are horse racing, wrestling, archery and other recreational activities. After the picnic another road down the mountain, do not return to the original road, in order to show that the old to welcome the new, good luck in the coming year.
(Lisu broad time festival)
Broad time festival Lisu traditional festival, also known as the "Welcome New Festival", held on November 20 of the lunar calendar every year, during the festival, families like to decorate the front of the house with pine branches, the whole village young and old like to blow the gourd sheng around together, jumping to welcome the new dance, sing to welcome the new song, and hold a grand ceremony to send the soul, to put the soul of the village, and to make it a new life, and to make it a new life. A grand ceremony is held to send away the bad spirits of the past year. The festivals are lively and colorful, such as playing and dancing songs, archery competitions, and so on, with rich flavors.
(Naxi stick festival)
The first month of the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day, is the Naxi traditional festival "stick festival", the most characteristic of the festival is the exchange of bamboo and wood farming tools, the nearby rural masses and vendors set up stalls in the farmers market. This is a bamboo, wood and iron agricultural tools exchange event, a variety of lively and unusual. Neighboring counties of farmers, and even Dali, Baoshan, *** farmers and merchants, are carrying local specialties to *** on the sale, and then buy the required items, and Lijiang farmers around the area to prepare for the spring plowing to buy farm equipment and supplies needed.
(Naxi mules and horses)
The mules and horses will be the Lijiang Naxi traditional folk festival, held in the middle of the seventh month of the lunar calendar each year, will be held for a week to trade mules, horses, cows, goats and other livestock, also ...... >>
Question 7: What is the significance of the development of traditional festivals on the Chinese traditional culture The world's other ancient civilizations have appeared in a substantial civilization fault, and even the peak and decline. Only the Chinese civilization, despite the vicissitudes of life and suffering, but in the ups and downs of the inheritance, which shows that the Chinese culture has a strong vitality. Folk culture, with traditional national festivals as the basic carrier, is the identity of the Chinese nation that distinguishes it from other nations, and it is the great driving force of the Chinese nation's unceasing survival. Inheriting and carrying forward the rich and excellent cultural traditions of traditional festivals can promote national identity, unite people's hearts and inspire national will, and can reverse the lack of integrity and moral disorders of some members of the society, thus helping to maintain social stability and harmony.
Under the conditions of globalization, the competition for comprehensive national power is becoming increasingly fierce, cultural conflict and cultural competition are becoming more and more prominent, and China's soft power, with culture at its core, is being severely challenged. The peaceful rise of China and the full rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, while integrating into the world and absorbing the world's advanced culture, it is very important to promote one's own excellent traditional culture, carry forward the core values of Chinese culture, and improve the quality of the people. In comparison with Hong Kong, traditional festivals in the Mainland, including the Ching Ming Festival, are not only still not listed as statutory holidays, but also the atmosphere of celebrating the festivals is gradually fading, which is a phenomenon that warrants concern.
The loss of traditional culture is not only manifested in the culture of filial piety, but also in the loss of integrity and morality, which is the core content of traditional Chinese culture. Confucius said, "People do not have faith, do not know what is possible." The pursuit of integrity is not only the foundation of a person's existence, but also an important manifestation of national quality. In recent years, the mainland law and order problems are prominent, a variety of fraud cases, counterfeit and shoddy products are repeatedly prohibited, food safety problems occur from time to time, as well as the lack of business ethics of merchants, doctors lack of medical ethics, teachers lack of teacher ethics and other phenomena, from the surface, it seems to be the economic and social governance problems, but from the root, it is still the integrity of the moral issues, is the problem of the loss of traditional culture.
Chinese culture emphasizes propriety, justice, honesty, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and love. The "Eight Honors and Eight Shames" put forward by President Hu *** have inherited the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation while injecting them with the characteristics of the times. This is a revelation to Hong Kong and the Mainland in reviving traditional culture. Only when the people inherit and carry forward the excellent and advanced culture, which has become a trend, can the country and the nation truly thrive and develop.
Question 8: The Cultural Meaning of the Spring Festival The Spring Festival is a special cultural phenomenon, and it is said to be special because it is not like an ordinary way of life that can be simply replaced or changed. She has formed into a huge historical and cultural tradition over thousands of years of inheritance. The Spring Festival is loaded with heavy historical deposits and is an aggregation of the emotions of hundreds of millions of Chinese people. "Rich or poor, go home for the New Year." Going home for New Year's Eve has become a cultural habit for Chinese people. People are social animals living in groups, and in addition to general physical satisfaction, they also seek cultural belonging and spiritual settlement. In Western societies that believe in Jesus Christ, people celebrate Christmas as the grandest and holiest festival, and they derive spiritual pleasure from the rituals of Christmas Day. The Chinese Spring Festival has the same cultural function as Christmas in the West, but the Spring Festival is more full of human ethical colors, people worship family ancestors, loved ones get together to have fun, and people's spirit of family love can be sublimated in the infiltration of mingling.
The inheritance of Spring Festival customs is a priority for us. We should pay attention to specific Spring Festival folklore, especially those associated with our national sentiment, with the life of the festival. It is the spring couplets, New Year's paintings, firecrackers, dragon lanterns, lion dances, reunion dinners, New Year's greetings, temple fairs, social fires, New Year's money, Spring Festival gifts, and other folklore programs that create the atmosphere of the Spring Festival. We should not simply ban some traditional folklore programs. As a matter of fact, the dilution of the New Year's flavor over the years is closely related to our banning of certain traditional folklore programs. Under the manipulation of the time machine of modern society, people's daily life is hurried and utilitarian, people's spiritual anxiety and loneliness, we may as well in the national festival of ceremonial, symbolic, subtle and warm cultural events more emphasize, advocate